Argentina September 2012: Ford Ka and Ranger impress

Ford Ka * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This is it: dropping by an alarming 24% year-on-year to 64,189 units in September, new car sales in Argentina are now down 2% year-to-date at 659,165 registrations. Looks like 2011 will remain the country's record…

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Australia: The rise and rise of the Toyota Hilux

* See Annual Toyota Hilux sales in Australia since 1971 by clicking on the title! * If the Toyota Hilux continues on its euphoric run and steps into the year-to-date pole position when Australian sales figures for September are released in the next couple of days, it would be a…

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France September 2012: Renault Clio 4 already in Top 10

Renault Clio 4. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 200 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The French new car market is now behaving dangerously similarly to the Italian and Spanish ones, down 18% year-on-year in September to 136,859 registrations, the biggest fall…

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France LCV September 2012: Renault Kangoo above 13% share

Renault Kangoo Popemobile * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in France are down 12% year-on-year in September to 30,032 units (compared to a Passenger Car market down 18%), bringing the year-to-date total to 287,202 units, down 8%…

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Brazil September 2012: Toyota Etios lands

Toyota Etios * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After a record month of August (over 400,000 monthly registrations for the first time), September Brazilian new car sales are back down to more reasonable levels at 277,614 units, down 5% year-on-year and bringing the…

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Spain September 2012: Worst ever recorded month

The Seat 850 launched in 1966, the last time new car sales in Spain were so low. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Whereas the Brazilian new car market was in uncharted "high" territory at above 400,000 registrations in August for the first time,…

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