Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Down a painful 10% year-on-year to 911,859, the European new car market delivers its worst month of January since 1990... If the UK (+11%), Poland (+8%) and Portugal (+6%) progress, Germany (-9%), France…
In the midst of gloom and doom European sales, Ferrari shines once again and announced yesterday its best sales figures in 66 years of trading, despite a harsh downturn in sales in its home country Italy. Global sales for 2012 topped €2.4 billion, a rise of 8% on 2011 and Ferrari sold…
BMW sales are up 60% year-on-year in Belgium in January 2013. * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! The Belgian new car market starts the year extremely well, up 13% year-on-year in January to 50,684 registrations. If Renault is leader like in January 2012 with…
Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Omani new car market is up 27% year-on-year in December to 18,782 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 206,920 units, up 23% on 2011. While last year the Toyota…
The 2013 model could help the Kia Cerato take the lead of the Mauritius ranking in 2013. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * It has now been one year since I last gave you an update on Mauritius, but…
The Nissan Qashqai was #1 in Spain in November * See the full article by clicking on the title! * La Triubuna de Automocion and MSI have released yesterday their prediction for the Spanish new car market in December, and it's looking rather ugly: -27% year-on-year to 48,689 registrations, or the 5th consecutive…
2014 Mazda6 * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * According to Autoblog.com, Mazda USA is already displaying the much-anticipated 2014 Mazda6 ahead of its on-sale date in its US dealerships. The 6 is scheduled to kick-start US sales on January 2, 2013 but a few hundred…
2013 Nissan Altima * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Nissan USA reported yesterday that the four-millionth Altima has been sold, 20 years after the first unit rolled off the line at the Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly plant in 1992. Simultaneously, the Altima also broke its 2007 record of 284,762 units…
Mongolia is one of the world's Top 10 Emerging engines of growth. Picture by bag_lady, all rights reserved. * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Over the past week we have explored some of the world's Top 10 Emerging engines of growth as nominated by Business Monitor International.…
The new gen Toyota Auris has just launched in Greece. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 38 All-brands ranking! Click on title to see. Thanks to Bill/Yo * Very quick update on the Greek market midway through November and the situation is getting even worse now. At only 1,020 sales,…
The 2013 model is not responsible for the Outlander's record October... * See the evolution of Mitsubishi Outlander's sales in Australia by clicking on the title! * Today Caitlin Beale, Manager of Corporate Communications at Mitsubishi Australia, kindly confirmed to me that the Mitsubishi Outlander did deliver its strongest ranking,…
The 200,000th Citroen DS3 in Poissy, France November 2012 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Citroen achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday, with 200,000th DS3 rolling off the firm's production line in Poissy, France. Launched in March 2010, the DS3 hit Russia later that year, Argentina…
The VW Beetle is the most popular nameplate in Mexico in 1991. 577.764 light vehicles found a buyer in Mexico in 1991, and Volkswagen dominates the market head and shoulders with 27.8% share, distancing Nissan (19.8%), Dodge (18.1%) and Ford (13.4%) with the Top 4 brands holding a whopping 79.1%…