Wuling Sunshine Light Commercial Vehicles continue to struggle in China, down 12% in May at 380,424 units, with the year-to-date figure now down 4% at 2,271,890 registrations. The Wuling Sunshine leads the way again in May with 56,203 units (-10%) and year-to-date at 318,866 (-16%). As usual the relevant comparisons…
Ford Focus Excellent month for car sales in Ireland: up 32% year-on-year at 10,944 registrations. The market is up 15% at 76,468 units. The Ford Focus confirms it has returned to its traditional position in Ireland, #1 again with a strong 7.1% share and back to #1 year-to-date also at…
VW Passat Like in neighbouring Sweden, the Norwegian car market is down year-on-year for the first time in 2011 at -7% and 10,354 registrations in June. The year-to-date figure is still up by 10.5% at 68,505 units. For the first time since 2007, the VW Passat is the best-selling model…
Volvo XC60 In June, Swedish car sales are down for the first time this year at -3% and 27,485 registrations. Midway through the year, the market is still up 14% at 157,042 units. The Top 4 for the month is identical to the year-to-date ranking. The Volvo V70 is unsurprisingly…
Mercedes C Class, #2 in Germany in 2001 * Now with every Monthly Top 30 for 2010! * After the 1946 to 2000 period, I have now uploaded Historical Data for years 2001 to 2010 in Germany. You can access at least a year-end Top 50 for each year and…
Chevrolet Sail Thanks to Autoblog Español, I am able to share with you the best-selling models in Algeria in more detail than usual this month. May 2011 will be remembered as the first month a Chinese import managed to rank within the Algerian Top 10. The Chevrolet Sail manages this…
Street scene in Asuncion, Paraguay. Picture by AFS USA * Thanks to Seba & Pablo, I can now shed more light on the Paraguayan car market! * Chevrolet Classic No official data available for Paraguay, only that Chevrolet dominates and should be placing the Chevrolet Classic in the first place…
Peugeot 308 Car sales are down 7% this week in France at 48,750 registrations. The Peugeot 207 is back on top at 4.3% share, ahead of the Renault Clio at 4.1% and the Citroen C3 at 3.7%. The Peugeot 308, boosted by its recent refresh, is up to #4 with…
Proton Persona Malaysian car sales are down 10% in May at 44,077 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 246,850 units, still up 4%. This month the Perodua Myvi is unusually low in the ranking (#4) due to low stocks in advance of the 2nd generation's June launch. This triggers a…
Dacia Logan, picture by Vaughan London Moroccan car sales are up a very healthy 9% over the first 5 months of 2011 at 40,919 registrations, with May at 9,032 units. The Dacia Logan looks like it will be the best-seller in the country for a 6th consecutive year, holding its…
Hyundai Elantra The new car market in Canada is down 4% this month to 149,034 units. The Ford F-Series keeps the pole position with over 7,500 sales and 5% share and is followed by two Dodge models: the RAM pick-up and Caravan, both very solid at 3.7%. The Hyundai Elantra…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-sellling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * At 16,517 units, Danish car sales are up an impressive 28% in May, and the year-to-date figure is up 22% at 70,703 registrations. The Hyundai i30 is the best-selling…
VW Passat * Now updated with the Top 250 best-selling models! See 'Read more' at end of post * German consumers are buying new cars again: sales are up a massive 22% year-on-year in May at 304,543 registrations. VW continues to impress: for the 4th time in 5 months the…
Fiat Punto The European car market is looking brighter, up 7% year-on-year in May at 1,230,453 units. This brings the year-to-date total to 6,038,928, now only down 0.3%. 7 of the Top 10 best-selling models register year-on-year increases, compared to only 2 last month. The VW Golf stays very strong…
Chevrolet Classic The Uruguayan car market improves on an already record-breaking year, up 33% at 19,087 units over the first 5 months of 2011. Thanks to Sebastian from Montevideo, Uruguay, we now have a better insight into the best-selling brands and models in the country, many thanks Sebastian! Chery QQ Chevrolet…