VW Beetle * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of imported models in Japan are up a very healthy 7% year-on-year over the first Quarter of 2013 to 85,596 registrations, 21.9% of which are Japanese models produced abroad and reimported into the country.…
Suzuki Spacia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Kei car ranking is for once relatively eventful this month in Japan. For the first time since last September and only the third time in the last 19 months the Suzuki Wagon R, which led the…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Japan, down 16% to 420,069 registrations. The top of the models ranking is extremely stable this month: the Toyota Aqua continues to amaze the…
Can't be clearer... * Click on the title to see the full article! * This is Part 2 of 3 special reports on the Manila International Auto Show 2013. You can check Part 1 – an overview of the Filipino car market and its perspectives for the near future here.…
Renault Clio Mio * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 35 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Argentina are down 9% year-on-year in March to 75,138 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 247,804 units, down 2% on 2012. The Chevrolet Classic remains the…
Renault Clio * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 41 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As usual Turkish car sales data come to us with a bit of delay, and the great start of the year continues with February up 26% year-on-year to 36,814 registrations, bringing the…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 18 brands by clicking on the title! * It's definitely not a good year for new car sales in France, down another 16% year-on-year in March to 165,244 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 433,297 units, down 15% on…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are down a worrying 17% year-on-year in March to 27,472 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 90,287 units, down 6% on 2012. If the Toyota Corolla stays on top this…
Mazda CX-5 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models/Top 10 brands! Click on title to see * Difficult month for new car sales in Norway, down 18% year-on-year in March to 10,735 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 33,696 units, now in negative compared to 2012 at -3%. In…
Hyundai HB20 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * More limited data for now on Brazil as my traditional Fenavabre source has not been updated for a month. And the big event in March is once again the irremediable progression of the Hyundai HB20:…
Honda Amaze * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Being the last month of the financial year, March is traditionally the year's strongest month for new car sales in India and 2013 doesn't look like it will be an exception. At…
Good old me at the Manila Auto Show yesterday * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Yesterday I had the privilege to attend the Manila International Auto Show thanks to the invitation of Rico Soriano. This is the first of 3 articles dedicated to the Show,…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are down 10% year-on-year in March to 10,672 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,488 units, down 13% on 2012 which is roughly in the European average…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK new car market continues to defy the gloomy european economic context and celebrates its 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for the all-important plate change month of March. Sales are…
Fiat Ducato Panorama * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French Light Commercial Vehicle market is the largest in Europe and resists better than its Passenger Car counterpart, down just 6% in March to 32,941 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 93,296…