The Fiat Palio seems to have plateaued at 4.6% market share * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Car sales in Brazil are down 9% year-on-year in May to 274,490 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,291,913 registrations, down 4% on 2011. The podium…
The Ford F250 Single Cab is sold as the Ford F350 in Venezuela * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Venezuelan new car market continues to progress generously at +15% year-on-year in May to 11,733 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 54,885 units,…
Honda NBOX * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Kei car sales in Japan are up 67% year-on-year in May to 157,584 registrations, partly due to a low May 2011 base and bringing the year-to-date total to 902,236 units, up 51% on 2011. Honda is…
Skoda Superb * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market is up 3% year-on-year in May to 15,975 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 76,093 units, up 5% on 2011. For the first time since February and the 5th time…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Russian car market continue on its insolent good run while most of Europe is slowing down, up 11% year-on-year in May to 260,944 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 1,141,484 units, up 15%…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 40 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The Australian market is euphoric this month, up 24% year-on-year and setting a new record for May at 96,069 registrations, helped by a backlog of orders due to last year's Japanese quake and Thai…
Chevrolet Classic * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Argentinean new car market is taking us on a roller coaster in this first half of 2012. After being down 4% last February, up 35% in March and down 8% in April when dealerships admitted there was a slowdown in…
Vauxhall Corsa * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While most European countries are slowly but surely falling back into recession, UK car sales have a euphoric month of May, up 8% year-on-year to 162,288 registrations with private sales up 14%. This is the…
Toyota Camry * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are up a massive 28% year-on-year in May to 31,213 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 155,620 units, down just 0.8% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla has now been in…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Turkish new car sales continue at a much lower level than 2012, down 15% year-on-year in April to 45,645 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 143,181 units, down 19% on 2011. The Fiat Linea is…
Fiat Panda * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models: click on title to see! * Another disappointing month for the Italian car market, down 14% year-on-year in May to 147,426 registrations. This means the 2012 year-to-date total stands at 688,232 units, down 19% on 2011. The Fiat…
Toyota Etios Liva * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa are up a brilliant 21% year-on-year in May to 50,228 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 249,582 units, up 10% on 2011. After 3 consecutive months in pole…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Japan are up a massive 66% year-on-year in May to 236,366 registrations, the combined effect of government subsidies on environmentally friendly cars and a low May 2011 based linked to the…
Hyundai Santa Fe See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local cars are up just 0.7% year-on-year in May in South Korea to 120,574 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 566,743 units, down 9% on 2011. For the first time since last…
Wuling Rongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down 2% year-on-year in April to 434,103 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,791,301 units, down 5% on 2011. The Wuling Sunshine stays dominant with 46,328 sales but is…