18 July 2025

Hong Kong Passenger Car Sales : 2024











It's been a while since Hong Kong has graced these blog pages. So let's see how things went in 2024. 

First up, some background. HK doesn't limit car ownership like in Singapore with uses a certificate system that caps the number of cars on the road. Instead high registration taxes, parking fees and tolls are used to discourage both car ownership and their use. This is backed up with a quality public transportation system which offers an affordable alternative.  

As for vehicle type, electric cars have become very popular. This has given Chinese brand sales real impetus as we can see below. Tesla is on top despite sales volume remaining the same. Holding a 20% share is impressive but with so many electric brands arriving, surely that is an untenable level of success.

Maxus has seemingly come out of nowhere and smart (picture above) came from years of obscurity to a top ten position with its new electric car range. Brands that sell fossil fuel cars will be increasingly marginalised. 

17 July 2025

Latvia Top 30 Car Model Sales : 2024










Toyota as the leading brand has three of the top seven places. Škoda as the number two marque in the overall standings is likewise well represented. The Dacia Duster (picture above) is the sixth most popular model. Below is the Nissan Qashqai in tenth place. 

As this is passenger cars only, it is unusual to have models like the Renault Trafic on the list but it also has more vehicles not shown here but counted as light commercials. That's not usual so perhaps they are vans with seats and sold as an MPV. 

Data source: Auto Asociacija. 

16 July 2025

Latvia Car/LCV Sales : 2024










Latvia car and light commercial sales are as below. Toyota has led since 2020 and is still well clear although it did suffer slightly in 2024. Škoda has moved into second but parent company VW is coming back. It was the leader until 2019. Renault had a strong increase but has some distance to make up on third place. 

Data source: Auto Asociacija.