VW Clasico The Mexican car market is on the rise again this month with 65,246 registrations, up 8% year-on-year. For the second time this year, the VW Clasico (a restyled 3rd generation Jetta) takes the lead, but this time its advance on the Nissan Tsuru is sizeable: with 4,795 sales…
Honda Fit Bad news keep coming from Japan. As predicted, the new car market plunged even further in April, down 51% year-on-year to 108,824 units, the lowest monthly volume since records started in January 1968. Toyota is hit hardest at -69%. More details here. The models ranking is surprisingly stable…
Peugeot 508 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Dutch car market is definitely in good shape this year: it is up 28% in April at 47,910 registrations and 25% year-to-date at 228,398 units. The VW Polo…
Nissan Micra * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The year-on-year decline in the Greek car market is slightly more palatable this month at -18% with 10,190 registrations, bringing the 4 months 2011 total to 35,446 units, down…
Toyota Wish After allowing the Nissan Tiida to wander in the Top 2 for a couple of months, Toyota is back with a vengeance in April in Taiwan, placing no less than 5 models in the Top5! Unsurprisingly, the Toyota Corolla leads with 2,173 sales and 8.3% share, but the…
Opel Astra The Croatian car market is up 33% in April at 4,153 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 14,641 units, up 21%. After 4 months of odd, Police-fleet induced Skoda Octavia domination, the ranking is back to its more traditional self this month, with the Opel Astra #1 at…
It has been 6 months now that Best Selling Cars exists, and I just wanted to share with you a statistic that came out today. In the last week, you visited the site from 150 different countries and territories. They are the green ones on the map above, the darker…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 75 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time this year, new car sales in Czech Republic are down, by 4% at 14,620 units. The year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 56,646…
VW Gol Rallye * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * So close. For the second time in a row, the Fiat Uno is #1 at mid-month but gets passed by the VW Gol by month end. The…
VW Passat Car sales in Finland are up again, by 9% in April at 11,229 registrations and 19% year-to-date at 46,581 units. The VW Golf is back to its traditional top spot at 616 sales and a strong 5.5%, ahead of the Skoda Octavia, also very healthy this month at…
VW Polo New car sales in South Africa are up 8% in April at 38,566 registrations, bringing the 4 months 2011 figure to 186,284, up 19%. The Toyota Hilux keeps its crown at a shiny 7% market share, but the VW Polo Vivo is catching up at 5.8%. The VW…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 85 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Another strong month in the USA with sales up 18% at 1,157,928 units. The year-to-date figure is up 20% at 4,218,067 units (the detail is here). While the Ford…
VW Golf April 2011 is the 10th consecutive month of decline for UK car sales, down 7% at 137,746 registrations. The year-to-date figure is down 8% at 696,082 units. The Ford Fiesta is the best seller in the country for the 7th time in the last 12 months at 6,755…
Hyundai Grandeur * Thanks to Rutger (DC) at AutoWeek NL for the data! * The Hyundai Grandeur, above the Sonata in the Hyundai range, takes the lead of the South Korean market for the first time in April with 11,265 sales and 8.9% share. The Hyundai Avante drops one spot…
Tata Nano * See the Top 40 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Another very solid month for car sales in India with 6 models posting all-time high volumes. The Maruti Alto takes a breather with 25,462 sales, its lower figure…