Daewoo Lacetti/Chevy Cruze in Hanoi, January 2011 New car sales in Vietnam are down 25% in June at 7,611 registrations, but still up 4% year-to-date at 52,588 units. For the second time in 3 months, the Daewoo Lacetti/Chevrolet Cruze holds the pole position with 535 sales and an excellent 7%…
Range Rover Evoque * Now updated with the First Half 2011 Top 35 Ranking Table thanks to our secret admirer from France :-) See 'Read more' at the end of the post! * First of all an update on the sales figures of two significant new "UK" models: the Range Rover…
Ford F350 Car sales in Venezuela return to strong growth at +18% year-on-year in June with 11,585 sales, bringing the first half figure to 57,034 units, still down 3%. No surprises on top: the Chevrolet Aveo maintains itself above 20% share at 20.4% thanks to 2,363 sales, it is at…
VW Sharan * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * The Austrian car market is down 3% in May at 32,018 registrations but still up 11% year-to-date at 187,583 units. No surprises on top: the VW Golf leads the way with 1,238 sales and…
VW Golf The Finnish new car market is down 8% in June at 10,995 registrations, however the 2011 half-year figure is still up 15% at 70,438 units. It is a pretty uneventful month as far as the models ranking is concerned, with the podium unchanged on May. The VW Golf…
Ford Fiesta Kinetic * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * New car sales in Argentina are up for the 20th consecutive month at a whopping +40% in June with 76,497 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 438,677 units, up 31%. The Chevrolet Classic…
Mazda3 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 best-selling models thanks to Enrique Garcia at es.autoblog.com, see 'Read more' at the end of the post * The effects of the March earthquake on Japanese cars' deliveries are felt again this month in Australia, with sales down 12% to 96,157 registrations,…
Mini Countryman * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The Swiss car market is up 4% over the 2nd Quarter of 2011 at 85,621 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 158,474 units, up 7%. The best-selling models podium…
VW Polo Vivo South African car sales continue on their good run, up 13% in June at 44,880 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 272,685 units, up 16%. The VW Polo Vivo, a restyled previous generation of the model, is back in the lead for the first time since January…
VW Polo Croatian car sales are up a very healthy 25% in June at 4,621 registrations and 19% over the first half of the year at 23,137 units. The VW Polo leads the ranking for the first time in 12 months with 318 sales and an exceptional 6.9% share, just…
Great Wall Wingle * Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! * Second month in a row in pole position for the Ford Ranger, distant leader with 87 sales, nearly twice as many as the Dacia Duster, stable in 2nd place at 45 units.…
Nissan Navara Still impacted by stock shortages due to the Japan earthquake, new car sales in New Zealand are down 4% year-on-year in June at 7,652 registrations. Boosted by a very successful Fieldays, the ‘largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere’, the podium is monopolised by pick-ups, or 'utes' as they…
Hyundai Solaris Car sales in Russia continue on their scrappage scheme-fuelled run, up 40% in June at 246,429 registrations and 56% over the first half of 2011 at 1,235,442 units. The Lada Priora leads the way again at 13,704 units and 5.6%, only the 2nd time in 12 months it…
Seat Leon * Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models, thanks to Ausrutherford! * Spanish car sales are stuck in hell: -31% year-on-year in May at 83,385 registrations and -27% in 2011 year-to-date at 442,217 units. Seat has tried to counter the trend by launching its own scrappage scheme:…
Opel Astra Polish car sales are down a modest 3% in May at 22,476 registrations, adding up to 113,165 units in 2011 year-to-date, down 5%. The Skoda Octavia reclaims the top spot this month at 1,295 sales and 5.8% share, however it is threatened by the Opel Astra, still #2…