Luxgen7 MPV Official car sales figures in Taiwan are restricted to the cars produced in the country, and the Toyota Corolla arrives 1st by far over 10 months 2010 with 22,194 sales and 10.5% of the market. The Nissan Tiida is the only non-Toyota in the Top 5 in #2…
The South African market is up an impressive 22% in October with 44,055 registrations, and the #1 spot goes to the VW Polo Vivo, a restyled old gen Polo, with 2,576 sales and 5.8% of the market. The new Polo can only dream of this success: it is only 14th…
Mazda is the leading brand in Israel and the Mazda3 the best-selling car with no less than 12.3% of the market in 2009 at 21,269 sales, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 7.1% and the Hyundai i30 at 4.9%. The ranking by segment over the first 6 months 2010 indicates…
One model is head and shoulders above the competition in Peru: the Toyota Yaris, with the sedan being the preferred version. It delivers 2,564 sales in just 4 months, or 12.4% of the market. The Kia Rio comes in 2nd at 5.5%, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 4.2%. Top…
Weak September in Turkey at 42,477 registrations (-19%) but the year-to-date figure is still up by a shiny 11% at 312,403 sales. After a couple of months all over the place, the model ranking is back to its more traditional self in Turkey: Renault tops the charts with the Symbol…
Thailand is the 'pick-up factory of the world': most pick-up trucks are actually built in the country, and it shows in the model ranking: the Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-Max fight it out for the 1st spot. Over 11 months 2008 the Toyota is ahead with an astounding 20.4% market…
Catastrophic month for car sales in Japan: it is the weakest October since 1968 with 193,258 registrations (excluding Kei cars), -27% on 2009, mostly because the government subsidy for fuel- efficient cars ended on Sept. 8. The Toyota Prius is still safely on top with 21,769 sales, ahead of the…
Stable this month at 74,566 registrations, the Australian car market continues its good run, up 12% year-to-date with 793,704 sales. Holden launched the Series II version of its Commodore in September, and it shows: this month, the Commodore is at its best share in 15 months (5.1%) and more than…
Strong month for the New Zealand market with passenger car registrations up 13% at 6,298 units and commercial vehicles also up 13% at 1,646 sales. The Toyota Corolla (the Auris name does not exist in Australia or New Zealand) is the best selling model by far with 631 registrations, ahead…
The Turkish market has become very unstable in the last couple of months as far as the models ranking is concerned. #1 in 2009 but slowing down in the last few months, the Hyundai Accent Era is back on top in August with 5.7% market share, ahead of the Toyota…
The Australian market continues its good year: +9% in September at 85,051 units and +15% over the first 9 months (780,671 sales). Once threatened by the Toyota Corolla when the new model came out a couple of years ago, the Holden Commodore now has quite a comfortable lead in the…
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,…
Car sales are up 10% in New Zealand over the first 4 months of the year at 25,037 registrations. The Toyota Corolla holds onto its pole position but see its market share slip slightly from 6.7% over the Full Year 2009 to 5.5% now. The Toyota Hilux is stable at…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Estonian car sales crumble to the ground this year at -60% and 9,946 registrations. But the market leader absolutely ignored this trend: the Renault Megane, significantly helped by the new generation now on sale, gained…
Toyota Avensis * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2009 only 3,745 new cars were registered in Latvia, that's 90% less than in 2007! Toyota makes the most of this devastated market by placing 4 models in the Top 4: the Avensis is…