Audi A4 * See the Top 303 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is down 5% year-on-year in August to 226,455 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,108,716 units, down just 0.6% on 2011, a remarkable performance in the current European gloom. In…
The Fiat 600 was #1 in 1962, the last time Italy August sales were so low. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models: click on title to see * The new car sales situation is getting critical in Italy, and with the price of petrol above 2…
Skoda Citigo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Czech Republic are down 6% year-on-year in August to 13,193 registrations, but still up 4% year-to-date at 118,584 units. If the Skoda Octavia stays at stratospheric heights this month with 1,600…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are down 16% year-on-year in France in August to 19,234 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 257,252 units, down 7% on 2011. While the Renault Kangoo hangs on to…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Traditionally new car sales in Ireland slip down through the year, with January being the strongest month of the year and December the weakest. 2012 is no exception, with registrations down to 3,098 in August…
Dacia Lodgy * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Down 8% year-on-year to just 70,000 registrations in 27 days, this is shaping up to be the worst month of August in France in no less than 35 years... Peugeot looks like it will lead…
Porsche Panamera. Picture by ninoscy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 193 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After sharing with you yesterday the Top 50 All-brands ranking in Monaco over the first 6 months of 2012, I can now unveil an exclusive Top 193 All-models ranking…
Can the 301 help Peugeot become the best-selling brand in Algeria? * See the original articles in the Algerian press by clicking on the title! * Given my traditional source for Algerian sales has dried up and hasn’t been updated since last January, the only information I have about Algeria is…
Dacia Lodgy * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Over the first 3 weeks of August, the French new car market is down 6% year-on-year to 50,400 registrations. Brand-wise, Peugeot leads with 8,908 sales and 17.7% ahead of Citroen at 6,996 units and 13.9%…
Dacia Duster in La Foux d'Allos, France August 2012. * See the entire photo report by clicking on the title! * When Renault relaunched Romanian brand Dacia in 2004 with the Logan, there were no plans to import the '5,000 euro car' in France. But the French wanted it, so…
The Geely CK is the first Chinese model to rank #1 in an export market. * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most July data now out, it's time for our much awaited monthly rendezvous with the World roundup, now in its 5th instalment. While…
Citroen C3: the bright spot in a dark Greek market. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very shy month for new car sales in Greece, down 42% in July both year-on-year to 5,757 registrations and…
Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down 11% year-on-year in July to 23,736 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 192,589 units, still up 4% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Skoda Octavia resists…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe are down a worrying 8% year-on-year in July to 970,271 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,035,439 units, down 5% on 2011. There are only two models in the Top…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga * New car sales in Portugal stay in the dark at -37% year-on-year in June to 10,805 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 53,406 units, down a horrid 42% on 2011...…