Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the first time since last January, the Spanish new car market is up year-on-year, albeit by a shy 3.5% to 48,966 registrations, in anticipation of the VAT increase from 18% to 21% due in…
Toyota Prius+ * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Even though some of the subsidies on low emission cars stopped in July, making the market fall by 15% year-on-year in August to 33,211 registrations and 3% year-to-date at 395,573 units, some models with low…
Audi Q3 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to JLKN * * The Germany overall August 2012 Top 303 Ranking Table is here * Thanks to JLKN it looks like the German Private Sales (PS) ranking has become a monthly update on…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * No improvement in sight for the Greek new car market, down 47% year-on-year in August to 3,886 registrations and 42% year-to-date at 42,080 units... The Citroen C3 has finally relinquished its throne after 3 consecutive…
Toyota Porte and Spade * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that government subsidies are running out, the explosive grow the Japanese new car market has experienced in the last few months is coming to an end, but there is no crash landing…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the UK are stable in August, up 0.1% year-on-year to 59,433 registrations which means the year-to-date total is up 3% on 2011 at 1,260,997 units. This month the entire Top…
Lexus RX * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Taiwanese new car market is up a healthy 12% year-on-year in August to 25,823 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 252,561 units. The Toyota Corolla is in pole position for the 15th time in…
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…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Argentina are down for the 5th time this year at -7% to 72,872 registrations. The year-to-date total is however still at a record 594,576 units, up 2% on 2011. The Chevrolet…
The VW Polo Vivo is a face lifted previous generation Polo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South African new car market is up a healthy 9% year-on-year in August to 56,253 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 411,804 units, up 11%…
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…
Kia Morning * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to DC * For only the second time in potentially the last 5 years after February 2011, the Kia Morning (aka Picanto) leads the South Korean models ranking with 7,465 sales and 8.7%…
The Hyundai i20 is up to a record #4 in August while the Suzuki Swift is down to #41 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Serious labour unrest at the Manesar Maruti plant means the Indian new car market is turned completely upside down…
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…