by Francis Rozange | Sep 28, 2026 | Automotive Market Research
Walk into a Canadian dealership this year and very little seems to have changed. The same nameplates sit under the same showroom lights, the same trim levels appear on the same window stickers, and the monthly payment, for many households, remains the number that...
by Francis Rozange | Sep 28, 2026 | Automotive Market Research
In August, a month when much of Europe is on holiday and showrooms are quiet, Chinese brands sold 97,639 new cars across Europe, according to figures compiled by a European registration-data provider and reported in the trade press. That was 11.7 percent of the market...
by Francis Rozange | Sep 28, 2026 | Automotive Market Research
In August, retail sales of passenger cars in China totaled 1.541 million, according to the China Passenger Car Association. That was 23.6 percent fewer than a year earlier, and it brought retail sales for the first eight months of the year to 11.716 million, a decline...
by Francis Rozange | Jun 23, 2026 | Automotive Market Research
For most of the past century, the tyre was the least examined part of a car. Buyers agonised over engines, paint and upholstery, then accepted whatever black rings the dealer fitted. That indifference is ending. The shift to electric propulsion has turned the four...
by Francis Rozange | Jun 15, 2026 | Market Research, Automotive Market Research
A Parking Lot in Caracas That Tells the Story The municipal parking lot adjacent to the central market in Caracas is dominated by vehicles that would not appear in any other major Latin American city. Sedans and coupes from the 1990s and early 2000s, with body panels...
by Francis Rozange | Jun 13, 2026 | Market Research, Automotive Market Research
A Sunday Evening at the Airport in Mexico City The arrivals terminal at Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City on any Sunday evening has a curbside choreography that has become familiar across every major Latin American city. Travelers emerge with their...
