DongFeng Utah * Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! * After giving up its throne to the Dacia Duster last month, the Ford Ranger reclaims the leadership of the New Caledonian car market in May with 85 sales, but the Duster stays strong…
Toyota Hilux Like in neighbour Australia, passenger car sales in New Zealand are hit by stock shortages due to the Japan earthquake and are down 2% at 4,535 units. Conversely, light commercials are up 13% at 2,028, helped by a strong sales push surrounding Fieldays, the 'largest agricultural event in the…
BMW X3 The South African car market is up 6% this month at 41,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date figure to 227,806, up 16%. Compared to April, the podium is unchanged: the Toyota Hilux is still ahead with 2,558 sales (6.2%) however it only sells...11 units more than the #2, the…
Suzuki Swift * Now with the Top 10 best-selling Passenger Cars: click on 'Read more' at end of post * Car sales are down 1% this month in New Zealand at 5,610 registrations. For the second time in 2011 the Suzuki Swift takes the leadership in the models ranking, certainly…
Proton Saga Malaysian consumers bought 49,065 new cars this month, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,773 registrations, up 7%. For the first time this year, the Proton Saga takes the lead of the ranking with 6,520 sales and a strong 13.3% market share. The Perodua Myvi keeps the 2011 pole…
Dacia Duster Thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, I am now able to share with you the models ranking in New Caledonia... Many thanks Yves! New Caledonia is not a country as such, it is an overseas French territory in Oceania. However the best selling cars are so radically different from…
VW Polo New car sales in South Africa are up 8% in April at 38,566 registrations, bringing the 4 months 2011 figure to 186,284, up 19%. The Toyota Hilux keeps its crown at a shiny 7% market share, but the VW Polo Vivo is catching up at 5.8%. The VW…
* Now updated with the Top 10 best selling Passenger Cars * The New Zealand car market is up 18% at 8,260 registrations in March. The Toyota Hilux grabs the top spot with an impressive 514 sales and 6.2% share, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 355 units (4.3%) and…
Lexus CT200h * Now with the Top 65 best selling models in Q1 2011: click on 'Read more' at end of post * At 93,984 registrations, Australian car sales are down just 1% year-on-year in March. The Holden Commodore stays #1 at 4,170 sales and 4.4%, but the 2011 leader is…
Nissan Navara After a very strong showing by the Hyundai Tucson IX late last year, the Toyota Hilux reclaims the title of best selling vehicle in Panama over the first 3 months of 2011 with 693 sales, 127 units above the Tucson. The Hyundai Accent GL is stable in 3rd…
Nissan NP200 The South African car market continues on its great run, up 23% in March at 53,478 units. The Toyota Hilux stays on top and improves its market share to 7%, leaving the VW Polo Vivo behind at 5.2%. The Toyota Corolla/Auris climbs on the podium at 4.6%. The…
Great result again for South African car sales, up 25% in February at 49,164 registrations. The Toyota Hilux climbs back on top with 6.2% of the market, just above the VW Polo Vivo at 6% and a Toyota Yaris in excellent shape at 5.2%. The new VW Polo is down…
Mazda3 The Australian car market is still a little bit soft in February at -2% with 80,896 registrations. Queensland sales are down 3% in the wake of the cyclone season but are expected to surge as people replace their damaged vehicles. The Holden Commodore is #1 for the first time…
The South African car market continues its good run, up 19% in January with 45,135 sales. Volkswagen has a good month with the Polo Vivo back in the first spot at 2,986 sales and 6.6%, leaving the Toyota Hilux behind at 2,626 sales and 5.8%, and the new Polo in…
Peugeot 207 Compact January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Argentina but this year it reaches never-seen before levels: January 2011 will stay in Argentinean car history as the first month the market crossed the 100,000 sales mark, at 100,964 exactly. Another first, the Peugeot 207 Compact…