The Buick Encore is now the best-selling all-new model in 2013. * See the Top 276 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After going through the September sales data, let’s try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. In spite of a 4% year-on-year drop…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Poland are up a magnificent 16% year-on-year in September to 24,669 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total well into positive at 239,723 units, up 3.5% on 2012. After…
Hyundai Avante * See the Top 5 brands and Top 50 All-local models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local models in South Korea are down a harsh 13% year-on-year in September to just 101,021, to which you should add around 13 to 15,000 imports, counted separately…
Hyundai Grand i10 * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * The Indian new car market slows down its decline in September to just -3% year-on-year at 207,198 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,833,683 units, down 8% on 2012. By…
The Skoda Octavia delivers its strongest market share since February 2012. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Czech Republic are up a reassuring 6% year-on-year in September to 13,208 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall…
FAW V5 and UAZ Bukhanka * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 9 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. This time we are doing a tiny little hop 80 km South…
Renault sales are up 42% in Belgium in September. * See the Top 40 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Once again I can only share with you a brands ranking for Belgium, if you have access to models data please make sure to get in touch! Good…
Honda Airwave This is Part 8 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 855km East to Irkutsk, which is 80 km off Lake Baikal. And here again a fascinating car landscape awaits… From roughly 30% of…
Fiat Siena * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * After alarmingly dropping by 23% last month, the Brazilian new car market is happily back into positive territory in September, up 6% year-on-year to 293,961 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to…
The Toyota Ist is by far the most popular used Japanese import in Krasnoyarsk. This is Part 7 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 450km East to Krasnoyarsk in the midst of Siberia. And this…
The Toyota Corolla is getting closer to its first #1 finish in Australia. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 48 All-brands by clicking on the title! * For the first time since December 2011, new car sales in Australia slow down at -2% year-on-year to 92,662 registrations,…
GAZ logo This is Part 6 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are moving 940km North East of Omsk to… Tomsk (hard to not confuse the two but I will do my best). And I am happy to…
Volvo V60 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Swedish new car sales seem to have turned around: September is the third consecutive month of year-on-year gain at a very healthy +11% to 24,388 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 35 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * September figures are starting to trickle through, and Iceland is the first off the starting blocks this month. Slowly but surely, the Icelandic new car market is going into hibernation as…
Audi A3 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Once again I ask: what better way to finish one month and start a new one than going through our traditional World Roundup? I don't think there is any! Before we start, don't forget to catch the…