Hyundai i20 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Relative improvement for new car sales in Greece this month: at 9,939 units they are down 'only' 14% year-on-year, compared to -33% in June. The year-to-date total stands at 65,200 units,…
Renault Sandero * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post * New car sales are stable in Brazil at 287,941 registrations this month, up 1% year-on-year, bringing the 2011 figure to 1,926,020, up a robust 8%. The fight for the top spot…
Ford Fiesta Another month in negative in the UK - the 13th in a row - with sales down 3.5% year-on-year at 131,634 units. The year-to-date figure stands at 1,161,272 registrations, down 7%. No waves in the models ranking in July: the monthly Top 6 is identical to the 2011…
VW Voyage * See the Top 130 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below! * Car sales in Brazil are up 14% at mid-July with 143,874 units. The VW Gol and Fiat Uno find themselves head-to-head again, both at 8.9% market share over the period with 12,865 and 12,752…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * At 17,008 units and up 17%, the Danish new car market impresses again in June, with the 1st Half total up 21% at 87,773 registrations. The Opel Corsa takes…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * The Greek car market is back in trouble: after a 'remiss' in April (-18%) and May (-15%), sales are down 33% year-on-year in June at 9,739 units, with the 1st Half total down 44%…
Range Rover Evoque * Now updated with the First Half 2011 Top 35 Ranking Table thanks to our secret admirer from France :-) See 'Read more' at the end of the post! * First of all an update on the sales figures of two significant new "UK" models: the Range Rover…
VW Polo Croatian car sales are up a very healthy 25% in June at 4,621 registrations and 19% over the first half of the year at 23,137 units. The VW Polo leads the ranking for the first time in 12 months with 318 sales and an exceptional 6.9% share, just…
VW Gol The Brazilian car market is up 16% this month at 286,934 registrations and 10% year-to-date at 1,638,078 units. The two traditional best-sellers are both in good shape in June: the VW Gol sells 27,428 units, its highest volume in 6 months, for a 9.6% market share, its best…
Seat Leon * Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models, thanks to Ausrutherford! * Spanish car sales are stuck in hell: -31% year-on-year in May at 83,385 registrations and -27% in 2011 year-to-date at 442,217 units. Seat has tried to counter the trend by launching its own scrappage scheme:…
Street scene in Asuncion, Paraguay. Picture by AFS USA * Thanks to Seba & Pablo, I can now shed more light on the Paraguayan car market! * Chevrolet Classic No official data available for Paraguay, only that Chevrolet dominates and should be placing the Chevrolet Classic in the first place…
Fiat Punto The European car market is looking brighter, up 7% year-on-year in May at 1,230,453 units. This brings the year-to-date total to 6,038,928, now only down 0.3%. 7 of the Top 10 best-selling models register year-on-year increases, compared to only 2 last month. The VW Golf stays very strong…
Opel Corsa Car sales are up 6% in May in Croatia at 3,875 registrations and up 18% year-to-date at 18,516 units. A pretty significant event occurred this month: for the first time since 2004, the Opel Corsa leads the Croatian models ranking with 174 sales and 4.5%. The VW Polo…
* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After -55% in March and -18% in April, Greek car sales are definitely on the mend but still down 15% in May at 10,076 units, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to…
VW Golf The UK car market is down for the 11th successive month in May to 150,431 units. However the 1.7% decline was the smallest fall reported since registrations began to contract in July last year. The year-to-date figure is down 7% to 846,513 sales. The Ford Fiesta leads the…