Philippines Vehicle Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations are similar to last year so gains earlier in the year have been wiped out. Nearly 306,000 units delivered is still not a bad result. Several brands do not belong the the agencies that release this data so they are omitted. Despite that, by far the majority of the volume is accounted for in the chart below. 

Toyota/Lexus remains well on top with 48% of the total, not an overly unusual percentage for a protected market, although it is a strong position to be in. Mitsubishi is also a popular brand with 19% of all sales. It is some way down from there.

Data source: CAMPI, TMA. Photograph: Toyota Philippines - the Avanza.

Albania Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations in Albania amounted to 7,326 by the end of August, but the amazing thing is that it took 75 brands to achieve that. 24 of them sold two cars or less. Many of the registrations don't appear to be through an official importer but they are new so I've counted them 

BYD is the leading brand so far this year and will almost certainly remain so. In 2023 it arrived in the country and reached 13th; in 2024 5th. Volkswagen was the top brand for the previous three years but it now resides in second place. 

Hyundai was the leader before that but is now 5th, so nothing can be taken for granted. Škoda has slipped one place to 3rd and likewise Fiat down one to 4th. 

The aforementioned proliferation of  brands has been driven by all the new Chinese entrants. One is Fang Cheng Bao which is a BYD brand described as offering luxury electric SUVs. Consumers in Albania can't complain about a lack of choice. 

For 2024 sales, click here.

Data source: DPSHTRR. Photograph: BYD Europe.

México Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Sep)

México Sales were down 1% YTD. The sales data is excellent in both scope and detail. It speaks well of the country to be well organised like this. Canada take note.

Nissan took the lead off Chevrolet in 2005 and has not handed it back. The gap between them suggests things won't be changing anytime soon. Between them, they take just over 30% of total sales which is an impressive haul. 

In 2025, MG has lost a couple of places in the ranking while Ford has gone up by the same amount, in effect swapping places. Chinese brands are proliferating with mixed results. Omoda and Jetour are both well down on 2024 but Changan has over doubled its market share and GWM Poer is up four places.

The top selling models were:

Nissan Versa - 66,333

Chevrolet Aveo - 44,254

Nissan NP300/Frontier - 42,217

Kia K3 - 41,564 (Bottom picture)

Nissan March - 22,561 (Top picture)

Mazda CX-30 - 20,881

Nissan Kicks - 19,679

Mazda 2 - 18,142

Hyundai i10 - 17,488

VW Virtus - 16,332

VW Jetta - 15,487

MG 5 - 15,526

Mazda 3 - 15,271

Nissan Sentra - 15,004

For the 2024 articles, simply click on the links below:

By brand. 

By model. 

Data source: AMDA & Inegi. Picture sources: Nissan & Kia México.