Fiat 500 Canadian car sales are up a healthy 7% in April at 159,942 registrations. The Ford F-Series is on top again with 8,858 sales and 5.5% share. Now counted together, the twins Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are close behind, landing in 2nd place with 8,479 sales and 5.3%.…
Proton Saga Malaysian consumers bought 49,065 new cars this month, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,773 registrations, up 7%. For the first time this year, the Proton Saga takes the lead of the ranking with 6,520 sales and a strong 13.3% market share. The Perodua Myvi keeps the 2011 pole…
VW Saveiro * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Brazilian car market returns to outstanding growth, up 30% year-on-year over the first half of May at 139,886 registrations. For the first time since February, the VW Gol…
Citroen C4 Picasso The French car market continues to slip down at -13% year-on-year this week with 36,623 registrations. The Peugeot 207 confirms its return in shape at a distant #1 with 4.9% share, followed by a very strong Citroen C3 at 3.9%. Citroen is actually the best-selling brand in…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * New car sales in Denmark are up 9% in April at 13,059 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 53,808 units, up 19%. After 3 months of Chevrolet Spark domination,…
Peugeot 508 * Now with the Top 100 best-selling models! Click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The cash-for-clunkers scheme is now well and truly over, and the French new car market is down 11% year-on-year at 169,451 registrations. The Peugeot 207 reclaims the pole position…
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…