Subaru Stella The Japanese Kei car market is down 45% this month with 76,849 registrations, due to repercussions from the March 11 quake. On May 8, Subaru announced it would stop producing Kei cars with best-seller Stella being halted as early as the end of the month. Stock-clearing rebates could…
Hyundai Santa Fe The Algerian car market continues on its amazing run this year, up 25% in April at 25,534 registrations and up 32% year-to-date at 100,315 units. The Renault Symbol improves on its already imposing market share to reach 11.7% in April thanks to 2,990 new sales. Hyundai places…
VW Gol Trend * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * The Argentinean car market is up for the 18th time in a row in April at +27% with 64,639 registrations. The year-to-date figure is up an impressive 28% at 295,272 units. Cumulative ACARA…
Kia Sportage * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Slovak car market continues to shine, up 17% in April at 5,675 registrations and 29% year-to-date at 21,372 units. The Top 2 best selling models stay unchanged: the…
Skoda Fabia * Many thanks to Petar from Croatia who made this post update possible! * In 2010 Bosnian consumers bought 9,202 new cars, down 6% on 2009. Skoda continues to dominate the market with the Skoda Fabia in first place with 979 sales and 10.6% share and the Skoda…
Daewoo Lacetti in Hanoi, Vietnam December 2010 In April, the Vietnamese car market is down year-on-year for the first time in 2011 at -3% and 9,409 registrations. It is however still up 20% year-to-date at 37,305 units. The models ranking gets a bit of a shake this month: the Daewoo…
* Now with the Top 200 best-selling models! Click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The German car sales' newfound growth is slowing down: up 3% in April at 266,251 registrations. For the third time in four months this year, VW monopolises the podium: the VW…
VW Golf Although stronger than in March at 4,999 units, the Romanian car market is down 44% year-on-year in April and 17% year-to-date. The Top 2 best selling cars stay unchanged. The Dacia Logan stabilises around 17% market share and the Skoda Octavia confirms it is selling at a much…
Hyundai Solaris The Russian car market continues on its cash-for-clunkers-boosted run, up 42% in April at 235,711 registrations and 64% over the first 4 months of the year at 754,081 units. For the third time in the last 6 months, the Lada Kalina takes the lead of Russian sales with 15,157…
VW Lavida * Now with the Top 180 best-selling models! Click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The VW Lavida is the best selling car in China this month with 23,439 sales. It is the 5th time in the last 12 months that the Lavida tops…
Fiat Siena New car sales in Venezuela are down 12% in April at 9,431 registrations and 8% year-to-date at 35,221 units. The Chevrolet Aveo reclaims the top spot at 11% share. It is still distant leader year-to-date with 5,038 sales and 14.3%. The Chevrolet Optra is back to its traditional…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 100 best -selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Austrian car market is up 5% in April at 33,317 registrations and up 13% over the first 4 months of the year at 121,182 units. The Top…
Renault Clio The Slovenian car market is down 8% year-on-year in April at 5,007 units. The Renault Clio reaches its best share yet this year at 8.5% thanks to 425 sales, more than double the figure of the #2, the Renault Megane at 4.1% and 206 units. In fact the…
Dacia Duster Thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, I am now able to share with you the models ranking in New Caledonia... Many thanks Yves! New Caledonia is not a country as such, it is an overseas French territory in Oceania. However the best selling cars are so radically different from…
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…