The Toyota Aqua misses the top spot for 136 sales in Japan... Contact me on matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com if you need a more in-depth analysis of any of the markets listed below. Now that July is coming to an end, I'm happy to report that nearly all Top 20 worldwide biggest markets…
The Honda N-One is the best performing all-new model in Japan, all categories combined. * See the Top 45 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * This article has now been updated with an exclusive Top 50 brands ranking * After a somewhat artificial boost at…
Toyota Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The situation is getting frankly worse as the months go by for Japanese new Passenger Car sales, down 16% year-on-year in June to 266,913 registrations in spite of imports up…
The Ford Focus/Toyota Corolla duel continues... * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * It always takes a little more time to compile worldwide rankings, but today I can share with you both March and April figures. I will do one…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The corner is not turned yet for Japanese new car sales, back down 7% year-on-year in May to 219,099 registrations, in spite of imports up 25% after gaining 35% in April.…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Today I give you the much awaited World roundup for April 2013. After two months of stardom for the Nissan Qashqai, we welcome new faces under the spotlight this month. What makes the headlines in April is…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is back into positive territory in April, up 2% year-on-year to 213,165 registrations however this is solely due to the exceptional strength of imports, up 35% this month.…
The Nissan Qashqai strikes again... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday it's a fast turnaround to give you the World March roundup. In February the Nissan Qashqai was the worldwide star of the month, and in March, well don't take this the…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Japan, down 16% to 420,069 registrations. The top of the models ranking is extremely stable this month: the Toyota Aqua continues to amaze the…
The Toyota RAV4 should be back in the Top 10 best-selling Japanese models worldwide in 2013. * See the Top 70 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 1000 is here As expected, Japanese models are very well represented in…
2013 Ford Fiesta * See the Top 50 best-selling Small cars by clicking on the title! * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 500 is here. We continue on our exploration by segment of the best-selling cars worldwide in 2012, now onto Small cars. The top of the ranking…
Mazda Atenza * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'normal' vehicles (not Kei cars) in Japan are down 12% year-on-year in February to 292,339 registrations (including imports, for once) which brings the year-to-date total to 521,732 units, also…
Nissan Note * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 25 in Japan, we have a more thorough look at overall January sales split by version (sedan,…
Citroen DS3 (#243) and C3 (#203) * See the Top 375 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a secret admirer of BSCB I can share with you for the very first time in the 2.5 years history of this site an exclusive All-models ranking for Japan…
Toyota Crown 'Royal' Series * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of Passenger Cars (ex-Kei cars) are down 13% year-on-year in Japan in January to 229,333 registrations. This is in fact not such a bad result, given January 2012…