Dacia is the #1 brand with private buyers in Spain in June. * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Today I had the privilege of speaking with Luis Subias, Marketing Director of Renault España, so I could share with you the reasons behind Renault's great performance in…
The Fiat 500L lands directly in 7th place over the period. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After losing 20% this time last year to drop well under one million units, the Italian new car market sheds another 10% over the first 6…
The new gen Renault Symbol has failed to impress so far in Turkey. * See the Top 332 All-models and Top 37 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * We continue on our exploration of the worldwide Top 20 markets halfway through 2013, now to Turkey. Over the period…
Citroen C-Elysee * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Antonio José from ACAP I can share with you today a Top 50 models ranking for Portugal, a rarity indeed! The Portuguese new car market is for once euphoric in June, up 18% year-on-year to…
Citroen C3 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are down 6% over the first 9 days of July to 44,100 registrations. As usual, Citroen and Peugeot fare much better than Renault at the start of the month, to…
The Seat Ibiza may struggle to lodge a 5th consecutive year at #1 in Spain... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday, I now kick start a series of articles that look at the year-to-date rankings of…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Things are starting to go alarmingly wrong for new car sales in Romania, with June down 46% year-on-year to just 3,967 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 24,549 units, down 26%…
Peugeot Pars * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As always the Iranian monthly models ranking reflects production (not sales) but is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular cars in the country as high import duties limit sales of other vehicles.…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! * June new car sales in Bulgaria are estimated at 2,424 units, bringing the year-to0-date total to 11,671 units, down just 3% on 2012 with is a fine performance in the depressed European context…
Renault Captur * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 47 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria limit the damage in June, down just 5% year-on-year to 31,279 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 171,204 units, down 8% on 2012. The Top 4…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Luka * The Croatian new car market looks like it is on the mend: after dropping by a horrendous 46% over the first quarter of the year, but by just 1% in…
VW Polo * See the Top 50 best-selling model and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Icelandic new car market is down 4% year-on-year in June to 1,539 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 4,175 units, down 15% on 2012. The VW Polo is by far…
Renault Clio * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * It seems too good to be true: after years of absolute hell with 2011 down 31% and 2012 down 38%, new car sales in Portugal are up 18% year-on-year in June to 12,706 registrations, the…
Lada Granta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * This is it: the Russian market is now officially as depressed as the rest of Europe: with June down 10% year-on-year to 241,346 registrations, we have our 4th consecutive month of…
Fiat Panda. 66% of French Fiat sales in June are "tactical". * You can check out the France June 2013 Top 100 models ranking here * After going through the Top 100 best-selling models in France in detail, there has been an interesting development in the structure of the market…