Registrations were up 19% in March and 9% YTD. Suzuki's 10.8% market share is the best since 2008. It was also enough to secure the top spot. Hyundai and Kia are about tied, with only three sales separating them. Toyota is next, just 14 behind Kia, so it is really tight among those three.
Data source: ANAC. Photos Suzuki Fronx & Kia Soluto.
Registrations were up 9% both for the month and YTD. Peugeot crept back over the 10% share mark with a 12% market share gain over a complete 2025. It's unusual to have no manufacturer exceeding 10%.
A plethora of Chinese brands have arrived and they are enjoying the largest increases. The question is can that be sustained? In 2026, there seems to be plenty of room for them to expand.
Data source: ACAP. Photos: Citroën C3 Aircross & MG S9.
Datsun once rivaled Toyota in size and reputation. It became Nissan from 1981 to 1984. The company lost its way, so in 1999 Renault intervened and took control of Nissan. Carlos Ghosn became the CEO of Nissan and quickly turned it into a profitable company again. Then in 2005, took over leadership of Renault-Nissan as a whole.
Looking at the 2018 to 2020 deliveries and production chart shows the move away from volume for the latter two years. Pulling back on less profitable sales should improve the bottom line but in this case it got worse.
I also wonder how the deliveries were consistently higher than production over consecutive years. I've tried to find out why and have yet to clarify that. For example btween 2017 and 2021, the disparity was over 1.3 million favouring deliveries.
