Renault Duster * See the Top 130 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another impressive month for Argentinean car sales, up 20% to 65,292 registrations in November, bringing the year-to-date total to 818,442, up 36%. The VW Gol Power (previous generation) holds the top spot for the 2nd…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 49,499 registrations, the South African car market is up another 11% year-on-year in November and 16% year-to-date with 526,223 units. Thanks to its facelift, the Toyota Hilux reclaims market leadership both this month and…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For once the Italian Station Wagon (sw) market struggles with 11,332 registrations, down 15% year-on-year vs. a 10% drop for the overall market. The Opel Astra continues to lead with 1,332 sales and a 62%…
VW Passat * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Sweden are up just 0.5% this month to 26,894 registrations, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to 279,582 units, up 8%. The Volvo V70 keeps its title with a very respectable 8.6%…
Renault Twingo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French car market is holding surprisingly well at -2% this week with 41,000 registrations. The Renault Clio leads the way at 5.5% market share thanks to 2,266 sales, followed by the revamped Renault Twingo…
Renault Duster * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on this article's title! * Brazilian car sales are stable vs. 2010 over the first half of November at 160,251 registrations. The top of the ranking is pretty boring: the 9 best-selling models are exactly the same as in…
Dacia Duster (in Morocco, not France!) * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French car market is down 6% over the first week of November at 25,735 registrations, and the ranking is full of surprises. First brandwise: Citroen leads the way with 16.3%…
The recovery is here in Poland: car sales are up 25% in November at 33,911 units, bringing the 2010 total back into positive at 298,344 units, up 2%. The top of the ranking is unchanged, with the Skoda Octavia and Fabia still dominant. This month's surprises are just below: the…
For its last month before the arrival of the FL restyled version, the Proton Saga reclaims the #1 spot with an impressive 13.6% market share. However it is still #2 year-to-date with 67,779 sales (12.8%) vs. 69,368 (13.1%) for the Perodua Myvi, #2 in November at 12.2%. The Top 5…
The Turkish car market is euphoric this month at +182% year-on-year and 50,061 registrations, bringing the year-to-date figure to 410,323, up 31%. The Renault Symbol, #1 in November at 5.8%, is now also the best selling car in Turkey year-to-date with 23,558 sales and 5.7%, passing the Hyundai Accent (23,174…
In a market down 15% over 11 months at 35,382 registrations, the Opel Astra stays strong leader at 6% share, followed by the VW Polo at 4.8% and the Opel Corsa at 3.9%. The Renault Megane is solid again in November in 3rd (4.7%) and gains one spot YTD in…
ChangAn Minibus Chinese workers bought 467,639 new Light Commercial Vehicles in November, up 21% year-on-year. The total over 11 months 2010 is 4,829,785 units, up 25% on 2009. Big movement this month: the ChangAn Minibus takes the pole position with 54,795 sales, up an impressive 52% over Nov 09, ahead…
Toyota Fortuner in HoChiMinh City, November 2010. Picture by my dear Mum and Dad. At 11,198 registrations this month, the Vietnamese market is down 9% year-on-year and 4% year-to-date at 99,798 sales. The Toyota Innova regains its first spot with 811 sales (7.2%) followed by the Toyota Fortuner at an…
The European market is down 7% in November at 1,094,293 registrations and down 5% over 11 months at 12,666,595 sales, with some signs of recovery as Germany slows its decline. The Top 5 best selling models are unchanged vs. October, with the VW Golf still #1 by far, ahead of…
Another good month for the Mexican car market, up 16% in November at 75,582 registrations and 8% year-to-date with 715,465. While the Nissan Tsuru is still ahead with 5,112 sales and 6.8% this month, its advantage over the VW Jetta dropped to 194 units, vs. 334 units in October. Note…