Mazda3 * NOW UPDATED with the All-models Top 290 ranking! Click on the title to see - The 2010 post has also been updated with an All-models Top 280 ranking. Many thanks to JB! * The industry thought the Toyota Corolla would do it in 2007, but it happened this year. The 15…
Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * It's time for our bi-monthly rendez-vous with the Brazilian market: over the first half of January car sales are up 5% to 119,344 registrations. The VW Gol reclaim the market's leadership with 9,429 sales and…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 110 best-selling models! Click on title to see - Thanks Vic * The South African car market is up 11% in December at 43,790 registrations, bringing the final 2011 total to 570,012 units, up a robust 16% on 2010. The Toyota Hilux is the…
Renault Kangoo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * French Light Commercial Vehicle sales buck the general market trend in December, up 2% to 39,232 units and bringing the final 2011 total to 429,258 registrations, up 3% on 2010. No surprises on top, the…
Chevrolet Classic * See the Top 175 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2010 was already a record year at 662,591 sales in Argentina. Incredibly, 2011 sales increased a further 29% to reach 857,983 registrations! This in spite of a feeble month of December down 3%, the first…
Chevrolet Spark GT * NOW UPDATED with the Top 70 best-selling models and Top 143 Passenger Cars! Click on the title to see, many thanks to Juan * Thanks to Juan Cortes from 4wd-mag I can share with you the Colombian Top 70 models ranking for the first half of 2011 as…
Chevrolet Sail * See 'Read more' for the Top 12 best-selling models - thanks to Matthias for the tip! * For the first time in 2011 I can share with you a Chilean models ranking. Car sales in Chile are up a massive 32% year-on-year over the first 7 months…
VW Polo Vivo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The South African car market is up a healthy 11% in July at 45,703 registrations, with the year-to-date total coming at 318,649 units, up 15%. The VW Polo Vivo is…
VW Polo Vivo South African car sales continue on their good run, up 13% in June at 44,880 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 272,685 units, up 16%. The VW Polo Vivo, a restyled previous generation of the model, is back in the lead for the first time since January…
Holden Cruze II * Now with the Top 100 best-selling models ranking: click on 'Read more' at end of post * Australian car sales are down 9% in April at 74,214 registrations and down 3% year-on-year at 322,678 units. The Holden Commodore is the best selling model for the third…
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…
Never before had Argentineans bought that many cars in a year: 662,591 registrations in 2010 is the new record for this market, up 29% on 2009. In December the VW Amarok (#12, 892 sales) is ranked above the Toyota Hilux (#19, 625 sales) in Argentina for the very first time…
The South African car market is very dynamic in November, up 30% over last year with 44,371 registrations, and up 24% Year-to-Date at 453,505. The Toyota Hilux claims the top spot this month with a massive 6.8% market share vs. 4.4% for the VW Polo Vivo in 2nd, ahead of…
The Argentinian market is on fire in 2010 at +44% in November. For the very first time, it is led by the Renault Sandero, with 2,929 registrations and 5.4% of the market, ahead of the Chevrolet Corsa Classic at 5.1%. It is possibly the first time the Sandero leads the…
Another massive month for the Brazilian market with 311,318 registrations in November, +31% vs. 2009! The Year-to-date figure is just under 3 million at 2,967,760 sales and +9%. The VW Gol is as strong as ever and delivers its best 2010 month in terms of volume at 29,697 units (9.5%). It…