Greece Passenger Car Sales : 2024

Registrations were up 6% in December and ahead 2% for the completed year. Toyota is taking a strong lead here with 17.2% of the total and a 41% growth in market share. Toyota took the lead in 1998 and has been at the top since apart from a few years here and there. It's the highest market share it's had so far. 

Suzuki has moved up over the last two years and thanks to a 37% increase in share now resides in second place. Below that there are some serious changes in fortune. Nissan is up and Opel down two examples of that.

Data source: SEAA.

India Passenger Car Sales : 2024

A heavily protected market means a few brands sell most of the vehicles. Is the protection really necessary when it is well established and successful, selling cars built and priced for the local market? Absolutely not but it remains anyway. Suzuki offers value and reliable motoring with a wide range of small cars and would do so without import tariffs. The next three combined fail to equal the volume of Suzuki. 

Hyundai was being caught by Tata but that has stopped with the latter just short of the number two spot. Mahindra seems to have more of the momentum than Tata but moving on to a higher level can be tricky. How far that will go only time will tell. Toyota shot past Kia with Renault and VW passing Škoda. 

The data is from varying sources, in some cases wholesale and in others retail. Some smaller brands aren't listed if they don't release the data. The numbers are not perfect but close and it does paint a reasonable picture of the market. The total is based on the figures below and a little added for absent friends.

Data source: BHP & manufacturers. 

Porsche Global Model Sales : 2023/24

Deliveries were down 3% in 2024. Difficult conditions in China and poor electric car sales weighed deliveries down. 

Models: The Cayenne was up 18% which is good for the company as it would be a profitable model. It was also good for sports cars, with the 911 and 718 models increasing. It took a third all all Porsche deliveries.

The Macan and Panamera were both down, 5% and 13%,  but nothing like the electric Taycan which halved its sales. The electric revolution seems to increasingly lack spark. Porsche acknowledged this problem and their timeframe in transitioning to BEVs has been put back. 

Data & pictures Porsche.

Region: Europe and the Rest did best, up 9% and 6%. Germany was up 11% with the rest of Europe up 8% and combined 9%. North America was up 1% but China was the big disappointment with sales down by 28%.  

Takeaways: The drive to electric cars has hit a speed bump and car brands promising to go 100% BEV hopefully have an exit strategy on that. Some ICE vehicles in the range will be required unless taking a hit on volume isn't a worry. E-Fuels is also an option Porsche is pursuing strongly.

China was the goose that laid the golden egg but any manufacturer that put too many eggs in that basket will have to be careful how they proceed from here. With China's economy weakening and local consumers being wooed by local brands, it will be interesting to see where it will lead.