VW Tiguan * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 29,441 new cars were sold in Switzerland in May, bringing the year-to-date total to 137,405. The usual suspects top the models ranking: the VW Golf sells 940 units for a 3.2% market share while the…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 6% year-on-year in May to 32,398 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 153,890 units, down just 1% on 2011. The VW Golf is #1 for the 27th month…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 300 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Steam * In May the German new car market is down 5% year-on-year to 289,977 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,337,679 units, up just 0.3% on 2011. The VW Golf predictably holds…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the Top 257 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * At +26% year-on-year, chances are the US car market will grow faster than China this month! Yep, this is rare enough to be bolded in my article... So it looks like the American consumer…
Skoda Superb * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market is up 3% year-on-year in May to 15,975 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 76,093 units, up 5% on 2011. For the first time since February and the 5th time…
Vauxhall Corsa * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While most European countries are slowly but surely falling back into recession, UK car sales have a euphoric month of May, up 8% year-on-year to 162,288 registrations with private sales up 14%. This is the…
Renault Megane * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in the Netherlands are down 4% in May to 47,628 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 255,177 units, down 8% on 2011. Already up 46 spots last month to #6, the Renault Megane…
Toyota Wish * See the Top 25 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Michael * In Singapore at this stage I only have access to brands ranking but the trends are interesting enough to deserve a full article on here... 2,272 cars were sold in the…
BMW X3 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Norway are down 3% year-on-year in May to 12,612 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 58,302 units, up just 0.3% on 2011. The VW Golf is the best-seller in the country for…
Ford Focus * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Irish car sales are wobbly again in May at -18% year-on-year to 7,698 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 59,946 units, down 9% on 2011. For the first time since January, the Ford Focus is…
Volvo XC60 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After giving you Historical Data for the last 60 years in the country, it's time to explore Swedish May 2012 sales, as usual the first cab off the rank for this new round of data…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga * The Portuguese car market is not improving with sales down 42% year-on-year in April at 8,400, bringing the year-to-date total to 31,932 units, down 47%. For the first time since 1985,…
Suzuki Swift This is our second monthly World round up after March 2012, and if last month the focus was on the Toyota Prius family and its huge success in the US and Japan, April takes us to India where we witness a historical change... Don't get me wrong, the Prius is…
Bentley Mulsanne. Picture by Vincent De Vries, all rights reserved. * See the Top 228 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After an initial introduction to the Monegasque car market 10 days ago and a Top 50 brands ranking last week, thanks to a secret admirer of Best…
BMW 1 Series * NOW UPDATED with the Top 325 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * After having explored the Top 316 models ranking in Europe for March 2012, still thanks to Lancia Lover from autoweek.nl I am able to share with you a European Top 150 models ranking…