16 January 2026

Argentina Car/LCV Sales : 2025

















Registrations for cars and light commercials have been well down for several years. This year, sales returned with a bang. They were up 48% for the year and 10% up on the average for the last ten years. It is still short of some of the record years, but 2025 will be the best year since 2018. 

Toyota is enjoying its fifth consecutive year at the top, but VW is now not far behind. Toyota has dropped from 21.7% share to 16.8% while VW has nearly held on to its share of the pie. 

Finding a brand that has actually decreased in volume is all but impossible, such has been the strong registrations. The chart below shows market share variance. 

For Argentina 2024, click the titles below:


Data source: SIOMAA. 
Picture sources: Fiat & Peugeot. 


Toyota UK Car/LCV Sales : 2024-25









Toyota is the only company in the UK that provides up to date sales by model. It isn't hard to do. They deserve credit for their openness. 

Passenger cars: The 2025 sales came to 90,134, down 11%. The Yaris/Yaris GR (see above) leads the way from the Yaris Cross. Add the Aygo X and small cars are very popular for Toyota in the UK. 

The C-HR (see picture below) does well compared to the RAV4 and the Corolla keeps on delivering. The ProAce and ProAce City passenger vans are building sales nicely. 

Data & photo source: Toyota UK.


Light commercial vehicles: The Hilux is well up on 2024 with 9,400 sales. The ProAce van range is sourced from Stellantis, with the large Max model a new addition to the range. Overall, 2025 was a good year for LCV division, with 20,400 registrations which were up 35%.

I have a liking for a car wagon being converted to a commercial van. It's not as common as it was but nice to see Toyota UK do that with the Corolla. It provides car quality driving in a commercial vehicle. 


15 January 2026

Lexus Europe Deliveries : 2024-25












Lexus may be big in North America, but cracking Europe has been a challenge. The region does have popular premium marques and they are what people usually buy. 

In Europe's largest car market a mere 4,661 cars were sold in Germany during 2025. That's 0.16% or not much over one tenth of 1%. The next largest market is the UK and a more respectable 16,454 deliveries were made there. That was 0.81% of total UK sales. 

Overall, 85,000 sales isn't an epic result by any standard. The good news is that there is ample scope for improvement.

Data source: Toyota Europe. Photos LBX (above) & ES (below).