Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe are slowly sliding into recession, at -8% year-on-year in May to 1,164,071 registrations, with the UK the only market in the 'Big 5' to register year-on-year improvement. The 2012 year-to-date…
Renault Sandero * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After a few months down, the Brazilian car market is back in positive in a big way during the first half of June, up 24% year-on-year to 175,659 sales. The year-to-date total stands at 1,467,572…
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.…
Ford Focus * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * After an exhaustive April 2012 world round-up, I am now able to share with you the 20 models that sold the most across the globe in April. The Toyota Corolla is…
Great Wall Steed - Bulgarians have embraced Great Wall's vehicles * See the Top 50 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kalo * 2012 will stay in the history of automobile as the year the Chinese started manufacturing cars in Europe. The Great Wall factory opened in…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 264 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Reshuffle atop the Chinese models ranking in May: for the first time ever, the Chevrolet Sail is the best-selling model in the country with 30,163 sales, 27,579 of which are the sedan version. This pole…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another outstanding month for new car sales in New Zealand: the market is up 21% year-on-year to 8,306 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,748 units, up a very healthy 16% on 2011. Like in…
ZAZ Forza * See the Top 225 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * 21,142 new cars were purchased in Ukraine in May, bringing the year-to-date total to 89,379. For the fourth consecutive month the Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in the country with…
VW Polo * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! Click on title to see - many thanks to Luka * Croatian new car sales recuperate somewhat from a disastrous month of April (-37%) at -13% year-on-year in May at 3,377 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the Top 257 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * At +26% year-on-year, chances are the US car market will grow faster than China this month! Yep, this is rare enough to be bolded in my article... So it looks like the American consumer…
The Ford F250 Single Cab is sold as the Ford F350 in Venezuela * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Venezuelan new car market continues to progress generously at +15% year-on-year in May to 11,733 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 54,885 units,…
Skoda Superb * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market is up 3% year-on-year in May to 15,975 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 76,093 units, up 5% on 2011. For the first time since February and the 5th time…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Russian car market continue on its insolent good run while most of Europe is slowing down, up 11% year-on-year in May to 260,944 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 1,141,484 units, up 15%…
Vauxhall Corsa * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While most European countries are slowly but surely falling back into recession, UK car sales have a euphoric month of May, up 8% year-on-year to 162,288 registrations with private sales up 14%. This is the…
Toyota Camry * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are up a massive 28% year-on-year in May to 31,213 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 155,620 units, down just 0.8% on 2011. The Toyota Corolla has now been in…