ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s vehicle sales fell across categories by 9.7 percent in November 2025, declining for the second month, though there was a pick-up in Japanese used vehicles, an analysis of vehicle registry data by J B Securities, a Colombo-based equities brokerage shows.
Total vehicles registered fell by 4,271 units to 43,810 in November, from 48,081 in October and 48,897 in September.
Used car registrations rose to 2,910 in November from 2,817 but was down from the peak of 3,461 in September.
Brand new motor car registrations fell from 836 to 781.
Brand new cars fell to 781 from 836, and was higher than 489 in September.
Chinese made BAW E-7 a small electric car led the car sales with 323 units.
SUV and Crossover sales fell to 4,645 units in November, from 5,181 in October and 5,834 in September.
Hyrbrid registrations fell to 2,261 from 2,519 units.
Electric vehicles fell to 3,158 from 4,039 units. The top electric vehicle across categories is the Yadea motorcycle of which 1,421 units were registered, down from 1,801 units.
Sri Lanka was hit by a cyclone from around 26 November which inundated many parts of the country and brought work to a standstill. Whether the cyclone also contributed to the slowdown in registrations is not clear. (Colombo/Dec26/2025)
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