The Italian car market is off to a slow start this year with 165,302 registrations in January, down 21% on last year. The Fiat Punto stays strong at 13,173 sales and 8% share, but the Panda drops to 6.1%. The VW Golf has a good month in 4th place and…
Toyota Hilux, #1 in Algeria in 2005 I have now added Historical Data for 16 countries: Algeria (up to 2004), Bulgaria (up to 2005), Chile (2004), Ecuador (2006), Hungary (2006), Iceland (2006), Indonesia (2005), Iran (1967), Israel (2005), Morocco (2004), Peru (2005), Philippines (2005), Portugal (2000), Singapore (2006), Thailand (2004) and Vietnam (2003). Witness the dominance of the legendary Paykan over the…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of a good month of December at +9% (14,086 sales), Algerian car sales are down 3% in 2010 with 216,862 registrations. The Renault Symbol is the best selling car in Algeria again this…
* Now with the Top 100 best selling models: click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * At 294,239 registrations, the Swiss car market is up 11% this year. Not surprisingly, the VW Golf is the best selling car in the country again, with 4.1% of the…
In 2010, the Romanian car market slowed down by 19% at 94,541 registrations, but the trend should reverse in 2011 as the year's last months were up (December is at +10%). The Dacia Logan is the best selling car in Romania for the 6th consecutive year, and is still extremely…
VW Golf * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The German market is back to harsh reality this year after being artificially boosted by scrappage schemes in 2009. It is down 23% on 2009 and down 6% on 2008 at 2,916,260…
Ford Ranger * Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea for sharing this information! * New Caledonian consumers bought 13,680 cars this year, up 3% year-on-year to bring the market back to its 2007 and 2008 levels. The Ford Ranger is by far the best selling model here for the…
Austrian car sales are up 4% in December at 20,366 sales with the 2010 total up 2% at 328,563 registrations. The VW Golf is the best selling car in the country at 16,986 sales (5.2%) ahead of the VW Polo at 12,340 sales (3.8%) and the Hyundai i30 at 8,017…
Nissan NP200 The South African car market finishes a euphoric year on a high: it is up 30% in December at 39,504 registrations, bringing the 2010 total to 492,956, up 25% on 2009. Stellar month for Toyota: the Hilux confirms its #1 spot and increases its share to 7.3% with…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The French market drops only 2% on 2009 with 2,251,736 registrations, and the Peugeot 207 is the best-selling car for the 4th year in a row with 126,854 sales (5.6% and…
Now that Best Selling Cars covers over 150 countries around the globe, I am adding a bit of depth to the site, showcasing some historical model sales data. The first cab off the rank is France: yearly results from 2000 to 2009 are now available on here. Peugeot 206 then…
Best Selling Cars now covers 154 countries around the world, so we can rank models by the number of times they appear #1 in any given country (more on the methodology below). This is exclusive to Best Selling Cars, you won't find it anywhere else! Toyota places 4 models in the…
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the German car market: November sales (262,262) are down only 6% year-on-year. Behind the VW Golf (slipping 0.5 point to 7.7% share), the Mercedes C Class continues its great run and improves its market share again to 3.3%. It…
Good month of November in Algeria, up 10% year-on-year with 14,578 registrations, the year-to-date figure is still down 6% however, at 202,180. The Renault Symbol reclaims the first spot with an excellent 12.6% share (vs. 10.3% YTD), ahead of the Dacia Logan at a still very strong 8.5% (vs. 6.8%…
French car sales dropped less than expected in November at -11% (193,970 registrations), bringing the year-to-date total to 2,023,410 (-2%). The Renault Clio is the best selling car in France for the third month in a row with 10,732 sales (5.5%) vs. 10,627 for the Peugeot 207 (5.5% also). This…