Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see - Thanks Øystein* The Norwegian car market is back into positive in June, up 7% year-on-year to 11,053 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 69,355 units, up 1% on 2011. Big event atop the models…
Opel Astra * NOW UPDATED with the Top 30 best-selling models! Click on title to see- Thanks to Zsolti * The Hungarian car market continues to recover, up 20% year-on-year over the first 6 months of 2012 at 27,787 registrations. The Opel Astra is the most popular model over the period…
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…
Hyundai i25 * See the Top 5 best-selling models and Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * The Israeli new car market is down 16% year-on-year in June to 18,265 registrations. Unfortunately I am not able to give you as much models ranking detail as for the…
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…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Czech Republic are holding up extremely well: +12% year-on-year in June to 18,140 registrations and +7% year-to-date at 94,233 units. The Czech models ranking is potentially on the eve of a…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual car sales figures for Turkey are available with one month delay and in May the market slows down its fall at -10% year-on-year to 50,460 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 193,641 units,…
Holden Commodore * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see * While Europe car sales are falling a bit deeper into recession each month and the US is recovering with strong growth off very low bases, one Western country continues to impress: Australia. June 2012…
VW Up! * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Croatian car sales are down a worrying 27% year-on-year in June to 3,365 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 20,201 units, down 13% on 2011. Massive surprise atop the models ranking in June: for its…
Renault Duster * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Excellent month for Brazilian car sales, up a massive 19% year-on-year in June to 340,706 registrations, the second best month ever for Brazilian sales after December 2010 at 361,197 units. This brings the year-to-date total…
Fiat 500 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * UK new car sales continue to buck the general European gloominess, up 3.5% year-on-year in June to a shiny 189,514 registrations, pushed by private demand up 10%. Halfway through the year, the market is now…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italy is one of the last countries in the world with Sweden and Slovakia where Station Wagons (SW) have remained highly popular which is why there is a monthly update about it on BSCB. However like in May this month…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I wish I could bring you good news about Spanish new car sales in June but it is not the case: at -12% year-on-year, the market totals only 73,352 units, the first June below 80,000…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Ireland continue on their downward trend, losing a worrying 42% year-on-year in June to 6,370 registrations. Halfway through the year, total sales stand at 66,657, down 14% on 2011. The Ford Focus…