Dacia Logan MCV. Picture by t-zajac, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Romanian new car market is definitely see-sawing this year: After gaining 86% in January, 27% in February, 29% in March but losing 13% in April, it is down another 9% in…
VW Polo * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! Click on title to see - many thanks to Luka * Croatian new car sales recuperate somewhat from a disastrous month of April (-37%) at -13% year-on-year in May at 3,377 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
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…
The Fiat Palio seems to have plateaued at 4.6% market share * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Car sales in Brazil are down 9% year-on-year in May to 274,490 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,291,913 registrations, down 4% on 2011. The podium…
The Ford F250 Single Cab is sold as the Ford F350 in Venezuela * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Venezuelan new car market continues to progress generously at +15% year-on-year in May to 11,733 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 54,885 units,…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Russian car market continue on its insolent good run while most of Europe is slowing down, up 11% year-on-year in May to 260,944 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 1,141,484 units, up 15%…
Chevrolet Classic * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Argentinean new car market is taking us on a roller coaster in this first half of 2012. After being down 4% last February, up 35% in March and down 8% in April when dealerships admitted there was a slowdown in…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Turkish new car sales continue at a much lower level than 2012, down 15% year-on-year in April to 45,645 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 143,181 units, down 19% on 2011. The Fiat Linea is…
Toyota Etios Liva * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa are up a brilliant 21% year-on-year in May to 50,228 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 249,582 units, up 10% on 2011. After 3 consecutive months in pole…
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…
Renault Megane * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of recovery for the Spanish car market: sales are down 8% year-on-year in May to 72,514 registrations, the second worst month of May in the last 20 years after the 71,168 units…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * Icelandic new car sales are up 83% on last month to 1,334 registrations in May, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,288 units in 5 months compared to 5,034 over the Full…
Chevrolet Colorado * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * We are now following the evolution of pick-up sales in Thailand monthly as it is a very good indication of the future success of these models worldwide, straight from the source where they are all…
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…
Chevrolet Sonic * See the Top 132 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Egyptian car market is up 32% year-on-year in April to 16,405, but the 2011 figure was by the Spring revolution. In this context April 2012 is down 15% on April…