The Fiat 600 was #1 in 1962, the last time Italy August sales were so low. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models: click on title to see * The new car sales situation is getting critical in Italy, and with the price of petrol above 2…
Range Rover Evoque * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to DC * San Marino, also romantically called the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a 61 square kilometres enclave surrounded by Italy and is home to 30,000 inhabitants. Over the first…
Porsche Panamera. Picture by ninoscy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 193 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After sharing with you yesterday the Top 50 All-brands ranking in Monaco over the first 6 months of 2012, I can now unveil an exclusive Top 193 All-models ranking…
Land Rover Defender at Loch Katrine, Scotland August 2012 * See my entire Scotland photo album by clicking on the title! * With my Scottish stay soon coming to an end I thought I would share a few more observations with you. In total I have driven about 500 miles…
The Dacia Logan celebrates its 95th consecutive month in the Romanian pole position. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales are starting to get really shaky in Romania, down 29% year-on-year in July to just 6,005 registrations, which brings the year-to-date…
The Range Rover Evoque hits its highest ranking ever in Italy this month: #35 * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Another sombre month for new car sales in Italy, down 22% year-on-year in July to 109,380 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total…
Toyota Etios * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very strong month for new car sales in South Africa, up 18% year-on-year in July to 54,067 registrations. This means the year-to-date total is up 12% on 2011 to 355,541 sales. The VW Polo…
Range Rover Evoque * See the Top 347 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Just in time for the London Olympics, the UK is the last of the World Top 10 biggest car markets to have its models ranking explored halfway through 2012. New car sales are up…
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…
At +18%, the Nissan Juke is one of only five models in the Top 30 to see its sales increase. Picture Stefan Solakov, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After Brazil, it's the turn of France to have its half-year models…
Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Given we are now halfway through 2012, I will write a specific post exploring the year-to-date models ranking and their year-on-year evolution for the Top 10 biggest car markets in the world. First one to…
The Nissan Qashqai could be the best-selling car in Cyprus. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Oscar * Cyprus had been unloved since 2006, date of the latest official models data I got for this country. Thanks to Oscar I can…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 110 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * From -2% year-on-year over the first 28 days of May, the French market drops to -16% over the full month to 165,776 registrations, with 3 less working days than May 2011. Still a disappointing…
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.…
BMW 1 Series * NOW UPDATED with the Top 325 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * After having explored the Top 316 models ranking in Europe for March 2012, still thanks to Lancia Lover from autoweek.nl I am able to share with you a European Top 150 models ranking…