Good old me with Marie-Dominique Riehl from the CCFA. Thanks Joana for the pic! This week I have been paying an almost daily visit to the Comité des Constructeurs Français d'Automobiles (CCFA) in Paris. The CCFA publishes French new car sales figures every month and is my source for each…
VW Caddy * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Latvian new car market is down a harsh 15% year-on-year in August to 911 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,109 units, down 7% on 2012. Sales charts in Latvia are traditionally very volatile…
Bogdan 110 * See the Top 240 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ukraine are up a whopping 42% year-on-year in August to 27,850 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 143,421 units, up 9% on 2012. Big surprise atop the models ranking: after delivering…
Lada 4x4 * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title! * 6th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for the Russian new car market, down 10% in August to 213,915 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,799,805 units, down 7% on 2012. The…
Renault 4 La Parisienne * Discover 50 French Historical Data articles spanning the last 65 years here * Today we inaugurate a new series on BestSellingCarsBlog: This was years ago…. Where I focus on one year in one country and reflect on the changes that have affected that specific market…
The SRT Viper is #255 with 381 units sold so far this year. * See the Top 274 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the August sales data, let's try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. The US market is…
Fiat Siena * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands! See title * Potentially the result of the social unrest that has characterised the country in the last couple of months, the Brazilian new car market falls deeper into recession in August, down a dramatic…
We welcome the Infiniti Q50 at #131 this month in the US * NOW UPDATED with the the Top 256 All-models and Top 40 All-brands! See title * In complete contrast with a European market back to its (very) wobbly self, new light vehicle sales in the US are absolutely and positively euphoric in August: up…
Dacia Sandero in Gourdon, France - September 2013. * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! NOW UPDATED with the Top 60 best-sellers overall (Passenger Cars + LCV - a better way to relate what can be seen on French roads) One year ago I published a Photo Report…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Back to square one. After gaining ground year-on-year for 3 of the last 4 months, the Greek new car market falls flat once again in August: down to a minuscule 3,373…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 85 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Finally some great news coming from Southern Europe: the Slovenian new car market is up a very robust 10% year-on-year in August to 3,373 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 35,831…
Chevrolet Orlando * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Venezuelan new car market continues to struggle, down a harsh 25% year-on-year in August to 8,335 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 74,301 units, down 17% on 2012. This is one of these…
Mercedes sales are up a massive 28% year-on-year this month in Belgium. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * If you have access to a models ranking for Belgium please get in touch and hit the 'Contact' tab! Belgian new car sales are down…
Fiat Punto * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models and Top 40 brands! Click on title to see * * There is now an August Top 150 models ranking available here * In August, new car sales in Italy are down 7% compared to last year to just 53,310…
The Ford C-Max is #7 in Wales this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can share with you once again the detailed models ranking for each nation in the UK. This month I have compiled all…