Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * 2013 is definitely not shaping up to be the best of years for new car sales in the Czech Republic with March down another 21% year-on-year to 13,820 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Renault Clio * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Slovenia are down 12% year-on-year in March to 4,578 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,768 units, down 11% on 2012. The Renault Clio celebrates its 8th consecutive month in the…
2013 Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to JKLN * As is now the tradition, after going through overall German sales for March, let’s now have a look at the private sales (PS) ranking. As usual it paints a very different picture.…
Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models/Top 45 brands! Click on title to see * The Italian new car market slows down its fall in March to just -5% year-on-year at 132,353 registrations, still the 15th consecutive month in negative. Year-to-date, sales are down 13% to…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 280 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * That's it. The heavyweight of European new car sales is now officially in recession: the German market is down a horrid 17% year-on-year in March to 281,184 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 673,957 units,…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Never since BestSellingCarsBlog was created in October 2010 had the South African been down year-on-year... This time has come, with March sales down 2% to 54,946 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK new car market continues to defy the gloomy european economic context and celebrates its 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for the all-important plate change month of March. Sales are…
BMW 3 Series Touring * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new station wagons (SW) in Italy are down 26% year-on-year in March to 8,774 registrations, bringing the SW market share down from 8.6% in March 2012 to 6.6% this month. The…
Honda Stream and Toyota Alphard in Singapore, April 2013. On my way to the Manila Auto Show I had the luck to do a quick stopover in Singapore and as you can expect my eyes were locked on the streets... It's always a exhilarating feeling to see the sales rankings…
Like in 2012, Renault is the best-selling carmaker in Portugal so far in 2013. * See the Top 33 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Last month the Portuguese new car market finally gave a potential sign of better times ahead by gaining 9% year-on-year. In March it's…
VW Golf * See the Top 38 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * In March Belgium aligned itself with the rest of Europe: down 11% year-on-year to 53,076 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 149,160 units, still up 0.5% on 2012. The brands ranking is back in…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * This month’s new car sales figures in Finland are a little biased by the fact that in March 2012 the market was artificially boosted in anticipation of a car tax raise.…
Mercedes S-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Qatar is another Middle-Eastern market to display impressive growth these days: after gaining 32% over the Full Year 2012, it is up 29% year-on-year in January to 7,472 registrations. The Toyota…
BMW X6 * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * In January the Emirati new car market grows at exactly the same rate year-on-year as over the Full Year 2012: +27% to 28,682 registrations. Like in Saudi Arabia, the Toyota Corolla…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Building up on an excellent 2012 year (up 25%), the Kuwaiti new car market is up 21% year-on-year in January to 12,565 registrations. The Toyota Prado is more than ever the…