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Citroen C3 Picasso

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New car sales in Italy endure their 16th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in April, down 11% to 117,625 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 474,308 units, down 12% on 2012. The top of the models ranking is back to its traditional self this month, with the Top 4 most popular models being identical to the 2013 year-to-date and Full year 2012 rankings: the Fiat Panda (8% share) is followed by the Fiat Punto (5.5%), Lancia Ypsilon (4.5%) and Fiat 500 (3.9%). The Renault Clio is back up 4 spots on March to a shiny 5th place and is now #6 so far in 2013 vs. #12 in 2012.

VW Up!

Hero of last month, the Fiat 500L is down 6 ranks to #10 in April but still ranks at a very impressive 7th spot year-to-date. Two models deliver their highest ever ranking this month in Italy: the Citroen C3 Picasso is up 28 spots to #16 with 1,631 sales and 1.4% and outsells the Citroen C3 for the first time in the country while the VW Up! breaks into the Italian Top 20 for the first time, up 4 ranks to #20 at 1,386 units and 1.2%. Notice also the Mercedes A-Class very solid at #19 and the Audi A3 up 9 spots to #22.

Previous month: Italy March 2013: Fiat 500L up to #4, outsells 500!

One year ago: Italy April 2012: Citroen C3, Alfa Giulietta and Chevrolet Aveo shine

Full April 2013 Top 50 models and Top 45 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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Honda CR-V sales are up 8-fold in Australia over Q1 2013 thanks to the new model.

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Like every Quarter we now have access to a full models ranking for Australia over the first 3 months of 2013. In addition to the historical developments of the last few months when Holden was passed by Nissan then Hyundai for the first time due to the weakness of the Commodore, there are two very clear trends in this models ranking: Utes (Aussie for pick-up trucks) and SUVs. To illustrate this, he biggest year-on-year progressions in the Top 13 are delivered by the Mazda CX-5 (+216%), Ford Ranger (+103%), Hyundai ix35 (+71%), Toyota Hilux (+33%), Mitsubishi Triton (+31%) and Nissan Navara (+24%)…

Hyundai ix35 sales are up 71% year-on-year in Australia.

Honda takes advantage from a renewed range with the Civic up a massive 227% and 48 spots to #14 and the CR-V up a mammoth 703% and 88 ranks to #19. After a shy start, the Nissan Dualis (aka Qashqai) has found its groove in Australia slashes its ranking by two to reach #16, up 42% year-on-year, while the Nissan Pulsar becomes the best performing all-new model, landing directly at #26 with 3,267 sales and 1.2% and even breaking into the monthly Top 10 in March.

Mitsubishi Mirage

Further down, notice the Jeep Grand Cherokee up 84% to #33, the Isuzu D-Max up 44% to #41 and the Hyundai Santa Fe up 80% to #53 while the Great Wall V-Series is starting to lose steam, down 38% and 22 spots to #60. As far as newcomers are concerned, the Mitsubishi Mirage is a success, landing directly at #39, the Toyota GT86 brilliantly breaks into the Top 50 at #48, the Nissan Almera ranks #67, VW Up! #88, Toyota Prius C #92, Mercedes A-Class #104, Holden Colorado 7 #120 and Opel Astra #130.

Previous post: Australia March 2013: Hyundai outsells Holden for the first time!

One year ago: Australia March 2012: Nissan at all-time high, places X-Trail #10

Full Q1 2013 Top 282 All-models Ranking Table below.

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Mercedes CLA

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New car sales in Singapore are down 16% year-on-year in April to 1,919 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,306 units, down a worrying 26% on 2012. This fall may recede soon though, as the price of Certificates of Entitlement (the  equivalent of buying your licence plate) has gone down significantly in April for most categories of cars, cars above 1,600cc dropping the most: by almost S$7,000 to S$67,010. This is still more than the actual price of the car, which explains the very particular brands ranking we have been observing in Singapore for the last couple of years.

Passed by BMW last month, Mercedes is back on top in April thanks to 335 sales and 17.5% while its Bavarian rival is being threatened by Volkswagen at #2 with 267 units and 13.9% vs. 262 and 13.7%. Toyota ranks 4th at 12.1% share ahead of Audi at 10.1% and Volvo at 5.8%, meaning the Top 6 brands in April are identical to the 2013 year-to-date ranking. Notice also Nissan up 4 spots to #7, Honda up 2 to #10, Mini up 5 to #14, Ferrari up 7 to #20 and Rolls-Royce up 3 to #22.

Previous month: Singapore March 2013: BMW back to #1, Volvo up to #5

One year ago: Singapore April 2012: Toyota reclaims leadership

Full April 2013 Top 40 All-brands Ranking Table below.

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Lexus RX in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Picture by filchist, all rights reserved.

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3,050 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 15,487 units. Bit of reshuffle atop the models ranking: the Toyota Hiace is back in pole position for the third time in the last 7 months after last October and November thanks to 186 sales and 6.1% share, but this time it is followed by the Lexus RX, brilliantly up 7 spots on March to land in 2nd place at 127 units and 4.6% and the only other vehicle to sell more than 100 units in Hong Kong this month. Leader last month, the VW Golf is down to a still excellent third position with 94 sales and 3.1%.

Audi Q3. Picture by Teddy Leung, all rights reserved.

Other great performers this month in Hong Kong include the Mercedes C-Class up 16 ranks to #6, the Mercedes A-Class stable at an outstanding 7th spot, the Toyota Corolla up 18 to #8 and most impressive of all, the Audi Q3 up a whopping 104 spots on last month to land within the Hong Kong Top 10 for the very first time at #9 with 73 sales and 2.4%. It’s a good month for luxury SUVs: the Audi Q5 is up 14 ranks to #19, the BMW X3 is up 23 to #22 and the BMW X5 is up 40 spots to #24.

Previous month: Hong Kong (China) March 2013: VW Golf takes the lead!

Previous year: Hong Kong (China) Full Year 2012: Mercedes E-Class most popular

Full April 2013 Top 150 Ranking Table below.

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Opel Mokka

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As usual, after going through overall German sales for April, let’s now have a look at the private sales (PS) ranking, painting a very different picture once again. The VW Golf and Polo still lead, but they are now followed by the Mercedes B-Class up 2 spots on March while the Mercedes A-Class is stable at an excellent 4th position. The Audi A3′s success in the overall ranking (#4) is reflected here: it is up 14 spots to #6 with 2,317 sales and an ok 35% PS ratio.

Dacia Sandero

But the big event in this month’s German Private Sales ranking is the impressive arrival of the Opel Mokka within the Top 10, up 6 ranks on last month to #8 at 2,132 units and an outstanding 75% PS ratio. As expected, the Dacia Sandero also takes off this month: up 14 spots to an excellent 11th place with 1,964 sales and a (still) out-of-this-world 92% PS ratio. Notice also the Opel Adam breaking into the Top 40 for the first time at #33 albeit with a surprisingly low PS ratio of 44%.

The best performing models in terms of PS ratio are similar to last month: the Toyota Auris (83%), Dacia Duster (82%), Skoda Yeti (78%), Toyota Yaris (74%) and Ford B-Max (71%), while on the other end of the scale, the Opel Corsa (20%), Opel Astra (21%), BMW 3 Series (26%) and VW Touran (29%) are the worst offenders.

Previous post: Germany April 2013: Audi A3 and Mercedes E-Class up

Previous month: Germany private sales March 2013: Mercedes E-Class and Opel Mokka up

Full April 2013 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

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The Mercedes CLA is up to #61 this month in Germany.

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German new car sales are reassuringly back in positive territory in April, up 4% year-on-year to 284,444 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 958,401 units, still down 9% on 2012 however. After a 4 month-hiatus, Volkswagen is back to monopolising the monthly podium again, placing the Golf at #1 and 8.1% share followed by the Polo at 2.7% and the Passat at 2.4%. The best performer this month is the Audi A3, up 4 spots on March to land in 4th place with 6,677 sales and 2.3%, its highest ranking since December 2010! The Mercedes E-Class also shines, up 11 ranks to #9 at 5,150 units and 1.8%, its first time in the Top 10 since November 2011.

2013 Mercedes E-Class

The VW Up! is back up 12 spots to land in 12th position with an excellent 4,743 sales and 1.7%. After the Skoda Octavia peaked at #9 in March, this month no foreign model manages to rank within the German Top 20. The Octavia leads the charge again at #21 followed by the Skoda Fabia (#23), Fiat Ducato (#24) more than ever boosted by motorhome sales, Seat Ibiza (#29) and Seat Leon/Altea/Toledo (#30).

Peugeot 2008

The two new Opels continue to progress, both reaching best-ever rankings this month: the Mokka is up 6 ranks to #29 while the Adam is up 12 to #37. The Dacia Sandero new generation has struck a chord with German consumers: it is up 22 spots to #39 with 2,139 sales and should rank much higher in the private sales charts. Notice also the Peugeot 208 up 15 ranks to #43, the VW Beetle up 19 to #46 and the Mercedes CLA up a whopping 65 spots to #61.

Further down, the Mitsubishi Mirage is up 49 ranks to #80 and the Opel Cascada up a round 100 ranks to #117. We  welcome three new models in the German ranking this month: the Peugeot 2008 at #204 with 101 sales, the Renault Zoe at #255 and 28 units and the Chevrolet Trax at #266 with 21 sales.

Previous post: Germany private sales March 2013: Mercedes E-Class and Opel Mokka up

Previous month: Germany March 2013: Skoda Octavia hits highest ever ranking

One year ago: Germany April 2012: BMW 3 Series at highest in 4 years

Full April 2013 Top 300 All-models and Top 50 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

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Skoda Octavia

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The Czech new car market slows down its fall in April at -9% year-on-year to 15,061 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 51,514 units, down 14% on 2012. After a couple of weak transition months below 10% share, the Skoda Octavia is back in the groove thanks to the new generation with 1,775 sales and 12.8%, its strongest monthly volume since last June and best share since last January. The Skoda Fabia is also back up to 7% share at 970 units while the Skoda Rapid is down to 4.2% at 574 sales. There is still more room between the Octavia and the Fabia (5.8 percentage points) than between the Fabia and the Rapid (2.8 percentage points)…

Seat Leon

In 4th position the VW Golf continues to spark, up to 3.8% share thanks to 519 sales and now well and truly installed at #4 and best-selling import year-to-date. Hyundai manages the exceptional feat of placing 3 models within the Top 7 this month: the i30 at #5 (+3), ix20 at #6 (+1) and i20 at #7 (-1). Other great performers include the Ford B-Max up 9 spots on March to #20, the Dacia Sandero up 3 to #25, Seat Leon up 29 to #27 and Honda CR-V up 8 to #29. Finally, the Mercedes CLA makes its first appearance at #148.

Previous month: Czech Republic March 2013: Skoda Rapid gets serious

One year ago: Czech Republic April 2012: Five Skodas in the Top 6!

Full April 2013 Top 150 Ranking Table below.

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2013 Range Rover

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As is the tradition on BestSellingCarsBlog, every Quarter I offer you an All-models ranking for the UK, which I have to say is a breath of fresh air for me also, in a market that usually only disclose a monthly Top 10. So let’s get right into it and go well beyond the familiar Top 10 to notice the Land Rover Freelander up to a brilliant #25 with 5,850 sales and 1.5% to be compared to #57 over the FY2012, the Honda Civic up to #30 (vs. #42), Toyota Auris up to #38 (vs. #76), Ford B-Max up to #40 (vs. #121), the Vauxhall Mokka landing at #44 with 4,501 units and 1.1% for its first full Quarter in market, Suzuki Alto up to #45 (#95) and Jaguar XF up to #46 (#55).

Dacia Duster

Beyond the Top 50, let’s salute the Range Rover starting to see the effects of its new generation, up to #78 with 2,254 sales vs. #113 in 2012, the Skoda Rapid crawling its way inside the Top 100 (just) at #99 with 1,459 units,  the Vauxhall Adam at #120, Mitsubishi Mirage at #131 and Fiat 500L at #138. But the big event is the arrival of the two Dacia models launched in January: the Duster ranks directly #110 at 1,237 units (in-between the Toyota Prius and Volvo V60) and the Sandero is #134 with 741 sales, behind the Audi A7 and above the Peugeot RCZ. A solid start for the low-cost brand in the UK.

Vauxhall Mokka

Further down, the Seat Toledo progressively makes its way up the ladder, now #161 vs. #187 in Q4 2012, the Mini Paceman makes its first appearance in the ranking at #188, as do the Mercedes Citan at #257, Vauxhall Cascada at #265, Ferrari F12 at #293 and the Mercedes CLA-Class at #294…

Previous post: UK March 2013: Ford Fiesta reclaims top spot

Previous month: UK February 2013: Ford Focus #1, Nissan Juke in Top 10 again

One year ago: UK March 2012: Toyota Yaris up to best-ever 8th place

Full Q1 2013 Top 328 All-models Ranking Table below.

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Toyota RAV4

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New car sales in Taiwan are up a timid 1% year-on-year in April to 28,844 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 119,131 units, down 4% on 2012. After an unusually weak month of March, the Toyota Corolla is back to its traditional heights this month at 2,836 units and 9.8%, while the Toyota RAV4 continues to impress: it ranks #2 for the second month in a row with 1,480 sales and 5.1% and is now #4 year-to-date. The Nissan Livina is up 2 spots to climb inside the podium at #3 with 1,458 units and 5.1% also.

The Toyota Wish remains solid at #4 with 1,404 sales and 4.9% and is still #2 year-to-date. Notice also the Ford Focus holding itself within the Taiwanese Top 10 at #10, the Hyundai ix35 up 9 spots on March to #14 and the Mercedes C-Class stable at #15.

Previous month: Taiwan March 2013: Toyota RAV4 threatens Corolla

One year ago: Taiwan April 2012: Toyota Camry and Innova shine

Full April 2013 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

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Mercedes A-Class

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After losing ground year-on-year last month for the first time since the creation of this site, South African new car sales are back in familiar territory, up 19% in April to 50,920 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 214,159 units, up 7% on 2012. The Toyota Hilux enjoys its third consecutive month in pole position thanks to 3,227 sales and 6.3% share, reinforcing its 2013 YTD lead at 12,998 units and 6.1% vs. 12,480 and 5.8% for the VW Polo Vivo which remains #2 this month with 2,762 sales and 5.4%. The VW Polo rounds up the podium as usual at 2,160 units and 4.2%.

The Ford Ranger is stable at the highest level: 4th again in April with 1,787 sales and 3.5% which is its highest ranking in the country. The Toyota Etios celebrates 12 months in market, all spent within the Top 7 which is a remarkable achievement in contrast with the other markets it was launched in so far. The Renault Sandero is up 8 spots on March to #20, the Toyota RAV4 is up to #23 thanks to the new model, the Mercedes A-Class is up a brilliant 71 ranks to #29 and the Renault Clio IV lands at #40.

Previous month: South Africa March 2013: Toyota Hilux reclaims throne

One year ago: South Africa April 2012: Hilux leads, Ford Ranger #6 again

Full April 2013 Top 100 Ranking Table below.

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