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Japan November 2010: Nissan Juke at best-ever #12

Another very weak month in Japan with 203,246 registrations, down 31% year-on-year. The Toyota Prius still leads the way by far, but its margin over #2 Honda Fit drops from 7,735 in October to 4,723 this month. The Nissan Juke delivers a best-ever 12th position with 3,789 registrations, whereas the…

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UK November 2010: Golf #3, Insignia #5

In November, the UK market is down only 11% over a November 09 boosted by the Scrappage Incentive Scheme, and the year-to-date figure is still up by 3% at 1,907,029. The Ford Fiesta holds the pole position again, very stable at 4.6%, ahead of the Focus at 4%. The VW…

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Venezuela November 2010: Optra takes the lead

The Venezuelan car market is up 13% year-on-year with 11,382 registrations in November, and down 9% year-to-date at 115,047. The Chevrolet Optra captures 17% of the market this month at 1,922 sales and takes the lead year-to-date with 13,876 units (12.1%), passing the Chevrolet Aveo which is in the middle…

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Niger: Toyota king, Corolla should rule

* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * Extremely limited car market in Niger with new cars virtually absent of the streets of the capital Niamey. With only 800km of paved road in this 1.3 million km2 country, road travel is a challenge. 80% of cars in the…

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Malawi: Toyota Hilux leads the way

* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * Like many other African markets, Malawi is 'owned' by Toyota, which should place the Hilux and Corolla on top of the sales, and the Fortuner, Land Cruiser 70 and Hiace a bit lower. The Nissan Hardbody also seem quite successful.…

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Cameroon: Hilux on top

* Click on title for Cameroon street scenes! * The car market in Cameroon is still relatively limited with 3,167 new vehicles sold in 2007 (vs. around 75,000 yearly used car sales). Toyota holds close to half the market (40% in 2004 - last official figures) and should place the…

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Mexico October 2010: Jetta threatens Tsuru

The Mexican car market is experiencing a slow growth this year after the devastating blow of the financial crisis, with +7% over 10 months at 639,883 registrations and +9% in October at 74,094. The Nissan Tsuru is still the king of the Mexican roads with 5,097 sales in October (6.9%)…

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Argentina November 2010: Sandero #1!

The Argentinian market is on fire in 2010 at +44% in November. For the very first time, it is led by the Renault Sandero, with 2,929 registrations and 5.4% of the market, ahead of the Chevrolet Corsa Classic at 5.1%. It is possibly the first time the Sandero leads the…

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Brazil November 2010: Gol at its highest this year

Another massive month for the Brazilian market with 311,318 registrations in November, +31% vs. 2009! The Year-to-date figure is just under 3 million at 2,967,760 sales and +9%. The VW Gol is as strong as ever and delivers its best 2010 month in terms of volume at 29,697 units (9.5%). It…

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Mozambique: Toyota Hilux potentially on top

* Click on title for street scenes! * Mozambique is a difficult market to approach as there are not many videos of the streets/roads of the country available online, and not many new cars in the streets. In this context the possible best-sellers could be the Toyota Hilux, Toyota Corolla,…

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