BMW X3 The South African car market is up 6% this month at 41,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date figure to 227,806, up 16%. Compared to April, the podium is unchanged: the Toyota Hilux is still ahead with 2,558 sales (6.2%) however it only sells...11 units more than the #2, the…
Fiat Panda The Italian car market is back in positive this month at +3% year-on-year and 171,077 units but is still down 15% year-to-date at 846,988. The Fiat Panda is #1 again with 12,065 sales and 7.1%. It is the 12th time this generation of Panda leads Italian sales, all…
Ford Focus The Irish car market stays very solid this month, up 9% year-on-year at 9,380 units and 12% year-to-date at 66,1089 registrations. The Ford Focus reacquaints itself with a familiar situation: the domination of Ireland car sales. At 8.8% share and 823 sales, the Focus is a distant #1…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The Spanish car market is down again this month at -23% year-on-year with 78,870 registrations, adding up to 358,830 units year-to-date (-26%). The Seat Ibiza delivers its strongest market…
Hyundai Verna The Indian market takes a rest this month with only one model posting all-time volume records. The Maruti Alto is stable at 25,393 sales and 155,053 year-to-date, the Maruti Swift climbs up to #2 for the first since April 2010 with 12,742 units, just above the Maruti Wagon…
Ford Focus Finnish new car sales are up 22% in May at 12,831 registrations, bringing the year-to-date figure to 59,427 units, up 20%. The VW Golf keeps the pole position and takes its distance with the Skoda Octavia this month at 645 sales and 5% share vs. 512 and 4%.…
Volvo V60 The car market is getting better and better in Norway this year, up 31% in may at 13,005 registrations and 14% over the first 5 months of the year at 58,151 units. The VW Golf stays on top but lowers its share to 4.7% with 611 sales, now…
The Chevrolet Malibu is the #1 passenger car in May. The new model (above) arrives in 2012. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * This month, the effects on Japanese manufacturers of parts and production shortages resulting from…
VW Passat The Swedes bought 30,853 new cars in May, an impressive 23% increase year-on-year. The year-to-date figure stands at 129,557 units, up 18%. The Volvo V70 stays on top at 2,110 sales and 6.8%, but the VW Passat, boosted by the new generation, is getting closer this month with…
Fiat Uno I have now uploaded Historical Data for Italy for the last 25 years... And from June 2002 onwards you can even check out each month's Top 10 or Top 30 ranking - that's 107 consecutive months! As you will see there are still quite a lot of holes…
Citroen DS3 The French market is down 12% this week at 44,474 registrations, and all the big sellers drop significantly year-on-year. In this week's order, the Renault Clio is down 31%, the Peugeot 207 down 33%, the Citroen C3 26% and the Renault Megane 25%. On the bright side, the…
Holden Cruze II * Now with the Top 100 best-selling models ranking: click on 'Read more' at end of post * Australian car sales are down 9% in April at 74,214 registrations and down 3% year-on-year at 322,678 units. The Holden Commodore is the best selling model for the third…
Suzuki Swift * Now with the Top 10 best-selling Passenger Cars: click on 'Read more' at end of post * Car sales are down 1% this month in New Zealand at 5,610 registrations. For the second time in 2011 the Suzuki Swift takes the leadership in the models ranking, certainly…
Skoda Fabia Car sales in Poland are down 5% this month at 22,388 registrations. For the second time this year, the Skoda Fabia leads the models ranking in the country, ahead of the Opel Astra, the Skoda Octavia coming at an unusually weak 3rd place. I don't have any more…
Wuling Sunshine Sales of Light Commercial Vehicles are down 9% year-on-year at 442,096, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,891,466 units (-2%). The Wuling Sunshine is the best seller for the 5th month in a row with 59,249 sales, down 7%. Its year-to-date figure stands at 262,663 units (-18%). Like in…