India Passenger Car Sales : 2019

2019 was up 9% over the average registrations over the past past ten years  but down 7% for the year. Below, green is up, salmon down but not as much as the total sales and yellow is decrease.

Suzuki has just about half the market, a huge percentage by any standard. However, heavily protected markets do have this sort of distortion. Mahindra did well and MG arrived with a flourish.

	16	17	18	19	Brand	2019	%	+/-
	1	1	1	1	Suzuki	1,485,943	48.7%	-8%
	2	2	2	2	Hyundai	510,260	16.7%	-7%
	3	3	3	3	Mahindra	278,645	9.1%	22%
	5	5	4	4	Tata	219,663	7.2%	2%
	4	4	5	5	Honda	134,741	4.4%	-23%
	6	6	6	6	Toyota	126,701	4.2%	-16%
	7	7	8	7	Renault	88,869	2.9%	8%
	8	8	7	8	Ford	73,636	2.4%	-25%
	9	9	9	9	VW	32,324	1.1%	-13%
	10	10	10	10	Datsun	16,670	0.5%	-52%
	-	-	32	11	MG	15,930	0.5%	n/a
	13	12	12	12	Škoda	15,284	0.5%	-8%
	14	13	13	13	Mercedes	13,786	0.5%	-4%
	-	14	11	14	Jeep	10,935	0.4%	-40%
	16	16	14	15	BMW	9,001	0.3%	-21%
	12	15	15	16	Nissan	6,910	0.2%	-4%
	15	17	16	17	Audi	4,594	0.2%	-29%
	18	18	17	18	JLR	3,595	0.1%	-22%
	20	20	18	19	Volvo	2,025	0.1%	-14%
	-	-	22	20	Lexus	946	0.0%	111%
	23	23	20	21	MINI	605	0.0%	-14%
	22	22	21	22	Porsche	375	0.0%	-45%
	19	24	25	23	Force/Bajaj	350	0.0%	192%
	17	19	19	24	Fiat	313	0.0%	-58%
	24	26	27	25	Bentley	126	0.0%	68%
					Other	358
					Total	3,052,585		-7%

A Police Chase!

I don't endorse fleeing the police. If you have done a crime, then face the consequences. This person doesn't want to and I guess the ingenuity is cheeky to say the least.

Slovakia Passenger Car Sales : 2019

Things are very settled and growing nicely in Slovakia if car sales are any indication. Registrations for 2019 are up 27% on the decade average. This was also the 6th straight annual increase sales and the first time the 100k barrier has been broken. That obviously makes it a record year.

Below, green means sales are up and yellow down. You may notice that the larger selling brands did exceptionally well, the colour coding showing that clearly. Škoda is well ahead of any other brand, with both Hyundai and Kia closing in on VW.

	16	17	18	19	Brand	2019	%	+/-
	1	1	1	1	Škoda	20,211	19.9%	4%
	2	2	2	2	VW	8,869	8.7%	2%
	3	3	3	3	Hyundai	8,792	8.7%	15%
	4	4	4	4	Kia	8,508	8.4%	21%
	6	5	5	5	Peugeot	6,130	6.0%	0%
	9	7	6	6	Dacia	5,953	5.9%	21%
	11	9	7	7	Toyota	5,261	5.2%	9%
	5	8	8	8	Opel	4,802	4.7%	6%
	13	13	11	9	Citroën	4,350	4.3%	10%
	7	10	10	10	Renault	3,958	3.9%	-3%
	8	6	9	11	Suzuki	3,709	3.7%	-11%
	10	12	12	12	Mercedes	2,822	2.8%	-9%
	12	11	13	13	BMW	2,572	2.5%	-8%
	15	15	15	14	Mazda	2,349	2.3%	18%
	19	19	16	15	Seat	1,827	1.8%	-2%
	14	14	14	16	Ford	1,573	1.5%	-36%
	17	18	17	17	Audi	1,451	1.4%	-8%
	18	17	18	18	Fiat	1,337	1.3%	-9%
	20	21	21	19	Honda	1,199	1.2%	-1%
	21	20	20	20	Mitsubishi	1,084	1.1%	-14%
	27	24	23	21	Lada	1,023	1.0%	57%
	22	23	22	22	Volvo	838	0.8%	14%
	16	16	19	23	Nissan	768	0.8%	-44%
	25	26	24	24	Chrysler	440	0.4%	-15%
	24	22	26	25	Land Rover	410	0.4%	-4%
	23	25	25	26	Subaru	352	0.3%	-22%
	30	28	30	27	Porsche	201	0.2%	51%
	29	30	28	28	Jaguar	200	0.2%	0%
	28	29	28	29	Lexus	199	0.2%	-1%
	26	27	27	30	MINI	193	0.2%	-17%
	32	31	31	31	Alfa Romeo	110	0.1%	4%
	-	-	-	32	SsangYong	57	0.1%	n/a
					Other	20
					Total	101,568		4%

Data source: Zapsr.