Nissan Micra * See the Top 70 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * A flicker of hope this month in Greece: thanks to the return of scrappage scheme, the new car market is up a timid 7% on a particularly horrendous month of February 2012 that was at…
Hyundai sales are up 40% year-on-year in February in Belgium. * See the Top 38 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Excellent hold of the Belgian new car market in February given the overall depressed context the European market has fallen into: up 4% year-on-year to 45,400 registrations.…
The 2013 model could cement the 3008's newly acquired pole position in Latvia... * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Armands from the Automotive Association of Latvia I can share with you the most popular models and brands in…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The new car market in Romania is down a painful 16% year-on-year in February to 3,473 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,909 units, down 13% on 2012. If last month Dacia…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down just 1% year-on-year in February, a solid performance given the current depressed environment in Europe. This brings the year-to-date total to 56,740 units, up 5%…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 274 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is down a rather painful 11% year-on-year in February to 200,683 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 392,773 units, down 10% on 2012. The Top 5 most…
Chevrolet Captiva * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still not much daylight to inspect a new car in dealerships this month in Iceland, even then 420 new vehicles found a buyer in the country in February. And it would seem that the Icelandic…
The new Pulsar (#19 in February) should help Nissan stay high in the ranking in 2013. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 models and Top 47 All-brands! Click on title to see * Australian new car sales are up 5% year-on-year in February to 90,218 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Mazda6 * See the Top 212 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Ran from www.cartube.co.il we now have our monthly rendezvous with the Israeli new car market. In February, new car sales in Israel are down 8% year-on-year to 16,879 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,418 units,…
The new Symbol should enable Renault to stay on top in 2013. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alexandra * Car sales data for Tunisia is very rare to come across but thanks to Alexandra I am able to share with…
Hyundai is in the process of revolutionising the Brazilian car market with the HB20. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Whereas it was up 5% halfway through the month, the Brazilian new car market is surprisingly down 6% year-on-year…
Peugeot 301 * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Things are getting ugly for new car sales in the Czech Republic: down 22% year-on-year in February to 10,562 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 22,633 units, down 14% on 2012.…
SsangYong Korando Turismo * See the Top 50 All-local models and Top 5 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models are down 12% year-on-year in South Korea in February to 98,826 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 203,203 units, down 2% on 2012. The Hyundai Grandeur…
VW Jetta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As is usually the case Turkish data is coming through with a little delay and it is a fantastic start of the year for new car sales in Turkey, up 23%…
Renault Clio IV * NOW UPDATED with the Top 120 models and Top 15 brands! Click on title to see * New car sales in France are down 12% year-on-year in February to 143,366 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 268,164 units, down 13% on 2012. As I predicted in my…