Good month of October for the Venezuelan car market at +5%, the year-to-date figure is still at -11% though with 103,665 registrations. The Chevrolet Aveo old gen is #1 in Venezuela with 13,188 sales and 12.7%, but the new generation is coming soon, so its October score is a weak…
Toyota Innova The Vietnamese market is slightly below 2009 at -11% in October (10,421 sales) and -4% year-to-date (88,600 sales). Toyota is king with 4 cars in the Top 4! The Toyota Innova is in the lead at 5,769 registrations and 6.5% market share year-to-date, ahead of the Fortuner (5.6%),…
The Argentinean car market is up a very healthy 28% in October at 48,873 registrations, and 25% year-to-date at 544,636. The Chevrolet Corsa Classic is on top with 6.3% market share in October and 5.7% year-to-date. The French take up the two remaining spots on the podium with the Peugeot…
Luxgen7 MPV Official car sales figures in Taiwan are restricted to the cars produced in the country, and the Toyota Corolla arrives 1st by far over 10 months 2010 with 22,194 sales and 10.5% of the market. The Nissan Tiida is the only non-Toyota in the Top 5 in #2…
Proton Saga 6 Malaysian models in the Top 7 this month, with the Top 3 accounting for 38% of the market! #3 in August, the Proton Saga climbs back into the lead with 5,582 registrations and a gargantuan 13.4% market share. It is #2 year-to-date with 55,374 sales (12.7%). The…
Wuling Sunshine The Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV's) ranking is the hidden side of the Chinese market, as these figures are rarely accessible, so thanks to AutoWeek.nl and Autonews.com for bringing them to the surface. The Chinese LCV market is at +8% in Sept (427,176 units) and +26% over 9 months…
After having lost no less than 73% in 2009, the Latvian car market is shyly recovering in 2010 with +15% over the first 10 months of the year at 3,905 registrations. The VW Golf leads the pack by a very large margin with 216 sales and 5.5% of the market.…
VW Lavida The Chinese market grows by 25% in October, and 35% year-to-date: the 10 months 2010 figure (14.67 million) is already well superior to the full year 2009 number (13.64 million)! The models ranking is very volatile and the VW Lavida, built exclusively for China on a Golf IV…
The Indian car market is going from strength to strength and the Maruti Alto and Wagon R are posting record figures in October: 32,612 and 16,952 sales respectively! The Hyundai i10 (#3) is also very solid at 15,103 registrations, its second best 2010 figure, the Maruti Swift posts its best…
The South African market is up an impressive 22% in October with 44,055 registrations, and the #1 spot goes to the VW Polo Vivo, a restyled old gen Polo, with 2,576 sales and 5.8% of the market. The new Polo can only dream of this success: it is only 14th…
The Slovenian market is stable in October at 4,741 registrations and is growing by 7% year-to-date at 51,215 registrations. Renault dominates and places the Clio #1 at 7.1% year-to-date and the Megane #2 at 4.8%. The VW Polo and Golf are 3rd and 4th at both 4.1%, with the Polo…
Kia Sportage In October, Hyundai gets back to its dominating position with a 1-2-3: the Avante (Elantra) is still riding on the novelty effect wave with close to 20,000 registrations and 15% of the market, the Sonata loses 2 percentage points but stays #2 and the Porter is #3 at…
The Slovakian market is slowly recovering from a dismal year: October is at +10% vs. 2009 but the year-to-date sales are still at -33% vs. last year. Like in Czech Republic, the Skoda Octavia is ahead, followed by the Fabia, but their market shares are significantly lower: 8.6% and 7.5%…
Very weak sales in Croatia this month with only 2,917 registrations. The Opel Astra stays on top by far (5.3%) and the Renault Megane jumps to 2nd with 3.5%. The 7 best selling models year-to-date do not change, but the Peugeot 308 goes up to 8th and the Chevrolet…
The Moroccan car market is expanding slightly in 2009 with 93,761 registrations (+3%) and the Dacia Logan, built in the country, grabs 15.1% of the market with 14,200 units sold. The 2003 Renault Kangoo is 2nd with 11,543 sales (12.3%) and the Kia Picanto closes the podium in 3rd at…