VW Gol Rallye * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * So close. For the second time in a row, the Fiat Uno is #1 at mid-month but gets passed by the VW Gol by month end. The…
In 2011 Turkish consumers have decided to buy way more cars than in 2010. March sales are up 59% at 54,023 units, and the 1st Quarter figure is up 83% year-on-year at 122,895 registrations. The Renault Symbol keeps the hold on the 1st place at 3,025 sales and 5.6% and…
Opel Astra The Polish car market is down 6% both in March at 27,293 registrations and year-to-date at 68,831 units. After being interrupted last month by its little sister the Skoda Fabia, the Skoda Octavia resumes its reign in Poland with 1,532 sales and 5.6% and holds the pole position…
Fiat Panda Italian car sales seem to be on the mend, at only -2% in April (157,991 registrations), compared to -19% year-to-date at 675,104 units. The Fiat Panda is #1 for the first time since November and for the third time in 12 months with 10,797 sales and 6.8% share.…
VW Passat At 28,940 registrations and up 13% year-on-year, the Swedish car market delivers its best month of April in 22 years! The Volvo V70 stays on top but sees its share slip down to 6.7%, and the VW Passat is up to #2 for the first time this year…
Range Rover * Click on the title for Albanian street scenes! * * Many thanks to Matthias from Germany who made this post's update possible! * The Albanian car market is very particular, with as much as 1 in every 3 cars in circulation in Tirana and Durres second-hand Mercedes.…
Fiat Punto * Now updated with the Top 50 best selling models over Q1 2011. See 'Read more' below * Italian car sales are down a worrying 28% year-on-year in March at 187,774 units. First Quarter figures are down 23% at 513,794 registrations. Both the Fiat Punto at 7.5% (14.035…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Brazilian car market is level year-on-year at 149,604 registrations over the first half of April. The Gol-Uno battle is heating up, with the Uno back in pole position over…
The VW Fusca was #1 in Brazil from 1954 to 1980 The direct links to 42 Historical articles are below. January 2020 update: There is now a Top 20 brands ranking from 2003 onwards, Top 10 for 2002 - 10 articles have been updated over the 2002-2010 period. To celebrate…
CORRECTION: Official figures published by www.carmarket.com.pl put the Skoda Octavia in the lead with 1,319 sales vs. 1,103 for the Fabia. 21,763 new cars were sold in Poland in February, up 1% year-on-year. For the first time since 2009, the Skoda Fabia is the best selling car in the country,…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Car sales in the Netherlands are up again, at +27% in March with 56,762 registrations. The VW Polo is the best selling car in the country for the 4th time…
Renault Kangoo See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post. French Light Commercial Vehicle sales figures are very rare to come across, so when they are published it is well worth a full article. The market is up 9% over…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time in months, the Brazilian car market is down: -14% in March at 288,758 registrations. However the year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 777,725 units. After…
1969 Chevrolet Opala: among Brazilian best sellers throughout the seventies I have now completed a review of the Brazilian market going back to 1954. Witness the domination of the VW Beetle (called Fusca in Brazil) from 1954 through the sixties and seventies... Explore the 1980's 'malaise' with the Fiat 147…
The Turkish car market continues its exceptional run, up 88% in February at 39,004 registrations, and up 107% year-to-date at 68,872 units. The Renault Symbol maintains its stranglehold on the ranking at 2,304 sales and 5.9% share (7.4% year-to-date), ahead of the Hyundai Accent Era (+1 spot, 5%) and the…