Hyundai Avante Coupe * See the Top 52 All-local models by clicking on the title! * 110,338 new local models found a buyer in South Korea in August, bringing the year-to-date total to 909,374 units, up 1% on 2012. The race to the title of 2013 best-selling model continues, and…
Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse - grille This post is sponsored by Deal4yourwheels. This is Part 3 in a 5-part series dedicated to the Frankfurt Auto Show. You can read Part 1 about Tesla here and Part 2 about Maserati and the Frankfurt car landscape here. The last two articles, about Peugeot and…
VW Caddy * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Latvian new car market is down a harsh 15% year-on-year in August to 911 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,109 units, down 7% on 2012. Sales charts in Latvia are traditionally very volatile…
Bogdan 110 * See the Top 240 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ukraine are up a whopping 42% year-on-year in August to 27,850 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 143,421 units, up 9% on 2012. Big surprise atop the models ranking: after delivering…
Lada 4x4 * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title! * 6th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for the Russian new car market, down 10% in August to 213,915 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,799,805 units, down 7% on 2012. The…
The SRT Viper is #255 with 381 units sold so far this year. * See the Top 274 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the August sales data, let's try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. The US market is…
Fiat Siena * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands! See title * Potentially the result of the social unrest that has characterised the country in the last couple of months, the Brazilian new car market falls deeper into recession in August, down a dramatic…
We welcome the Infiniti Q50 at #131 this month in the US * NOW UPDATED with the the Top 256 All-models and Top 40 All-brands! See title * In complete contrast with a European market back to its (very) wobbly self, new light vehicle sales in the US are absolutely and positively euphoric in August: up…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Back to square one. After gaining ground year-on-year for 3 of the last 4 months, the Greek new car market falls flat once again in August: down to a minuscule 3,373…
Fiat Punto * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models and Top 40 brands! Click on title to see * * There is now an August Top 150 models ranking available here * In August, new car sales in Italy are down 7% compared to last year to just 53,310…
The Ford C-Max is #7 in Wales this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can share with you once again the detailed models ranking for each nation in the UK. This month I have compiled all…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market is down a harsh 12% year-on-year in August to 11,595 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 106,946 units, down 10% on 2012. Below the Skoda Octavia…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 15 best-selling models and Top 46 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As predicted last month, the proposed changes to the fringe benefit tax (FBT) pending the September 7 Prime Minister election have slowed the Australian new car market, down 0.2% year-on-year in…
Toyota Vios (Thai model shown) * See the Top 140 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to myk * Finally a reliable models ranking available for the Philippines, even though it's coming with a bit of delay. Over the first half of 2013, a record 102,571 new…
Boosted by the new generation, the Toyota Corolla shoots up to 10.1% share this month. * Click on title to see the Top 216 models and Top 43 brands! Thanks Ran @www.cartube.co.il * The Israeli new car market is up 5% year-on-year in August to 19,550 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…