Kia Morning in Hanoi, Vietnam * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Vietnamese car market is down 11% this month at 8,544 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up 1% at 61,132 units. For the second time in…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Finnish car sales are back into positive, up 18% at 8,420 registrations this month, bringing the year-to-date total to 78,870 units, up 15%. For the 3rd time in the last 12…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * For the first time this year, Croatian car sales are down, by 8% year-on-year in July at 3,663 units. The year-to-date total is still up a healthy 15% at 26,800 units.…
VW Polo * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Russian car market slows down its growth to a still very robust +27% year-on-year at 224,620 registrations, with the year-to-date figure up a whopping 50% at 1,460,062 units. The Lada…
Ford F350 Fragile month for car sales in Venezuela, down 11% year-on-year at 10,325 registrations, bringing the 2011 total to 67,359 units, down 4%. No surprises on top: the Chevrolet Aveo is still distant leader but sees its market share drop by 5 percentage points on June at a still…
Citroen Berlingo * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The French Light Commercial Vehicle market is down again this month, at -12% and 30,015 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 254,344 registrations, still up 3%. No change on top: the…
Mitsubishi Delica * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * At 38,601 registrations, July is the second biggest month of the year so far in Taiwan after January. Toyota returns to its traditional domination, holding no less than 1/3 of the…
Hyundai i20 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Relative improvement for new car sales in Greece this month: at 9,939 units they are down 'only' 14% year-on-year, compared to -33% in June. The year-to-date total stands at 65,200 units,…
VW Polo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Dutch car sales are up 10% in July at 42,281 registrations, with the 2011 year-to-date total now up 20% to 370,642 units. For the first time since April, the VW Polo…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * French car sales are down 6% in July at 159,945 registrations, bringing the 2011 total to 1,385,029 units, up 0.2%. To compensate for supply issues of the Clio diesel versions, Renault…
Kia Ceed * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Czech new car market is back in positive at +6% and 12,118 registrations, making the 7 months 2011 total stable year-on-year at 100,402 units. The two traditional blockbusters of the…
Opel Astra Last country to release official June sales data, Poland delivers 24,776 units this month, down 8% on June 2010 and bringing the 2011 total figure to 137,671, down 6%. The Skoda Octavia holds the top spot both in June with 1,439 sales and 5.8% and in 2011 at…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Coming one month late as usual, Turkish June car sales figures are again excellent: up a massive 35% year-on-year at 56,714 units and bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to 289,746, up…
Suzuki Swift The New Zealand car market is back to healthy growth after a couple of months of Japan earthquake-induced disruption. At 6,705 units, it is up 12% on July 2010 and 17% on July 2009, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to 48,717, up 7%. For the third time this…
Renault Sandero * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post * New car sales are stable in Brazil at 287,941 registrations this month, up 1% year-on-year, bringing the 2011 figure to 1,926,020, up a robust 8%. The fight for the top spot…