The Irish market follows a very particular pattern every year: it starts with all guns blazing in January (16,617 sales in 2010) and progressively dies away throughout the year (only 500 sales in Dec 09). Even if October 2010 is at +191% vs. Oct 09 it only totals 3,546 sales.…
-7% for the French car market in September 2010, which given the phasing out of the scrappage incentive scheme is actually not too bad. The year-to-date numbers are still up by 3%. The Renault Clio is #1 this month for the 3rd time this year after January and April with…
Boosted by incentives, the Slovak market is up again at +7% and 74,717 registrations in 2009. For the first time of its career, the Skoda Fabia is under 10% share in the country at -10% and 7,116 sales (9.5%). Another first: perhaps for the first time in over a decade,…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the first time in at least a decade, the Renault Clio's domination of Slovenian car sales is seriously threatened in 2009: the Fiat Punto and Kia Cee'd even were the two best selling models…
Launched in March 2004, the Opel Astra new generation takes the lead of Croatian car sales in 2005 with 5,596 registrations and nearly 8% of the market, far above the Renault Clio at 5.7% and the Opel Corsa at 5.3%. It is to be noted that Astra figures also include…
Renault Twingo * See the Top 320 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Boosted by government subsidies and scrappage schemes, the French car market is up 11% in 2009 with 2,268,730 registrations, its best year since 1990! The Peugeot 207 is the best-selling car in…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After two years dominated by the Renault Clio, the Luxembourg car market returns to its default position: with the VW Golf on the throne. In a market up 3% to 50,905 registrations, Golf sales…
VW Gol - Picture by Mario Amati, all rights reserved. * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Argentinean car sales and going gangbusters over the period: up 17% at 450,040 units in 2006, up 26% at 567,850 sales in 2007…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Good year for the Slovenian market, up 5% at 68,533 registrations. The Renault Clio keeps its title but sees its market share drop sharply to 6.6% with 4,553 sales. The Fiat Punto climbs to #2…
I only have official figures for the first 8 months of the year, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in touch! In spite of the increased competition triggered by the country's entrance in the European Union, the Dacia Logan maintains its stranglehold on the…
Dacia Logan * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Even though sales in Romania are starting to decrease, the Dacia Logan manages to stay on top of the Central & Eastern European models ranking for the 4th consecutive year in 2008 with 75,858 sales…
Renault Clio * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Great performance for Renault this year in Portugal: it holds the first 2 spots with the Renault Clio in pole position with 10,124 sales and the Renault Megane at #2 with 9,151 units. The arrival…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 374 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * In a stable market at 2,050,289 sales, the Peugeot 207, #1 with 136,283 sales and 6.6%, and Renault Clio III, #2 at 129,337 units and 6.3%, reach their full potential: they…
Renault Clio * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2006, the arrival of the third generation boosts sales of the Renault Clio by 131% and shoot it up to the top of the Luxembourg models ranking this year with 2,383 sales, up 8…
Renault Clio * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Slovenian car market is up 12% in 2007 with 65,511 registrations. No surprises on top, the locally produced Renault Clio is still king, however with a slightly lower market share at 9.1% for 5,954…