* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Austrian car sales are up 8% in March at 35,869 registrations and up 16% year-to-date at 87,865. VW tops the ranking as usual with the Golf at 1,701 units and…
Ford Focus * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * In a stable market at 17,501 registrations, the Skoda Octavia and Skoda Fabia see their share slip down rather significantly, at 11.6% and 8.6% respectively, compared to 16.2%…
Nissan Altima * See the Top 60 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * US car sales are up 17% at 1,246,668 registrations this month, and a few manufacturers break their monthly sales record, among them Nissan, Hyundai and Kia. Behind the…
Chevrolet Orlando * Thanks to Rutger (DC) at AutoWeek NL for the data! * The Hyundai Avante is back into pole position in March, a place it has held 7 out of the last 8 months, this time with 12,173 sales and 9.1% share. The Kia Morning new generation falls…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time in months, the Brazilian car market is down: -14% in March at 288,758 registrations. However the year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 777,725 units. After…
1969 Chevrolet Opala: among Brazilian best sellers throughout the seventies I have now completed a review of the Brazilian market going back to 1954. Witness the domination of the VW Beetle (called Fusca in Brazil) from 1954 through the sixties and seventies... Explore the 1980's 'malaise' with the Fiat 147…
Dodge Caliber Car sales are up 2% this month in Venezuela at 9,698 registrations. The Chevrolet Aveo stays at an impressively high level at 19% share with 1,842 sales, ahead of the Chevrolet Optra at 1,191 sales (12.3%). The Ford Fiesta takes the 3rd spot at 940 sales and 9.7%…
VW Tiguan * See the Top 150 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below the Nissan Sunny pic! * Chinese vehicles sales were up 'only' 5% in February at 1.26 million units, penalised by the week-long Lunar New Year festivities. The VW Lavida takes the lead for the…
Hyundai i10 Car sales are up a whopping 34% in Denmark in February at 11,565 registrations. The Chevrolet Spark is #1 for the third time in 4 months, a significant achievement in a market as volatile as Denmark. Its 6% market share is also no mean feat given all models…
Toyota Innova in Hanoi, Vietnam December 2010 Vietnamese car sales continue to impress, after +48% in January, they are up 56% in February at 7,889 registrations. The Toyota Innova builds itself a comfortable margin at 573 sales and 7.3%, with the Toyota Fortuner back to #2 at 443 sales (5.6%).…
Ford Ecosport 2011 is looking more and more like another record year for Argentinean car sales, with February up 30% year-on-year at 59,603 registrations. This is the 16th consecutive month of growth. The Chevrolet Classic reclaims its top spot at a very solid 6.2% share, and the Ford Ecosport climbs…
Ford Fusion "Buyers are back" is the cry we have been hearing all over the USA this month, with sales up 27% year-on-year at just under 1 million. The Top 2 best selling vehicles are still trucks: the Ford F-Series is #1 at 37,549 sales and the Chevrolet Silverado is…
Toyota Corolla in Sapa, Vietnam January 2011 The Vietnamese car market starts the year with a bang: it is up 48% with 10,424 registrations. Four Toyotas still dominate, but this time the Innova (6.7%) and Corolla Altis (6.5%) are on top, followed by the Fortuner (5.9%) and Vios (5.8%). The…
Fiat Strada After a weak January, the Fiat Uno is back in the race for #1 with a 8.4% share half-way through February, as the VW Gol drops to 8.8%. The VW Fox/CrossFox stays 3rd above 5%, and the Fiat Strada, a pick-up based on the Fiat Palio, climbs to…
Nissan Sunny This month is the biggest month ever for Chinese car sales: 1.894 million vehicles changed hands including 1.529 million passenger cars, up 14% on an already record-breaking January '10. This is also possibly the biggest single month ever in any country in the world. 47 models sold more…