Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Difficult year for new car sales in Europe, down 8% on 2011 to 12,573,842 registrations. The VW Golf manages to keep the pole position for the 5th year in a row but loses more…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The European new car market finishes 2012 on a very dark note: down 15% year-on-year in December to 847,366 registrations, which brings the Full Year 2012 total to 12,573,842 units, down 8% on 2011.…
The VW Up! is now among the 20 most popular vehicles in Europe. * See the Top 342 best-selling models and Top 60 all-brands by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Lancia Lover and Autoweek.nl, I can now share with you the Top 342 (almost) all-models and Top 60 all-brands…
Renault Clio IV * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the continent are down a painful 10% year-on-year to 970,393 registrations, the weakest month of November in 19 years, and down 7% year-to-date at 11,712,132 units.…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe slow down their decline in October at -5% year-on-year to 1,002,167 registrations, boosted by solid performance from the UK (+12%) and Germany (+0.5%). The year-to-date total now stands…
The 200,000th Citroen DS3 in Poissy, France November 2012 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Citroen achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday, with 200,000th DS3 rolling off the firm's production line in Poissy, France. Launched in March 2010, the DS3 hit Russia later that year, Argentina…
* Click on title to see the Golf's sales in Germany since 1974 and in Europe since 1983 * By the end of 2012, the VW Golf will have been #1 in Europe for 24 of the last 30 years, and #1 in Germany for the last 32 years in a…
The VW Golf III sold 43,838 units in March 1993 in Germany alone, a record. * See the direct links to these 8 Historical Data posts by clicking on the title! * Looking to buy a new car? Find out about budget car insurance here. Thanks to STAC and a thorough…
Mercedes will need the A-Class to reclaim the world #1 premium brand spot it lost in 2005 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Launched in mid-September across Western Europe, the new generation Mercedes A-Class already has over 70,000 orders despite being €7,000 more expensive than the…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This is it. With 4 of the Top 5 European markets in significant decline in September (Germany -11%, France -18%, Italy -26% and Spain -40%), the overall new car market in Europe is now officially…
* See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Interviewed by Reuters yesterday at the Paris Auto Show, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said that in the face of the significant sales decline in Europe, the group is refocusing its production towards export markets outside the continent. The fall…
208 Rolls Royce Ghost were sold in Europe so far in 2012. Picture by gstaranto, all rights reserved. * See the Top 325 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Lancia Lover from www.autoweek.nl I can share with you today and for the first time since last April…
Renault Twizy * See the Renault Twizy's detailed sales figures by clicking on the title! * Around a month ago I wrote about the Renault Twizy and its sales performance in Europe where it launched 6 months ago. Being categorised as a quadricycle it doesn't appear in traditional models rankings…
Ferrari F12 berlinetta (Click on picture to enlarge) * See more pictures by clicking on the title! * On September 1, Ferrari started European deliveries of the 'most powerful Ferrari yet' - the F12 berlinetta which goes from 0 to 200 km/h in 8.5 sec and delivers Formula 1-like 740…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales are getting weaker by the month in Europe, with August down 8% year-on-year to 726,562 registrations and the year-to-date total now down 7% on 2011 at 8,610,605 units. Like last month, all…