Toyota Yaris Hybrid * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Icelandic new car market is up an impressive 55% year-on-year in 2012 to 8,486 registrations, still far off the record 20,875 cars registered back in 2005. For the first time since 2008 and the…
Maruti Alto 800 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and All-brands by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Year-end discounts didn't do much to dynamise an Indian new car market that is starting to lack puff: sales are even down 3% year-on-year…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Very quick update on Iceland for now, I will add more commentary shortly. 560 new vehicles found a buyer in December, bringing the Full Year 2012…
Ford Focus * See the Top 100 best-selling models and all brands by clicking on the title! * The Irish new car market is down 11% in 2012 to 79,498 registrations and for the 2nd year running the Ford Focus is the most popular model in the country thanks to…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * New Caledonia is a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia. In 2012, 11,072 new vehicles found a buyer there, down 6% year-on-year. The Ford Ranger is the most popular model…
VW Transporter * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales finish the year on a depressed note: down 35% to 2,611 registrations in December, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 31,850 units, down 10% on 2011. In spite of…
Opel Astra Sports Tourer * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italians car buyers are some of the last in the world with the Swedish and Slovak to continue their love affair with Station Wagons (SW): most models in the Large segment are sold almost exclusively through that…
Volvo V60 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * You can see the Full Year 2012 Swedish post here * Yes this is it! Final 2012 sales figures have now started to trickle down and this year you are in for an extra…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! Thanks STAC * The French new car market is down 14% year-on-year in December so far after 24 days to 116,976 registrations, in line with the market's evolution this year at -14% also. Peugeot…
Daihatsu Xenia * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Over the last week I was lucky enough to spend some time in Bali, Indonesia, so I thought I would share with you my impressions and a little photo album, as a lot has happened since my…
2014 Chevrolet Silverado. GM went hard on pick-up truck incentives this month to draw down their 139 days of inventory ahead of the introduction of 2014-model trucks in Q2 2013. * NOW UPDATED with new predictions. See the full article by clicking on the title! * Automotive News published another round of predictions for…
The Nissan Qashqai was #1 in Spain in November * See the full article by clicking on the title! * La Triubuna de Automocion and MSI have released yesterday their prediction for the Spanish new car market in December, and it's looking rather ugly: -27% year-on-year to 48,689 registrations, or the 5th consecutive…
2014 Mazda6 * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * According to Autoblog.com, Mazda USA is already displaying the much-anticipated 2014 Mazda6 ahead of its on-sale date in its US dealerships. The 6 is scheduled to kick-start US sales on January 2, 2013 but a few hundred…
2013 Nissan Altima * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Nissan USA reported yesterday that the four-millionth Altima has been sold, 20 years after the first unit rolled off the line at the Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly plant in 1992. Simultaneously, the Altima also broke its 2007 record of 284,762 units…
Chevrolet Onix * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Brazil are up a very healthy 15% year-on-year over the first half of December to 181,623 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,472,285 units, up 7% on 2011. Traditionally extremely…