The Fiat Ritmo was #2 in Italy in 1981 and 1982 * Click on 'Read more' below for the direct links to these 9 new posts * Thanks to Andrea who shared with me original data from Italian car bible Quattroruote, I have been able to upload the Top 10, 15…
Audi A4 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * We continue to pay particular attention to the Italian Station Wagon (SW) market, up a whopping 35% year-on-year this month at 6,676 sales in an overall market up just 1%... The…
Lancia Ypsilon * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * New car sales in Italy are up just 1.5% year-on-year in August at 70,732 registrations, with the year-to-date total down 12% at 1,228,501 units. The Fiat Punto (7.4%) and Panda (6.4%)…
70% of Opel Astras sold in Italy in July are station wagons Italy is one of the last markets in the world (with Sweden and a couple of others) still very fond of station wagons, even more so when getting ready for Summer road trips... In an overall market down…
Lancia Ypsilon * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Down 11% year-on-year at 138,501 registrations, the Italian market has its slowest month of July since 1983... The 2011 total reaches 1,156,796 units, down 13%. The Fiat Punto leads the way…
Lancia Ypsilon * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The Italian car market is back into negative at -1.7% year-on-year this month with 169,662 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 1,017,388 units, down 13%. The Fiat Punto reclaims…
Fiat Panda The Italian car market is back in positive this month at +3% year-on-year and 171,077 units but is still down 15% year-to-date at 846,988. The Fiat Panda is #1 again with 12,065 sales and 7.1%. It is the 12th time this generation of Panda leads Italian sales, all…
Fiat Uno I have now uploaded Historical Data for Italy for the last 25 years... And from June 2002 onwards you can even check out each month's Top 10 or Top 30 ranking - that's 107 consecutive months! As you will see there are still quite a lot of holes…
Fiat Panda Italian car sales seem to be on the mend, at only -2% in April (157,991 registrations), compared to -19% year-to-date at 675,104 units. The Fiat Panda is #1 for the first time since November and for the third time in 12 months with 10,797 sales and 6.8% share.…
Fiat Punto * Now updated with the Top 50 best selling models over Q1 2011. See 'Read more' below * Italian car sales are down a worrying 28% year-on-year in March at 187,774 units. First Quarter figures are down 23% at 513,794 registrations. Both the Fiat Punto at 7.5% (14.035…
Alfa Romeo Giulietta The Italian car market struggles in February at -21% with 161,147 registrations. Fiat monopolises the podium this month, with the Fiat Punto #1 at 6.7%, the Fiat Panda #2 at 5.8% and the Fiat 500 #3 at 3.8%. The Ford Fiesta and VW Golf follow. Excellent hold…
The Italian car market is off to a slow start this year with 165,302 registrations in January, down 21% on last year. The Fiat Punto stays strong at 13,173 sales and 8% share, but the Panda drops to 6.1%. The VW Golf has a good month in 4th place and…
Mini * Now updated with the Top 100 best-selling models and the Top 20 by Region! See 'Read more' at end of post, many thanks to Florian for the tip * December car sales are down 22% in Italy at 131,202 units, bringing the 2010 total to 1,960,218, down 9%…
Hard times for the Italian car market, down 21% in November with 146,307 registrations. The Year-to-date figure is down 8% at 1,840,511. The Fiat Panda is #1 in Italy for the first time since May with 10,736 sales and 7.3%, ahead of the Punto at 10,066 (6.9%). The Punto's 1st…
Steep drop for the Italian market in October: it is 28% below Oct 09 at 140,944 sales. The year-to-date score is 1,692,472 registrations, -8% over 2009. The Fiat Punto still leads the way at 7.3% vs 7% in September, ahead of the Fiat Panda at 6.6%. The Punto sales include…