SsangYong Korando Turismo * See the Top 50 All-local models and Top 5 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models are down 12% year-on-year in South Korea in February to 98,826 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 203,203 units, down 2% on 2012. The Hyundai Grandeur…
VW Jetta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As is usually the case Turkish data is coming through with a little delay and it is a fantastic start of the year for new car sales in Turkey, up 23%…
Renault Clio IV * NOW UPDATED with the Top 120 models and Top 15 brands! Click on title to see * New car sales in France are down 12% year-on-year in February to 143,366 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 268,164 units, down 13% on 2012. As I predicted in my…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top 10 models overall by clicking on the title! * In line with the Passenger Car market (up 46% year-on-year), Light Commercial Vehicle sales are up a whopping 30% year-on-year in January in China to 472,254 registrations. Massive surprise atop…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 10 best-selling models/brands by clicking on the title! Thanks to Zsolt * Over the first 2 months of 2013, the Hungarian passenger car market is down a worrying 19% year-on-year to 7,547 registrations while Light Commercial Vehicles are down 22% to 1,437 units. Like…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephane * New Caledonia is a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia and in February 819 new vehicles found a buyer in the archipelago, down 9% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France seem to stabilise somehow this month, at -6% year-on-year over the first 25 days of February to 110,040 registrations. A lot can still happen in 3 days especially…
Nissan Note * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 25 in Japan, we have a more thorough look at overall January sales split by version (sedan,…
2013 Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 6 brands by clicking on the title! * Traditionally weaker due to Lunar New Year celebrations, February new car sales in Taiwan are down 8% year-on-year to 20,816 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 62,815 or... 5 units…
Kia Picanto * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 39 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Another month to forget in the Netherlands: after dropping by 32% in January, new car sales are down 27% year-on-year in February to 32,151 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 80,108 units,…
Renault Clio (RS model shown) * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Light Commercial Vehicle market is down 12% year-on-year in France in February to 29,880 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 59,542 units, down 11% on 2012. Surprise on top: boosted by…
VW Polo * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 47 All-brands by clicking on the title! * At 58,384 registrations, Spanish new car sales are down 10% year-on-year to reach their lowest February score in over 20 years. Looks like we are in for one more depressed year in…
Maruti Dzire * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * This is confirmed: the Indian new car market is taking a break right now, going through its third consecutive month of year-on-year decline in February: down a surprising 17% on February 2012…
Opel Astra Sports Tourer * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italians car buyers are some of the last in the world with the Swedish and Slovak to continue their love affair with Station Wagons (SW): most models in the Large segment are sold almost exclusively through that…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are down 8% year-on-year in February to 10,617 registrations, that's better than the -19% from January but still not very encouraging for the rest of the year.…