VW Golf Although stronger than in March at 4,999 units, the Romanian car market is down 44% year-on-year in April and 17% year-to-date. The Top 2 best selling cars stay unchanged. The Dacia Logan stabilises around 17% market share and the Skoda Octavia confirms it is selling at a much…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 100 best -selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Austrian car market is up 5% in April at 33,317 registrations and up 13% over the first 4 months of the year at 121,182 units. The Top…
Renault Clio The Slovenian car market is down 8% year-on-year in April at 5,007 units. The Renault Clio reaches its best share yet this year at 8.5% thanks to 425 sales, more than double the figure of the #2, the Renault Megane at 4.1% and 206 units. In fact the…
VW Passat Car sales in Finland are up again, by 9% in April at 11,229 registrations and 19% year-to-date at 46,581 units. The VW Golf is back to its traditional top spot at 616 sales and a strong 5.5%, ahead of the Skoda Octavia, also very healthy this month at…
VW Golf April 2011 is the 10th consecutive month of decline for UK car sales, down 7% at 137,746 registrations. The year-to-date figure is down 8% at 696,082 units. The Ford Fiesta is the best seller in the country for the 7th time in the last 12 months at 6,755…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 80 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * No sign of improvement in Spain: April car sales are down 23% at 71,808 units, bringing the year-to-date figure to 279,960 units, down 26%. The Seat Ibiza keeps…
VW Passat The Irish car market is up again this month at +4% with 8,606 registrations and +13% year-to-date at 56,206 units. VW has a very fruitful month of April: the VW Passat takes the lead with 413 sales and 4.8% share and jumps to #3 year-to-date at 2,131 units…
Mitsubishi ASX I know I've been putting a picture of the Mitsubishi ASX for the Norwegian post for 4 months now, but the fact is the ASX keeps delivering astounding results in this country month after month. In April, it literally took off and more than doubled its market 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…
Ford Focus Car sales are down 5% in Europe this month, dragged down by the 8% drop of the UK market, a traditional powerhouse in March due to the registration change. The VW Golf still leads but is down 10% at 53,055 units, followed by the Ford Fiesta, up 2…
Peugeot 508 * See the Top 50 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Slovenian car sales are stable in March at 5,909 registrations. The podium is unchanged vs. February and 2010, with the Renault Clio in the lead at 6.2% share,…
VW Caddy * See the Top 50 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below * At 1,902 units over the first 3 months of 2011, new car sales in Latvia are up 132% on 2010 and 45% on 2009 but are still a far cry (-68%!) from the…
* Now with the Top 200 best selling models: click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The German car market is definitely back on track, up 11% in March at 327,911 registrations. Unsurprisingly, the VW Golf is in the lead at 7.5% share, and it is…