* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Ecuadorian car market is at -18% in 2009 with 92,764 registrations. Chevrolet leads the way and delivers an impressive 1-2-3 in the models ranking: The Chevrolet Aveo first generation (called Aveo Activo) is #1 with 10.7%…
Two models fight it out for the first place in Chile: the Chevrolet Aveo is first in January 2010 with 1,094 sales and 5.6% of the market, just ahead of the Hyundai Accent at 1,030 sales and 5.2%. The Chevrolet Spark takes the 3rd place with 3.7%. The first 4WD…
Chevrolet dominates the Colombian car sales and places the Aveo first with 13,870 registrations and 12.1% of the market (vs. 13.5% in 2009), and the Spark 2nd with 6,502 sales and 5.7%. In third, the Renault Sandero, helped by the Stepway version (pictured below), gets a solid 4.7% market share,…
No official car sales figures available from Moldova, so my estimation is solely based on the observation of You Tube videos of the streets of the capital Chisinau. Please shout if you have any Moldavian car sales data! The Moldavian market seems to be strongly influenced by its neighbour Romania,…
The Croatian market is taking a hit in 2010 at -25% over 2009, but the Opel Astra is undisturbed in the first spot at 6.2% of the market. Only 13th in 2009, the VW Polo storms into the podium in 2nd at 5.3%, ahead of the Opel Corsa, 3rd at…
Nissan Tsuru The Nissan Tsuru (a 1992 Sentra) dominates the Mexican market with 9% of sales, ahead of the Chevrolet Chevy (a restyled 1993 Opel Corsa) and the VW Jetta Clasico (a restyled 1998 Bora). At +78% over 2009, the Nissan Tiida climbs to 4th with close to 4% market…
The Brazilian market keeps on delivering very solid figures month after month: it is at 287,537 registrations in October (+2% - third market in the world after China and the USA), and 2,656,461 units over 10 months 2010 (+7%). The models ranking is very stable with the VW Gol at…
Jeep Grand Cherokee The 4 best selling models stay unchanged in October in the States: F Series, Silverado, Camry and Accord. The trucks are up vs. last year, the cars are down. Great perf for the Nissan Altima which breaks into the Top 5 with close to 19,000 sales at…
Buick Excelle True to its new status as the biggest car market in the world, China features 32 models above 10,000 sales this month, vs. 23 in the USA. Leading the pack is the Buick Excelle, confirming General Motors' excellent shape in this part of the world. The hatchback version,…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales figures in Macedonia are very rarely made available, so if you happen to have more recent data please make sure to get in touch. In 2007, Chevrolet lead the sales in Macedonia and the Chevrolet…
The Brazilian market is in very good shape in 2010 and even if September shows a slight decrease compared to Sept 09 (-2%), the year to date sales total shows an increase of 7% over 2009. In fact, Brazil has passed Germany, be it in September (291,409 sales vs 259,748…
Hyundai Sonata After a very tough year last year, 2010 has seen the US car market go back to normal with an outrageous domination from the Ford F-Series and September is no exception: it gains 40% over to Sep '09 at 47,433 sales, while the Chevrolet Silverado does even better,…
The Uruguayan car market is on fire in 2010: with 42,675 registrations, it's up 64% on 2009 and constitutes a new record for the country, beating the 36,771 units figure from 1998. Chevrolet dominates at 27.3% market share and sales up 92%, It was the first brand to sell more…
Chevrolet Corsa New car sales drop 16% in 2009 in Argentina at 515,008 registrations. Big changes atop the models ranking: the VW Gol is no longer the best selling car in Argentina. That is if we follow the official ACARA statistic that separate sales of the 4th gen Gol (#3…
Chevrolet Lanos Egyptian car sales are hit by the recession this year, down 19% at 205,521 registrations. The Chevrolet TFR still leads the way but drops a worrying 33% year-on-year at 15,239 units and 7.4% share. The Lanos, now a Chevrolet, reclaims the success it had as a Daewoo, up…