Best Selling Cars Blog wishes you a Happy New Year 2012!
Lada Granta
All my best wishes for this new year, may it bring you all you have ever wanted! A very exciting year ahead, with a lot of important new launches that are bound to reshuffle the models rankings of many countries…
For those of you that were checking this blog out a year ago, you may remember I made a list of my most anticipated questions about world car sales for 2011… You will find the responses below the jump as well as my most anticipated questions for 2012!
Starting with:
Will the Lada Granta dominate Russia?
Will the VW Up! break into the German, European Top 10?
Which model will be the best-seller in the world’s biggest market – China?
Will Baojun place a model in the Chinese Top 20?
Peugeot 208
Will the Peugeot 208 do better than the Peugeot 207? 206? 205?
Will the new Fiat Palio threaten the VW Gol in Brazil?
Will a foreign model (the VW Golf?) lead British sales at year-end for the first time in history?
Will the Hyundai Eon fight the Maruti Alto for India’s pole position?
Fiat Panda
Will the new Fiat Panda end the Fiat Punto’s 18-year domination in Italy?
Will a Chinese export manage to break into the Top 10 of a sizeable market?
Will the Holden Cruze be Australia’s #1 car for the first time?
Will the Skoda Rapid sell better than the Octavia and Fabia in Central Europe?
Will the DS series from Citroen continue to succeed with the DS5?
Will the Toyota Camry be the best-selling passenger car in the US for the 11th consecutive year?
Will the Ford F-Series be the best-selling vehicle in the US for the 31st year in a row?
Will Iran start accessing new designs instead of 25-year old cars like the Kia Pride and Peugeot 405?
Will the Dacia Duster break into the French and Brazilian podiums – even for a month?
Will the Dacia Lodgy be the third Dacia to break into the French Monthly Top 5 after the Sandero and Duster?
Will the Renault Clio 4 do better than the 3?
Will Hyundai threaten Toyota in world sales?
Will the Tata Nano be finally resurrected or put out of its misery?
And there are so many more…
And the responses for my 2011 questions are below:
Will Toyota crack India with the Etios? Not really… It broke into the Top 10 but failed to challenge the very top of the ranking
Will the Chevrolet Cruze or VW Lavida replace the BYD F3 on top of Chinese sales? No, the Buick Excelle did, but both Chevy Cruze and VW Lavida are now ahead of the BYD F3.
Will the new Ford Focus take the lead in the UK and threaten the VW Golf in Europe? No, the new Ford Focus had a disappointing start, it is #2 in the UK and only #7 in Europe
Will the Hyundai Sonata continue its amazing run in the US? Yes, it is bound to finish 2011 at #11 vs. #12 in 2010
Will the Dacia Duster or the Nissan Qashqai establish themselves within the European Top 10? No, but both models had a fantastic 2011, with the Qashqai briefly appearing in the European Top 10.
Will the Fiat Uno end 24 years of VW Gol domination in Brazil? No, but it was rather close…
Will the Toyota Hilux still be the king of Africa? Yes, and with a new generation just launched its reign is bound to last…
Will the VW Amarok threaten it in South America? No, not even in Argentina where it is built.
Will the Corolla lead world sales again? Possibly, but I do not have any official figures.
Will the Nissan Juke do even better than the Qashqai? No, but it is a clear success, approaching the Top 20 in France for example.
Which Chinese brands will make the biggest inroads in export markets? Chinese brands continue to struggle in export markets, but Great Wall is doing well notably in Australia and New Caledonia. The biggest export launch this year was JAC in Brazil, managing to place 2 models in the Top 50 at some stage this year. Interestingly, the Chinese cars that are the most successful in export markets are foreign brands using China as a manufacturing hub, I’m thinking the Chevrolet Sail #2 in Algeria.
Absolutely great site Matt, thanks for all the hard work and effort you have put into this. I’m a daily visitor, my interests being mostly Skoda cars sales around the world, in the UK, Europe etc. I sell car brochures on ebay and every opportunity I get, I direct customers here as it is so addictive for us car enthusiasts!
Hey Alan,
Thank you very much for all your praise and visits, I really appreciate it!
And thank you for sending customers my way
Let me know if there is anything you think I should do differently.
Best
Matt
Hi Matt,
I wrong?
Otherwise my turn:
The Renault Latitude will ever No. 1 in the Segment E in France?
Will the Skoda Superb exceed the Renault Latitude in France?
Will the Renault Fluence continues to plunge in France and Europe?
Daihatsu reascend in Germany and in some countries?
The Lancia Ypsilon will prick her third place for the Italian market?
The Citroën C3 Aircross will pique by the Renault Duster for the South American market?
The Skoda Octavia is still No. 1 in Finland?
The SUV cousins of PSA, the C4 Aircross and the 4008 will do better than the Renault Koleos?
sorry for spelling errors.
All my best wishes for this new year!
Here are some answers to your questions (in my opinion):
VW UP! will not be in the top 10 European or German!!!!
it will difficult because of her cousins Seat Mii and Skoda Citigo !
Yes the 208 will surely better than the 207. But it will not better than the 205 and 206. in my opinion.
For the Skoda Rapid, no I’m not your opinion!
If you talk about future skoda Compact (hatchback, sedan and Combi), it surely sell better than the Octavia and Fabia … in 2013.
For the DS5, I think it will not sell well ….
For the Dacia Duster, no I do not think the Duster will be on the podium in France!!
You see, the Logan plunges since the arrival of the Sandero, the Sandero plunges very seriously since the arrival of the Duster!
If a new MPV will arrives, I do not think at all that the Duster will on podium!!
Will the Hyundai i30 become a real contender in the C segment? Say, making it in the top 5? Will the Kia Rio break into the top 10 in the B segment? How will Lancias new models be received? Will they manage to sell the Ypsilon outside of Italy? How will the Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera do in Europe? Will electric cars start selling in significant numbers?
And then in 2013 (
) who will win these fights: Audi A3 x BMW 1er x Mercedes A-klass, and one of the longest of all, Peugeot vs Renault, the 208 vs Clio IV.
Happy new year everyone.
Happy new year Tuga!
Thanks for all your questions, there are some cool ones in there, I like the electric cars ones
cheers
Matt
Would an American nameplate enter the top 10 best selling cars of the Philippines?? Cheers!
Thanks myk, great question for the Philippines
cheers
Matt