Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 6% year-on-year in May to 32,398 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 153,890 units, down just 1% on 2011. The VW Golf is #1 for the 27th month…
Chevrolet Spark * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2011 is definitely an excellent year for new car sales in Mexico, with May up 17% year-on-year to 80,267 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 383,731 units, up 11% on 2011. The Chevrolet Aveo…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Slovakia are down 9% year-on-year in May to 5,948 registrations, brining the year-to-date total to 28,340 units, up 2% on 2011. As usual the Skoda Octavia and Fabia dominate sales, respectively…
Dacia Logan MCV. Picture by t-zajac, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Romanian new car market is definitely see-sawing this year: After gaining 86% in January, 27% in February, 29% in March but losing 13% in April, it is down another 9% in…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 300 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Steam * In May the German new car market is down 5% year-on-year to 289,977 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,337,679 units, up just 0.3% on 2011. The VW Golf predictably holds…
VW Polo * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! Click on title to see - many thanks to Luka * Croatian new car sales recuperate somewhat from a disastrous month of April (-37%) at -13% year-on-year in May at 3,377 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
The Dacia Logan was the best-selling model in Central & Eastern Europe from 2005 to 2008 * See the direct links to 6 new Historical Data articles by clicking on the title! * Today I have created a new category on the right hand side of the site: Europe (Central…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the Top 257 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * At +26% year-on-year, chances are the US car market will grow faster than China this month! Yep, this is rare enough to be bolded in my article... So it looks like the American consumer…
Citroen C3 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another depressing result for Greek car sales, down 48% year-on-year in May to 5,265 sales, which brings the year-to-date total to 26,853 units, down 41% on 2011. For the first time in 13 years, exactly…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * There is a lot at stake this month for French car sales as June is traditionally one of the strongest months of the year. But it hasn't started well: over the first 5…
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%…