Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see - Thanks Øystein* The Norwegian car market is back into positive in June, up 7% year-on-year to 11,053 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 69,355 units, up 1% on 2011. Big event atop the models…
Mazda CX-5 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 317,152 units, Japanese passenger car sales are up 41% year-on-year in June, still off a low based as June 2011 sales were still disrupted by the after-effects of the tsunami that hit the country…
Holden Commodore * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see * While Europe car sales are falling a bit deeper into recession each month and the US is recovering with strong growth off very low bases, one Western country continues to impress: Australia. June 2012…
Proton Prevé * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 56,606 registrations in May, the Malaysian new car market is up a massive 28% year-on-year, bringing the year-to-date total to 235,867 units, down 4% on 2011. Something awkward is happening though: Toyota, Lexus, Mercedes,…
Sales of Lexus GS are up 404% in the US. * See the Top 268 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored in detail the May 2012 US models ranking let's pause on the year-to-date ranking to see what longer-term trends can be extracted.…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another outstanding month for new car sales in New Zealand: the market is up 21% year-on-year to 8,306 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,748 units, up a very healthy 16% on 2011. Like in…
ZAZ Forza * See the Top 225 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * 21,142 new cars were purchased in Ukraine in May, bringing the year-to-date total to 89,379. For the fourth consecutive month the Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in the country with…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the Top 257 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * At +26% year-on-year, chances are the US car market will grow faster than China this month! Yep, this is rare enough to be bolded in my article... So it looks like the American consumer…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 40 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The Australian market is euphoric this month, up 24% year-on-year and setting a new record for May at 96,069 registrations, helped by a backlog of orders due to last year's Japanese quake and Thai…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Japan are up a massive 66% year-on-year in May to 236,366 registrations, the combined effect of government subsidies on environmentally friendly cars and a low May 2011 based linked to the…
Renault Megane * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of recovery for the Spanish car market: sales are down 8% year-on-year in May to 72,514 registrations, the second worst month of May in the last 20 years after the 71,168 units…
Suzuki Swift This is our second monthly World round up after March 2012, and if last month the focus was on the Toyota Prius family and its huge success in the US and Japan, April takes us to India where we witness a historical change... Don't get me wrong, the Prius is…
Kia Optima * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Very stable models ranking in April in Canada with the Top 5 best-selling models unchanged compared to last month. The Ford F-Series leads the way with 8,691 sales followed by the Dodge RAM at 6,136…
Dacia Duster. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish car market continues on its excellent run, up 7% year-on-year in April to 27,291 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 115,200 units, up 11% on 2011.…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * In April 20,541 vehicles found a buyer in Ukraine, bringing the year-to-date to 68,236 units. The Skoda Octavia takes its newfound leadership of the models ranking even further by ranking #1…