Street scene in Asuncion, Paraguay. Picture by AFS USA * Thanks to Seba & Pablo, I can now shed more light on the Paraguayan car market! * Chevrolet Classic No official data available for Paraguay, only that Chevrolet dominates and should be placing the Chevrolet Classic in the first place…
Hyundai Elantra The new car market in Canada is down 4% this month to 149,034 units. The Ford F-Series keeps the pole position with over 7,500 sales and 5% share and is followed by two Dodge models: the RAM pick-up and Caravan, both very solid at 3.7%. The Hyundai Elantra…
Fiat Punto The European car market is looking brighter, up 7% year-on-year in May at 1,230,453 units. This brings the year-to-date total to 6,038,928, now only down 0.3%. 7 of the Top 10 best-selling models register year-on-year increases, compared to only 2 last month. The VW Golf stays very strong…
Chevrolet Classic The Uruguayan car market improves on an already record-breaking year, up 33% at 19,087 units over the first 5 months of 2011. Thanks to Sebastian from Montevideo, Uruguay, we now have a better insight into the best-selling brands and models in the country, many thanks Sebastian! Chery QQ Chevrolet…
Chery QQ * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Car sales continue to impress in Brazil, up 16% during the first half of June. The two stars of the market are both very solid: the VW Gol is…
Renault Kangoo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The French Light Commercial Vehicle market is the biggest in Europe and up 9% over the first 5 months of the year at 185,846 registrations. The Renault Kangoo is…
Opel Meriva * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * Car sales in Austria are up a very healthy 18% in May at 34,393 registrations and 14% year-to-date at 155,575 units. The VW Golf enjoys its 15th consecutive month…
* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After -55% in March and -18% in April, Greek car sales are definitely on the mend but still down 15% in May at 10,076 units, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to…
Peugeot 107 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * Car sales in the Netherlands are getting better and better this year: up 37% in May at 50,059 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 278,122, up 27%. This month…
Fiat Linea Turkish car sales continue to deliver outrageous growth numbers month after month: +47% in April at 53,835 units and up 70% year-to-date at 176,730. The Renault Symbol is the best-selling car in Turkey again with 3,571 sales and 6.4% share, but it nearly got kicked out by the…
Fiat Strada * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * Brazilian car sales are up 27% in May at 300,534 units and up 8% year-to-date at 1,351,165. The VW Gol manages to steer away from the Fiat Uno a…
Fiat Panda The Italian car market is back in positive this month at +3% year-on-year and 171,077 units but is still down 15% year-to-date at 846,988. The Fiat Panda is #1 again with 12,065 sales and 7.1%. It is the 12th time this generation of Panda leads Italian sales, all…
The Chevrolet Malibu is the #1 passenger car in May. The new model (above) arrives in 2012. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * This month, the effects on Japanese manufacturers of parts and production shortages resulting from…
VW Passat The Swedes bought 30,853 new cars in May, an impressive 23% increase year-on-year. The year-to-date figure stands at 129,557 units, up 18%. The Volvo V70 stays on top at 2,110 sales and 6.8%, but the VW Passat, boosted by the new generation, is getting closer this month with…
Fiat Uno I have now uploaded Historical Data for Italy for the last 25 years... And from June 2002 onwards you can even check out each month's Top 10 or Top 30 ranking - that's 107 consecutive months! As you will see there are still quite a lot of holes…