Thank you
1982 me thanks you for all you have done to make Best Selling Cars Blog what it is today.
Circa 1982, 4 year-old me was shocked to see how dirty some car tail lights were. I developed a mild case of OCD and started cleaning the dirtiest ones… Freaky I know. In the process I learnt how to read by deciphering the car makes next to the tail lights, with the first words I could recognise being Peugeot, Renault and Citroen as this was in Cannes, France.
A lifelong passion was born.
Fast forward to October 2010 when I created Best Selling Cars Blog and it was the start of an adventure that hasn’t stopped amazing me. Never would I have imagined that so many of you would be interested in this blog, coming from absolutely every corner of the planet and sending me a continuous flow of encouragement, praise and information. And I thought this deserved a special place on this blog.
This Thank You page lists out and acknowledges all of you who have helped make this blog what it is right now with your contributions. Please keep them coming! I always mention each and every one of you every time you send me some data that I am able to feature on this site, but I thought I would set up a special page to recognise each of you.
I will keep updating the page each time some you guys send some new data. But PLEASE NOTE: I am still going through the hundreds of emails I have received from you all since the creation of this blog to ensure I include everyone so please forgive me if your name is (not yet) there, I am still working on making the list as complete as possible.
So once again thank you everyone for your contributions, your insights and your visits. This has been an amazing experience and I look forward to continuing to improve it with you. I work every day to make this blog better and I hope you will continue to enjoy it. If you have data you want to share, simply comment on here and enter your email address when prompted (it won’t appear publicly) so I can get in touch with you.
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Thank you very much to (in alphabetical order):
- Adam for 70s/80s HIstorical US data
- Adrian for the Canberra, Delhi pictures and the Middle-East work
- Afshin for the info on the Iranian market
- Alex for the link to latest Iceland data
- Alexandra from L’Automobile Magazine for your support and mentioning this blog in the magazine
- Antek for the link to complete Poland sales
- Andrea for Historical Italy data
- Anthony for more detailed monthly data and Historical Data on Norway
- Audrey for the Scotland and Morocco pics and reports
- Austin Rutherford for all the worldwide figures + Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan by version and all your support
- Bertel from TTAC for your continued support and tips
- Bill for Greece info since 1970 and all the updates at mid-month
- Bruno for Argentina data since 1965
- Carlos for the tip to Spain LCV data
- Chris c for improving the UK and Irish Historical Data
- Christian for German data
- Cristiana from UNRAE for Italy Historical data, Top 50 actuals and for opening the UNRAE archives to me in Roma, Italy.
- David Curry for your continued support and encouragement
- David Z for the complete Australian historical data from 1990 to 2003
- DC for 70s/80s Historical US data
- Eddy for Indonesian data
- Edgar for 2012 Peruvian data
- Erik for Historical Greek data
- Florian for German data since 1946, UK data since 1965 and the Interautonews tip
- Fred + G for the tip to Monaco sales
- Furkan for the detailed Turkey data
- Geraldine at www.groupeforum.net for my logo.
- Goran for Macedonian data
- Howee for the Laos 2012 pics
- Igor for Ukraine monthly data
- JB for monthly detailed Australian data
- Joe for the tip to Japan historical data from 1996 onwards
- John for Ukraine data
- Joseph Byrne for my business card artwork, your support and encouragement
- Josh Gregg for all your graphs and enthusiasm
- Juan Cortes for Colombian Historical data
- Kalo for Bulgaria data, current and historical
- Kostas for the link to Historical Greek data month by month up to 1998
- Lancia Lover for the translation of the monthly Chinese sales
- Larry for the tip to more complete Taiwan data
- Ldman for the monthly Gulf Cooperation Council and other Middle-Eastern countries data
- Lorenzo for Mauritius data
- Luka for more detailed Croatia data
- Manic for Estonian data
- Marc for Italy historical data
- Marcelo de Vasconcellos for the tip to Brazil data since 1962
- Mariusz for Poland historical data
- Maximus for Renault Duster Russian sales
- Mermou for Algerian 2012 data
- Miguel for South African and Italian historical data
- Mum and Dad for all your support, help and encouragement
- myk for Philippines data since 1995
- Nismo Boy for Paraguay data
- Oscar for Bosnia, Ecuador, Cyprus, Luxembourg and Northern Ireland data
- Øystein for the link to complete Norway monthly models data
- Pachilla for Dominican Republic data
- Pablo for the estimation on Bolivia sales
- Pedro for extensive South Korea and Canada Historical Data
- Piotr for Moldova data
- Rainer for the link to monthly Estonian sales
- Rene for data on the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the USA and new data for Andorra
- Ricardo for Spanish Historical Data
- Ross from Toyota Australia for the Australian data by States
- Rusel for more detailed 2011-2012 Russian sales data
- Ryan P for UK data since 1974
- Sandeep for UK LCV 2011 data
- Seba for Uruguay data
- Steam for faster links to monthly German data
- STAC for France data since 1949 and monthly updates on the less-selling cars in France
- Stéphane for monthly New Caledonian data
- Tomasz for the tip to the Polish monthly data
- Tuga for the Portugal monthly updates, Europe data and the link to Forbes 2011 list
- To all the secret admirers who have chosen to stay anonymous for the complete UK rankings and more
- Vavon+Andrea for the tip to Netherlands data since 1982
- Vic for the huge amount of South African Historical Data
- Voyteck for Estonia and Lithuania 2012 data
- Yves for the regular New Caledonian updates
- Zsolti for Hungary data
Please forgive me and let me know if I have forgotten you.
@Miroslav
Just to add: the ceauto.hu data may be late because Serbia had a week long holiday season at the very beginnng of March, so many month-recurring things are bit late here now. Also the leading FAS refers to locally built Fiat models: the Punto Classic and 500L combined, but its certain that the 500L is now more popular than the Punto thanks to very plentiful incentives from the governemnt
Serbia April 2013 first data released, from vrele gume magazine – they show only brands but not the models, however their lists are always complete. According to their data the market is down about 4 percent year on year but is up 16 per cent in comparison to March, Interesting: not a single Citroen sold:
http://www.vrelegume.rs/barometar.php
I hardly drop responses, but I browsed a great deal of comments on Best Selling Cars – Matt’s blog
http://www.motor-talk.de/blogs/c-est-a-la-vie/private-neuzulassungen-per-maerz-2013-a-klasse-fiesta-mokka-stark-e-klasse-positiv-t4474888.html#post36746191
Rang (Vormonat) Modell Priv. zugel. Mod. (Privat-Quote) — Gesamtzulassungen im Februar
1. (1.) VW Golf, Golf Plus, Jetta 6.371 (29,0 %) — 21.969
2. (2.) VW Polo 3.996 (61,5 %) — 6.498
3. (3.) VW Tiguan 3.172 (54,7 %) — 5.799
4. (7.) Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse 3.139 (57,8 %) — 5.431
5. (4.) Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse 2.836 (61,3 %) — 4.626
6. (9.) BMW 1er 2.606 (43,7 %) — 5.964
7. (5.) Skoda Fabia 2.169 (57,8 %) — 3.753
8. (19.) Ford Fiesta 2.005 (39,7 %) — 5.051
9. (18.) BMW 3er 1.878 (27,5 %) — 6.830
10. (15.) Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse 1.761 (36,0 %) — 4.891
11. (11.) Skoda Octavia 1.677 (32,9 %) — 5.098
12. (21.) Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse 1.660 (44,2 %) — 3.755
13. (6) Smart Fortwo 1.651 (61,6 %) — 2.681
14. (25.) Opel Mokka 1.648 (71,2 %) — 2.314
15. (8.) Renault Twingo 1.635 (54,7 %) — 2.989
16. (10.) VW up! 1.604 (50,4 %) — 3.182
17. (13.) Toyota Auris 1.578 (78,2 %) — 2.018
18. (17.) Skoda Yeti 1.519 (67,8 %) — 2.240
19. (12.) Seat Ibiza 1.498 (47,1 %) — 3.173
20. (neu) Audi A3 1.475 (28,7 %) — 5.141
21. (16.) VW Touran 1.411 (34,5 %) — 4.091
22. (26.) Nissan Qashqai 1.352 (36,7 %) — 3.684
23. (31.) Mini 1.342 (45,7 %) — 2.936
24. (20.) Renault Clio 1.218 (56,0 %) — 2.175
25. (neu) Dacia Sandero 1.213 (90,0 %) — 1.348
26. (14.) Ford Focus 1.204 (28,6 %) — 4.210
27. (36.) Seat Leon 1.202 (39,2 %) — 3.066
28. (23.) Toyota Yaris 1.165 (68,7 %) — 1.696
29. (30.) BMW X1 1.136 (50,5 %) — 2.250
30. (22.) Audi Q3 1.087 (52,5 %) — 2.070
31. (neu) Dacia Duster 1.055 (84,3 %) — 1.251
32. (17.) Ford B-Max 1.040 (70,0 %) — 1.485
33. (34.) Renault Scénic 1.028 (47,8 %) — 2.151
34. (33.) Hyundai i30 1.005 (33,7 %) — 2.982
35. (28.) Opel Astra 954 (22,7 %) — 4.202
36. (27.) Kia cee’d 946 (42,3 %) — 2.236
37. (neu) BMW X3 910 (46,1 %) — 1.973
38. (neu) Renault Mégane 903 (34,2 %) — 2.639
39. (neu) Skoda Roomster 899 (68,2 %) — 1.318
40. (neu) Hyundai i20 867 (53,5 %) — 1.621
Hi Matt, this is a great blog -an absolute treasure-trove of information and a veritable oracle!
Many thanks -keep up the good work!
Hi Gerry,
Thank you very much for your praise I really appreciate it!
Glad you are enjoying the blog!
Cheers,
Matt
Matt, you missed me in yr list
)) 
Link to Polish data came fm me 
By the way, November akready available
http://carmarket.com.pl/ranking.php
I’m so sorry Antek!
You are now in the list
And thanks for the link – Poland will be updated tomorrow.
Cheers,
Matt
Hi,
My name is Kristine and I am a freelance writer. I am interested to submit an article contribution on your site.
I’ve already published some articles, and you can check it on the following websites.
1. http://belloblog.com/2012/10/05/5-steps-to-start-a-car-repair-business/
2. http://www.joesdaily.com/lifestyle/5-atvs-for-budget-conscious-buyers/
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Kristine
German september-sales:
http://www.kfz-betrieb.vogel.de/fileserver/vogelonline/issues/kfz/sonst/2012/4226.pdf
@ Matt: Thank You for your thank you.
Thanks Steam, you deserve it
I’ll get to Germany shortly, thanks for the tip!
cheers
Matt
Private sales in Germany per August … I didn’t know where to post it
Rang Modell Priv. zugel. Mod. (Privat-Quote) — Gesamtzulassungen im August
1. VW Golf, Golf Plus, Jetta 5.868 (32,4 %) — 18.111
2. Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse 3.611 (67,1 %) — 5.381
3. VW Polo 3.605 (68,7 %) — 5.248
4. Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse 2.153 (38,3 %) — 5.621
5. VW up! 2.021 (58,9 %) — 3.432
6. Audi Q3 1.837 (68,4 %) — 2.685
7. Seat Ibiza 1.831 (76,6 %) — 2.390
8. VW Tiguan 1.757 (51,4 %) — 3.419
9. Dacia Duster 1.702 (89,7 %) — 1.897
10. BMW 1er 1.549 (44,8 %) — 3.457
11. Skoda Octavia 1.432 (43,5 %) — 3.293
12. Skoda Fabia 1.272 (44,9 %) — 2.834
13. Skoda Yeti 1.198 (70,0 %) — 1.711
14. Opel Corsa 1.197 (24,9 %) — 4.806
15. VW Touran 1.115 (30,4 %) — 3.667
16. Hyundai ix35 1.107 (83,9 %) — 1.320
17. Toyota Yaris 1.103 (74,9 %) — 1.473
18. BMW X1 1.062 (50,8 %) — 2.050
19. Nissan Qashqai 1.052 (53,4 %) — 1.970
20. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Klasse 1.024 (46,7 %) — 2.193
Hi Igor,
Thanks for your note and apologies for the late response. I don’t mind Citroens, especially the new DS models… I haven’t got the opportunity to drive one recently though as they are still quite rare in Australia…
@Sonico
Hi Andrea and apologies for the late response. It’s comments like yours that make me even more motivated to make BSCB even better. Thanks so much for all your help!
Matt
Thank you very much Ldman with all the useful information you have helped me in so many different ways
life is so much easier now
i found that you are missing some information from qatar april and january 2012
if u have any information from previous year such as 2010 that would be excellent
thank you again .
Hi Matt
I think your russia car sales numbers are incorrect as the Duster sold over 4500 cars in June and over 10000 in the 4 mths since launch.
Hi Ed,
Russian car sales traditionally feature June sales for the Top 25 year-to-date models, which is why the Duster, launched in March, didn’t appear in the ranking. However thanks to Maximus I was able to include the Duster so check out the updated article
cheers
Matt
Matt, I’ve tried to search for data from Center America, but it`s impossible. I`ve even tried to send emails to several associations of importers from those countries but no answers at all. Anyway I`ll keep on trying.
If I have some news, I`ll share it with you
Thanks very much for all your work Oscar, I really appreciate it! And thanks for the update. We’ll all keep looking
cheers
Matt
Helping you has been a great pleasure, Matt, and thanks for the great effort you are putting into this. Hope I will be able to find our any more helpful info for you in the future!
.Andrea.
Hi Matt! Now I know that you from France. Do you like Citroens? I personally own new C4 Exclusive:)