Mercedes CLA-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Like every Quarter, I can share with you the most popular imported models in Japan, a very rare species although it is getting more common these days: imports are up 10% year-to-date to 257,873 registrations…
Renault sales are up 42% in Belgium in September. * See the Top 40 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Once again I can only share with you a brands ranking for Belgium, if you have access to models data please make sure to get in touch! Good…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The great health of the UK new car market is starting to look a little indecent compared to the hell Continental Europe is going through at the moment: 19th consecutive…
Nissan Tiida * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * The Taiwanese new car market is up a fantastic 32% year-on-year in September to 28,941 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 272,542 units, now down just 0.7% on 2012. The changover…
Honda Airwave This is Part 8 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 855km East to Irkutsk, which is 80 km off Lake Baikal. And here again a fascinating car landscape awaits… From roughly 30% of…
Fiat Siena * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * After alarmingly dropping by 23% last month, the Brazilian new car market is happily back into positive territory in September, up 6% year-on-year to 293,961 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to…
The Toyota Ist is by far the most popular used Japanese import in Krasnoyarsk. This is Part 7 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 450km East to Krasnoyarsk in the midst of Siberia. And this…
VW Gol Trend * See the Top 207 All-models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Great news coming from Argentina: new car sales in the country are up a fantastic 28% year-on-year to 82,339 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to a record 752,724 units, up 11%…
The Toyota Corolla is getting closer to its first #1 finish in Australia. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 48 All-brands by clicking on the title! * For the first time since December 2011, new car sales in Australia slow down at -2% year-on-year to 92,662 registrations,…
The BMW 5 Series is #1 in Ireland for the 2nd month in a row. Strange? Yep. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are up a sleek 27% year-on-year in September to a still…
Innovative technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today unveiled the final steering wheel design for the Bloodhound supersonic car. A specialist team of CDP engineers have been working on the Bloodhound Project since January, when they took on the vital work of finalising the design of the steering wheel…
GAZ logo This is Part 6 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are moving 940km North East of Omsk to… Tomsk (hard to not confuse the two but I will do my best). And I am happy to…
Peugeot 308 and VW Golf * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market is definitely taking us on a roller-coaster of emotions (so to speak) this year! After gaining 16% in July but falling back to…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Finnish new car sales are up 3% year-on-year in September to 8,139 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to 9% at 79,999 units. For the third time in the last 4 months, the Skoda…
Suzuki SX4 S-Cross * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Zsolti * Excellent showing for the Hungarian new car market: September sales are up 32% year-on-year to 4,680 units, bringing the year-to-date total back into positive at +4% and 41,260 registrations. The…