Fiat Siena New car sales in Venezuela are down 12% in April at 9,431 registrations and 8% year-to-date at 35,221 units. The Chevrolet Aveo reclaims the top spot at 11% share. It is still distant leader year-to-date with 5,038 sales and 14.3%. The Chevrolet Optra is back to its traditional…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 100 best -selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Austrian car market is up 5% in April at 33,317 registrations and up 13% over the first 4 months of the year at 121,182 units. The Top…
Renault Clio The Slovenian car market is down 8% year-on-year in April at 5,007 units. The Renault Clio reaches its best share yet this year at 8.5% thanks to 425 sales, more than double the figure of the #2, the Renault Megane at 4.1% and 206 units. In fact the…
Dacia Duster Thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, I am now able to share with you the models ranking in New Caledonia... Many thanks Yves! New Caledonia is not a country as such, it is an overseas French territory in Oceania. However the best selling cars are so radically different from…
VW Clasico The Mexican car market is on the rise again this month with 65,246 registrations, up 8% year-on-year. For the second time this year, the VW Clasico (a restyled 3rd generation Jetta) takes the lead, but this time its advance on the Nissan Tsuru is sizeable: with 4,795 sales…
Honda Fit Bad news keep coming from Japan. As predicted, the new car market plunged even further in April, down 51% year-on-year to 108,824 units, the lowest monthly volume since records started in January 1968. Toyota is hit hardest at -69%. More details here. The models ranking is surprisingly stable…
Peugeot 508 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Dutch car market is definitely in good shape this year: it is up 28% in April at 47,910 registrations and 25% year-to-date at 228,398 units. The VW Polo…
Nissan Micra * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The year-on-year decline in the Greek car market is slightly more palatable this month at -18% with 10,190 registrations, bringing the 4 months 2011 total to 35,446 units, down…
Toyota Wish After allowing the Nissan Tiida to wander in the Top 2 for a couple of months, Toyota is back with a vengeance in April in Taiwan, placing no less than 5 models in the Top5! Unsurprisingly, the Toyota Corolla leads with 2,173 sales and 8.3% share, but the…
Opel Astra The Croatian car market is up 33% in April at 4,153 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 14,641 units, up 21%. After 4 months of odd, Police-fleet induced Skoda Octavia domination, the ranking is back to its more traditional self this month, with the Opel Astra #1 at…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 75 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time this year, new car sales in Czech Republic are down, by 4% at 14,620 units. The year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 56,646…
VW Gol Rallye * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * So close. For the second time in a row, the Fiat Uno is #1 at mid-month but gets passed by the VW Gol by month end. The…
VW Passat Car sales in Finland are up again, by 9% in April at 11,229 registrations and 19% year-to-date at 46,581 units. The VW Golf is back to its traditional top spot at 616 sales and a strong 5.5%, ahead of the Skoda Octavia, also very healthy this month at…
VW Polo New car sales in South Africa are up 8% in April at 38,566 registrations, bringing the 4 months 2011 figure to 186,284, up 19%. The Toyota Hilux keeps its crown at a shiny 7% market share, but the VW Polo Vivo is catching up at 5.8%. The VW…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 85 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Another strong month in the USA with sales up 18% at 1,157,928 units. The year-to-date figure is up 20% at 4,218,067 units (the detail is here). While the Ford…