The Suzuki Ravi is up to #3 in Pakistan this month. * See the Top 15 best-selling local models by clicking on the title * Only sales of locally-produced nameplates are available for Pakistan, and these are up an impressive 36% year-on-year in February to 17,356 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Mazda places 3 models inside the Vietnamese Top 10 this month. * See the Top 20 brands and Top 40 models by clicking on the title * Explosive start of the year for the Vietnamese new vehicle market: up 80% in January to a record 19,979 registrations. Toyota dominates with…
Mercedes S-Class (Maybach variant pictured) * See the Top 29 All-brands and Top 179 All-models by clicking on the title * With the usual one month-delay we now have access to detailed data for South Korea including imported vehicles. Mercedes jumps to the front of the foreign brand queue in…
Back to basics: the Lada 4x4 bucks the trend, up 20% year-on-year in February. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market situation is rapidly escalating to become catastrophic: -38% year-on-year in February to just 128,298 registrations…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 73% while the VW Passat is up 23% in Europe in January. * See the Top 335 All-models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data now available shows a market still up 6% to 1.023.880 registrations in January. If Volkswagen (+9%),…
The BMW 2 Series is up to #16 in February at home in Germany. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 308 models by clicking on the title * Germany, Europe's largest new car market, is up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in February to 223,254 registrations, bringing…
The Skoda Yeti is #7 with German private buyers this month. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Private sales in Germany are back up to 33.1% of the overall market vs. 31.2% in January at 73,897 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 139,938…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 191 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in Hong Kong are up by a very robust 24% year-on-year in February to 4,907 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 9,317 units, up 15.5% on 2014. Toyota remains…
The Lada Granta holds 11.7% of the Kazakh market in January. * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 163 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a very rough start of 2015 in Kazakhstan with sales down 29% on a year ago in January to just 7,753 registrations, and…
Volvo XC60 * See the Top 100 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * Data provided by SEMO Cyprus and analysed by INNOSOFT shows a Cypriot new car market down 2% year-on-year in February to 625 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,471 units, up 7% on 2014. For the first time…
The Smart Forfour breaks into the Italian Top 20 in February. * UPDATED with actuals - See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models * It is finally the end of the tunnel for the Italian new car market: after gaining 11% in January, sales are up an even more…
Only the Ford Fiesta outsells the VW Golf in the UK this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * SMMT figures show the UK new car market up year-on-year for the 36th consecutive month (3 years exactly) at +12%…
The Chrysler 200 is up to #17 overall in the US in February. * UPDATED - See the Top 271 All-models, Top 40 brands & Top 15 groups * Particularly severe wintry weather will finally have had an impact on US light vehicle sales: whereas the average forecast for February was…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models in each nation by clicking on the title * As a teaser to overall UK sales and thanks to data communicated by SMMT, I give you the Top 10 best-selling models for each UK nation for February. Keep in mind…
First month of sales for the Mazda CX-3 in Japan. * See the Top 30 best-selling cars, kei cars and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title * Analysis written in cooperation with Stephen Bloom February sales remain well below last year’s pre-tax increase level, but they were a bit…