Harsh landing for Lancia… (1985 Lancia Delta S4 pictured) According to Automotive News, Lancia has seen its last days outside of Italy. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will reduce the brand to just the Ypsilon that will be sold only in Italy. "Marchionne is performing Lancia's final requiem," said Gianluca Spina, dean…
Nissan Juke in commando attire in Vintimiglia, Italy - August 2013 (Click to view larger version). One year has passed since my last Italian Photo report, and today I had the opportunity to return to Ventimiglia for a new report. If last year I was surprised by the feeble amount…
Fiat Panda & 500 in Vintimiglia, Italy August 2012 * See the entire photo report by clicking on the title! * The photo report saga continues: after Scotland and the French countryside, I thought I'd drive across the border to Italy in Vintimiglia to give you a quick snapshot of…
Lancia Delta * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Italy are falling into a downward spiral, down 24% year-on-year in June to 128,967 registrations. This means the market is down a full 20% or 201,172 units to…
Alfa Romeo Giulietta The Italian car market struggles in February at -21% with 161,147 registrations. Fiat monopolises the podium this month, with the Fiat Punto #1 at 6.7%, the Fiat Panda #2 at 5.8% and the Fiat 500 #3 at 3.8%. The Ford Fiesta and VW Golf follow. Excellent hold…
Fiat Punto Evo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2009 at 2,157,791 units. The Fiat Punto is the best selling model in the country for the 16th year in a row, but God was it hard!…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * For its first full year of sales in the country, the Fiat Punto manages the exceptional feat of coming just 49 units short of the pole position in Portugal in 1994…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * After a decade of domination of the Fiat Uno, its replacement the Fiat Punto logically takes the relay, becoming Italy's best selling car in 1994. It does so flamboyantly with no…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * Greek new car sales are down 24% year-on-year in 1994 to 112,567 units. In this sombre context the Seat Ibiza brilliantly takes the lead with sales up 5% to 7,615 units…
The VW Santana is the best-selling vehicle in China in 1991. 501,838 new vehicles were registered in China in 1991, a 38.3% year-on-year surge. Volkswagen leads the way with over 50,000 sales, well above Isuzu (just under 15,000), Toyota (almost 12,800) and Beijing Jeep (11,300). FAW Tianjin rounds out the…