Asia East

Japan Auto Market in 2026 is stagnating. YTD sales up to April fell by 0.7%, with most top brands reporting losses. Notably, Daihatsu and Mitsubishi defied the contraction, growing by 6.7% and 21.3% respectively. 

South Korean Vehicles Market in 2026 is still growing. YTD sales up to April gained 4%, with Kia outpacing Hyundai in 1st. Tesla reported major gains and surged by 445.2% into 3rd while BYD climbed up 12 spots into 9th (+983.4%).   

India Best Selling Cars Ranking in 2026. The Maruti Dzire surged 33.9% into 1st, taking the place of the Maruti Wagon R. The Tata Nexon and the Tata Punch both reported major gains and secured a spot onto the podium. 

Taiwan Best Selling Cars Ranking In 2026. The Tesla Model Y ranked into 3rd surging 11 spots, although the breakthrough performance belonged to the Ford Territory, up 140 spots into 5th.  

Iranian Vehicles Market in 2026 struggles significantly. Q1 sales dropped by 10.8%, with only local carmakers Saipa and ZAMYAD reporting gains as other top 5 brands are hit hard. Notably, Chery also reported gains in 7th. 

Indian Car Market in 2026 grows in the double-digits. YTD sales grew by 15.6%, with Tata reporting gains of 34.7%, outpacing Mahindra and eyeing top spot despite being still far behind leader Maruti which retained 30.6% of the market.  Maruti also drove EV expansion to a 4.6% share.  

Taiwanese Vehicles Market in 2026 stays negative. YTD sales up to April dropped by 6.6%, with Honda being the only top 5 brand to grow (+23.2%) while Tesla reported the most impressive growth overall. The american carmaker supported EV expansion to  11%.    

Hong Kong Auto sales in 2019 declined from the previous year, despite an impressive first half. Indeed, Total sales in 2019 have been 38.180, down 9.6% from the previous year. Toyota dominated the market reaching 31.9% of share, while Tesla landed in 6th place.

Korean Vehicles Market was marginally declining in 2019 while remaining not far from the best level ever. Indeed, the Full-year ended with 1.77 million sales, down 1.9% from the previous year. Hyundai and Kia still dominated, while their combined market share at 67.3% fell down over 7 points from 2012.

Iranian vehicles market has collapsed after all imports have been stopped and high inflation and economic crisis dropped down the domestic demand. Following the already sharp -35% reported in the previous year, in 2019 sales dropped 45.1%.