Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council is composed of the sates bordering the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. And it's another very positive month for the region, with sales up 12% year-on-year…
BMW 7 Series. Big, expensive AND selling well. Perfect! * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Bahraini new car market is up 11% year-on-year in February to 4,155 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,513 units, up 25% on…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Excellent month for new car sales in Saudi Arabia once again, up 12% year-on-year in February to 62,284 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 121,583 units, up 14% on 2012.…
Suzuki Spacia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Kei car ranking is for once relatively eventful this month in Japan. For the first time since last September and only the third time in the last 19 months the Suzuki Wagon R, which led the…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Japan, down 16% to 420,069 registrations. The top of the models ranking is extremely stable this month: the Toyota Aqua continues to amaze the…
Hyundai HB20 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * More limited data for now on Brazil as my traditional Fenavabre source has not been updated for a month. And the big event in March is once again the irremediable progression of the Hyundai HB20:…
Honda Amaze * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Being the last month of the financial year, March is traditionally the year's strongest month for new car sales in India and 2013 doesn't look like it will be an exception. At…
Honda Stream and Toyota Alphard in Singapore, April 2013. On my way to the Manila Auto Show I had the luck to do a quick stopover in Singapore and as you can expect my eyes were locked on the streets... It's always a exhilarating feeling to see the sales rankings…
Like in 2012, Renault is the best-selling carmaker in Portugal so far in 2013. * See the Top 33 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Last month the Portuguese new car market finally gave a potential sign of better times ahead by gaining 9% year-on-year. In March it's…
VW Golf * See the Top 38 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * In March Belgium aligned itself with the rest of Europe: down 11% year-on-year to 53,076 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 149,160 units, still up 0.5% on 2012. The brands ranking is back in…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty average year for new car sales in Sweden, as it is the case in most of Europe: March is down 21% year-on-year to 22,493 registrations, bringing the…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * This month’s new car sales figures in Finland are a little biased by the fact that in March 2012 the market was artificially boosted in anticipation of a car tax raise.…
Mercedes S-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Qatar is another Middle-Eastern market to display impressive growth these days: after gaining 32% over the Full Year 2012, it is up 29% year-on-year in January to 7,472 registrations. The Toyota…
Fiat Punto Classic * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu I can share with you once again the Top 10 best-selling models in Serbia in this start of 2013. Interestingly, the Fiat Punto Classic, produced locally, manages to…
The Toyota RAV4 should be back in the Top 10 best-selling Japanese models worldwide in 2013. * See the Top 70 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 1000 is here As expected, Japanese models are very well represented in…