Strong full-sized pickup sales are driving the US market to almost 10% growth in 2013. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Both LMC Automotive/J.D. Power and TrueCar.com predict May US auto sales will rebound from an April slowdown to exceed 1.4 million units, a 9%…
Dacia Logan * See the Top 50 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Flying in the face of the overall depressed trend in Europe, new car sales in Belgium are up an impressive 10% year-on-year in April to 53,036 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,196 units. Very…
BMW 3 Series GT * See the Top 32 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * At just -4% year-on-year to 8,032 registrations in April, Portuguese new car sales confirm they may finally have bottomed out, as the 2013 year-to-date remains in positive at +1% and 32,179 units. Is…
Honda Accord * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * California is the largest new car market in the USA and over the first Quarter of 2013 it is up a massive 13% year-on-year to 403,658 registrations, to be compared with +7% in the USA…
Ford Explorer * See the Top 270 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Check out Mid West Title Loans here! Now that we have gone through the Top 258 All-models ranking for April, as usual let's explore the year-to-date ranking in more detail to extract longer-term trends. Overall the US market…
Chery QQ in Yangon, Myanmar * See the Full photo album by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ryusuke * Information about the Myanmar new car market is slowly but surely trickling down, and now thanks to the hard work of Ryusuke I can share with you a photo…
Bob Graziano: "Manufacturing in Australia is no longer viable" Breaking news: In a press conference that started 30 minutes ago, Ford Australia President and CEO Bob Graziano has announced that Ford is pulling out of manufacturing cars in Australia in October 2016. Graziano has confirmed local production of the Falcon, Falcon…
Picture courtesy of investgazeta.net, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * China became the largest automotive market in the world in 2009 while the US fell into recession. However since then, Chinese sales slowed from the strong double-digit growth of 2009 and 2010. This…
M-Org With skyrocketing fuel costs and a weak economy, many individuals around the world are searching for ways to save money. For the solo rider, purchasing a motorcycle has become a popular choice for saving on gas. Boasting of up to 90 miles per gallon, scooters and motorcycles are able…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With Spring, new car sales flourish again in Iceland: over the first 17 days of May, no less than 739 new vehicles found a buyer in the country which is more than during the entire…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Macedonian new car market continues to struggle: down 20% year-on-year in April to 298 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 1,266 units, down 10% on 2012. Last month Macedonia became the…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * Can the Greek market dive further down? It seems it can: after hiving us a flicker of hope last month with a 21% year-on-year gain, over the first half of May,…
The Audi A3 is in the Top 10 for the first time since the nameplate launched in 1996. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Whereas recession has now spread across most of Europe, April new car sales in the region are…
Chery MVM315 * See the Top 15 most produced local models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition for Iran only production data is available, however this is a good indication of car sales in the country as high import duties limit sales of imported vehicles. April…
Toyota Corolla XI (Japanese version): still ahead worldwide. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that we have gone through the worldwide February ranking in detail, the year-to-date updates designed to extract longer-term trends are back! Like in 2012…