Best Selling Cars wishes you all a Happy New Year 2011! Check out above my little New Year video filmed in Hanoi, Vietnam where I'm spending my holidays. The trick for crossing the city's busy streets is to walk at a steady pace. This way the traffic can anticipate where…
ChangAn Minibus Chinese workers bought 467,639 new Light Commercial Vehicles in November, up 21% year-on-year. The total over 11 months 2010 is 4,829,785 units, up 25% on 2009. Big movement this month: the ChangAn Minibus takes the pole position with 54,795 sales, up an impressive 52% over Nov 09, ahead…
Best Selling Cars now covers 154 countries around the world, so we can rank models by the number of times they appear #1 in any given country (more on the methodology below). This is exclusive to Best Selling Cars, you won't find it anywhere else! Toyota places 4 models in the…
The European market is down 7% in November at 1,094,293 registrations and down 5% over 11 months at 12,666,595 sales, with some signs of recovery as Germany slows its decline. The Top 5 best selling models are unchanged vs. October, with the VW Golf still #1 by far, ahead of…
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the German car market: November sales (262,262) are down only 6% year-on-year. Behind the VW Golf (slipping 0.5 point to 7.7% share), the Mercedes C Class continues its great run and improves its market share again to 3.3%. It…
The Austrian car market is growing by 9% year-on-year in November with 28,024 registrations. Behind the VW Golf, a tad weak at 4.8%, and the Hyundai i30, 2nd again at 3%, the VW Sharan now fully enjoys its renewal with an outstanding 3rd position at 832 sales and 3% share!…
The Polish market is up a healthy 20% in October at 30,380 registrations, bringing the 2010 YTD total to -1% at 264,470. The Skoda Octavia (5.9%) and Fabia (3.8%) maintain their domination in Poland, ahead of the VW Golf which reaches a very satisfying third place. The Opel Astra and…
In November, the UK market is down only 11% over a November 09 boosted by the Scrappage Incentive Scheme, and the year-to-date figure is still up by 3% at 1,907,029. The Ford Fiesta holds the pole position again, very stable at 4.6%, ahead of the Focus at 4%. The VW…
Tiny sales figure this month in Ireland: only 1,771 registrations (+104% year-on-year). The year-to-date figure is a more respectable 90,369, up 64%. The Renault Megane leads the ranking in November with 114 sales and 6.4%, but the relevance of this figure is minimal given the size of the market this…
Still extremely dynamic, the Swedish car market grows 33% in November and 34% Year-to-date! The Volvo V70 stays comfortably on top of the ranking with 2,247 sales and 8.4% market share, above its YTD level (8.1%). The VW Golf has a very strong month in #2 at 4.7%, ahead of…
Still extremely healthy, the Finnish car market is up 32% in November (8,146 registrations) and 23% in 2010 (104,311). The models ranking is getting a bit of a shake up this month, with the Toyota Auris taking the lead at a very solid 4.6% market share, ahead of the Skoda…
In November the Norwegian car market is up a very healthy 24%, and 33% year-to-date. No surprise in the lead, the VW Golf is king with 7.7% market share, ahead of the Volvo V70 at 4.1%. Both models are above their YTD levels. The Ford Mondeo compensates for a very…
No car sales data available for Belarus, but the observation of Belarusian streets through recent YouTube videos show a structure very distinct from Russia and more alike neighbours Latvia and Lithuania: Lada has completely lost its grip on the Belarusian car market which appears to be very fragmented with a…
In a stable Algerian market at 16,395 registrations, the Dacia Logan manages to grab the top spot this month with 1,373 sales (8.4%), only 5 units more than the Renault Symbol in #2. The Symbol however stays #1 in the Year-to-date ranking with 19,101 sales and 10.2% of the market. Excellent…
No surprises, the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in the world in 2009, thanks to very strong results in the USA, Japan, China and most of Asia and Africa. 908,661 units of the model were sold in 2009 alone. The Ford Focus takes the second spot with 781,139 registrations,…