Hyundai ix35 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title * Dramatic month of February for Austrian new car sales: down 25% year-on-year to just 20,641 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 44,068 units, down 15% on 2014. The brands podium…
Mercedes S-Class (Maybach variant pictured) * See the Top 29 All-brands and Top 179 All-models by clicking on the title * With the usual one month-delay we now have access to detailed data for South Korea including imported vehicles. Mercedes jumps to the front of the foreign brand queue in…
Back to basics: the Lada 4x4 bucks the trend, up 20% year-on-year in February. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market situation is rapidly escalating to become catastrophic: -38% year-on-year in February to just 128,298 registrations…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 73% while the VW Passat is up 23% in Europe in January. * See the Top 335 All-models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data now available shows a market still up 6% to 1.023.880 registrations in January. If Volkswagen (+9%),…
The BMW 2 Series is up to #16 in February at home in Germany. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 308 models by clicking on the title * Germany, Europe's largest new car market, is up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in February to 223,254 registrations, bringing…
The Skoda Yeti is #7 with German private buyers this month. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Private sales in Germany are back up to 33.1% of the overall market vs. 31.2% in January at 73,897 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 139,938…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 191 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in Hong Kong are up by a very robust 24% year-on-year in February to 4,907 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 9,317 units, up 15.5% on 2014. Toyota remains…
The Honda Accord takes the lead of the Californian models ranking in 2014. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title * The Californian new car market improves faster than the national US average in 2014: up 8% to an impressive 1,848,254…
The Smart Forfour breaks into the Italian Top 20 in February. * UPDATED with actuals - See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models * It is finally the end of the tunnel for the Italian new car market: after gaining 11% in January, sales are up an even more…
Only the Ford Fiesta outsells the VW Golf in the UK this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * SMMT figures show the UK new car market up year-on-year for the 36th consecutive month (3 years exactly) at +12%…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models in each nation by clicking on the title * As a teaser to overall UK sales and thanks to data communicated by SMMT, I give you the Top 10 best-selling models for each UK nation for February. Keep in mind…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 232 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Israel are up 3% year-on-year in February to 21,850 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 55,480 units, up a very solid 14% on 2014. Down to a paltry…
Renault Twingo III * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * On paper the French market is trending up: +4% in February to 147,130 registrations and +5% year-to-date at 280,300 deliveries. However the reality of the market is much more depressing:…
VW Passat * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title * A combination of low interest rates, rising stock market and housing prices, strong consumer confidence and a string of attractive new models lifts the Swedish new car market to great heights…
VW Passat * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Turkey are up by an encouraging 5% year-on-year in January to 34,223 registrations including LCV. Volkswagen leads the brands ranking thanks to 4,491 sales and 13.1%…