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…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are down 8% year-on-year in February to 10,617 registrations, that's better than the -19% from January but still not very encouraging for the rest of the year.…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Still a depressing climate for new car sales in Finland, down 26% year-on-year in February to 7,816 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 17,992 units, down 27% on 2012. After 7 consecutive months…
Nissan Leaf * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * Whereas the rest of Europe is plunging into full-blown recession, new car sales in Norway are up an indecent 16% year-on-year in February to 11,322 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Full month data for February is starting to trickle in and as usual Sweden is the first cab off the rank. The market is still down a worrying 14% year-on-year to 17,860…
Could the VW Golf finish the month on the podium for the first time ever in France? * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The French new car market maintains itself at a reasonable -4% year-on-year over the first 18 days of…
Hyundai HB20 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 brands and Top 150 models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Brazil are up 5% year-on-year over the first half of February to 142,947 registrations. Traditionally very stable, the Brazilian models ranking is up for an eventful year…
Citroen C3 * See the Top 5 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * This may finally be the end of the tunnel for the Greek new car market: thanks to return of scrappage schemes, sales are back in positive over the first half of…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Is the French car market's decline is over already? Over the first 11 days of February, new car sales in the country are only down 4% year-on-year to 39,539 registrations. As is the…
Kia Sportage * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Icelandic website Umferdastofa.is makes available the first February 2013 figures: half-way through the month, 240 new vehicles have found a buyer in Iceland. The VW Polo is in the lead with 20 sales and 8.3%,…
Opel Astra * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down 8% year-on-year in November to 26,867 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 287,025 units vs. 287,083 at the same time last year, so pretty stable! Massive event atop…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * Today Macedonia becomes a little less unloved, with the first models ranking since 2007, albeit dating back to January-February 2011. The Macedonian new car market is down 23% year-on-year in January…
The Great Wall V-Series is the first Chinese model to break into the Australian Top 50 * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Today I had the privilege of interviewing Daniel Cotterill, spokesperson for Ateco Automotive who distribute Chinese brands Great Wall and Chery in Australia…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is composed of the states bordering the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. In February car sales in the region are up a massive 19% year-on-year to 117,199 registrations,…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Saudi new car sales are up a healthy 14% year-on-year in February at 55,805 registrations, with the year-to-date total up 12% at 106,640 units. As it was the case over the…