VW Polo Sedan Another exceptional month for the Russian car market, up 72% at 127,564 registrations! The Lada 2105/2107 claims the #1 spot back with 9,812 sales and 7.7% share, comfortably ahead of the Lada Kalina at 8,414 sales and 6.6%. The Lada Priora (6%) and Samara (4.8%) follow. The…
Slow start for Venezuelan car sales this year at 5,803 registrations, down 22%. Chevrolet holds no less than 51% of the market and places 4 models in the first 4 spots: the Chevrolet Aveo is #1 at 20.4%, followed by the Optra (12%), C-3500 pick-up (9.1%) and Spark (5%). The…
VW Passat At 211,056 registrations, the German market is up a very healthy 16% this month. Volkswagen monopolises the podium: below the Golf at 8%, the Passat benefits from its renewal with 8,888 sales and a strong 4.2% share, and the Polo is solid at 3.5%, above its 2010 share.…
11,678 new cars were registered in Czech Republic in January, up 8%. Skoda is on each step of the podium with the Octavia #1 at 16.2% share, the Fabia #2 at 9.3% and the Superb #3 at a superb 4.1%. The Renault Thalia is back to its historical level in…
With 13,697 registrations, the Finnish car market is up 12% in January. The 4 best selling models are identical to the Full Year 2010 ranking, with the VW Golf leading the way at 5.8% share, followed by the Skoda Octavia (4.8%), Toyota Avensis (4.7%) and Nissan Qashqai (3.8%). Two new…
The South African car market continues its good run, up 19% in January with 45,135 sales. Volkswagen has a good month with the Polo Vivo back in the first spot at 2,986 sales and 6.6%, leaving the Toyota Hilux behind at 2,626 sales and 5.8%, and the new Polo in…
The Dutch car market is up 20% in January with 75,174 registrations, the first month of the year being traditionally strong. Confirming its pole position acquired last year, the VW Polo delivers an extremely solid figure at 4,816 sales and 6.4% market share. The Renault Twingo obtains a brilliant 2nd…
The VW Voyage, a Gol Sedan, is #10 in January. The Brazilian car market is up 13% in January at 228,959 registrations, and Volkswagen starts the year on a high with a 26.1% passenger car market share (vs. 22.7% over 2010), way above traditional #1 Fiat. Most VW models are…
The Hyundai Elantra tops the passenger car charts in January. In January and for the 2011 model's first full month of sales, the Hyundai Elantra manages to become the best-selling passenger car in Canada with 2,253 units moved, followed by the Toyota Corolla at 2,146. Segment leader for the past…
Chevrolet Cruze The American market continues its recovery from the GFC, with most models registering sales increases on January 2010: the Ford F-Series, #1, is at 35,806 sales (+30%), ahead of the Chevrolet Silverado at 28.172 (+24%), the Toyota Corolla at 20,581 (+20%) and the Toyota Camry at 18,145 (15%).…
Honda Fit Hybrid The Japanese market is down 21% in January at 187,154 registrations. For the first time in 20 months the Toyota Prius is not #1 in Japan, dethroned by the Honda Fit (aka Jazz), #1 with 14,873 sales possibly thanks to the new Hybrid version. The new gen…
Peugeot 207 Compact January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Argentina but this year it reaches never-seen before levels: January 2011 will stay in Argentinean car history as the first month the market crossed the 100,000 sales mark, at 100,964 exactly. Another first, the Peugeot 207 Compact…
The 2011 Ford Focus will be available to the public in March. The English car market is down for the seventh month in a row, at -11% in January with 128,811 registrations. The Ford Focus is #1 for the first time since last May with 7,582 sales and a very…
Traditionally full of surprises as most of the country stops for Summer holidays, January was further disrupted this year in Australia by dramatic floods in Queensland. The market is down 2% at 73,584 registrations, but -13% in Queensland. Boosted by a 2.9% financing offer with 4,045 sales and 5.5% share,…
The New Zealand car market is up 16% in January at 7,523 registrations. Boosted by strong rental vehicles sales, the Toyota Corolla reigns with 903 sales and no less than 12% of the market, followed by the Holden Commodore at 380 sales (5%) and the Suzuki Swift at 265 units…