Suzuki Wagon R Like the passenger car market, sales of Kei cars are slowly back to normal, down 'only' 18% in June at 126,804 units compared to -25% in May and -45% in April. For the 4th month in a row, the Suzuki Wagon R is the best-selling Kei car in…
Toyota Corolla. Picture courtesy of motors.pk Every quarter I update you on where the Pakistani new car market is at, so it is time for the first half 2011 figures. June was particularly weak at 7,517 sales, and sales were down slightly over the first semester at -2% and 78,398…
Ford F350 Car sales in Venezuela return to strong growth at +18% year-on-year in June with 11,585 sales, bringing the first half figure to 57,034 units, still down 3%. No surprises on top: the Chevrolet Aveo maintains itself above 20% share at 20.4% thanks to 2,363 sales, it is at…
Toyota Corolla This month the models ranking is almost back to normal in Taiwan after a couple of months of disruption due to the Japanese earthquake. Toyota is back in shape and the Corolla returns to its traditional #1 position with 2,568 sales and 7.9% share. The Nissan Tiida is…
Seat Ibiza ST * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Slovak consumers have bought 6,298 new cars in June, up 2% year-on-year, bringing the 1st Half 2011 figure to 34,183 units, up 23%. Skoda dominates the market again,…
Renault Clio * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Slovenian car market is up 2% both in June at 5,769 registrations and year-to-date at 32,942 units. The Top 4 best-selling models this month is identical to the…
VW Sharan * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * The Austrian car market is down 3% in May at 32,018 registrations but still up 11% year-to-date at 187,583 units. No surprises on top: the VW Golf leads the way with 1,238 sales and…
VW Golf The Finnish new car market is down 8% in June at 10,995 registrations, however the 2011 half-year figure is still up 15% at 70,438 units. It is a pretty uneventful month as far as the models ranking is concerned, with the podium unchanged on May. The VW Golf…
Ford Fiesta Kinetic * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * New car sales in Argentina are up for the 20th consecutive month at a whopping +40% in June with 76,497 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 438,677 units, up 31%. The Chevrolet Classic…
Renault Megane * NOW UPDATED with the Top 140 best selling models thanks to Enrique from es.autoblog.com. See 'Read more' at end of post! * The French market is down 13% year-on-year in June at 210,172 registrations, not that bad given the scrappage scheme has stopped and there is two less…
Mazda3 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 best-selling models thanks to Enrique Garcia at es.autoblog.com, see 'Read more' at the end of the post * The effects of the March earthquake on Japanese cars' deliveries are felt again this month in Australia, with sales down 12% to 96,157 registrations,…
Mini Countryman * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The Swiss car market is up 4% over the 2nd Quarter of 2011 at 85,621 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 158,474 units, up 7%. The best-selling models podium…
VW Polo Vivo South African car sales continue on their good run, up 13% in June at 44,880 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 272,685 units, up 16%. The VW Polo Vivo, a restyled previous generation of the model, is back in the lead for the first time since January…
VW Polo Croatian car sales are up a very healthy 25% in June at 4,621 registrations and 19% over the first half of the year at 23,137 units. The VW Polo leads the ranking for the first time in 12 months with 318 sales and an exceptional 6.9% share, just…
VW Clasico Mexican car sales are still clearly ahead of 2010, up 14% in June at 68,365 registrations. The VW Clasico continues to impress: it ranks 1st for the 4th time this year and delivers its best scores yet: 5,373 sales for a 7.9% share. This means the VW Clasico…