* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Car sales in the Netherlands are up again, at +27% in March with 56,762 registrations. The VW Polo is the best selling car in the country for the 4th time…
Seat Leon The Spanish car market is still not feeling too good, down 29% in March at 88,396 units. The year-to-date figure stands at 208,151 registrations, down 27% on 2010. The Seat Ibiza leads the way for the third month in a row, albeit with a slightly lower 3.6% share.…
Austrian car sales are in great shape in February, up 21% year-on-year at 26,412. The VW Golf leads with an improved 4.9% share, whereas the VW Polo drops slightly to 2.7%. The Top 5 ranking reorganises itself to exactly mimic the Full Year 2010 Top 5: Hyundai i30 in 3rd…
Ford Focus Difficult times for Spanish car sales, down again in February at -28% and 66,120 registrations. The Seat Ibiza keeps the pole position but drops to 3.8% share at 2,539 sales. A very volatile market sees the Ford Focus jump up 9 spots to #2 at 2,233 sales and…
Slovak car sales are up a shining 51% in January at 4,414 registrations. The two leading Skodas stay put, with the Octavia #1 at 480 sales and a very solid 10.9% share, and the Fabia very stable in #2 at 328 sales and 7.4%. The surprise of the month is…
Renault Megane Sport Tourer * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Portuguese market is the best performing large market this year in Europe at +39% and 223,464 registrations. For the second consecutive year the Renault Megane holds the pole position, this time with…
The Dutch car market is up 20% in January with 75,174 registrations, the first month of the year being traditionally strong. Confirming its pole position acquired last year, the VW Polo delivers an extremely solid figure at 4,816 sales and 6.4% market share. The Renault Twingo obtains a brilliant 2nd…
The Spanish car market is struggling at -24% in January with 53,632 registrations. The Seat Ibiza regains its #1 spot at 4.4% whereas the Nissan Qashqai, although droping 1 spot at #2, continues to see its share progress at 3.8% this month. The Peugeot 207 is 3rd at 3%. The…
March 2020 update: Now with Top 45 All-brands. The Spanish market is struggling in December at -24% and 68,942 sales, however the 2010 total is up 3% at 982,015 registrations. This month the Nissan Qashqai leads the Spanish market for the very first time with 2,356 sales and 3.4%. This…
Austrian car sales are up 4% in December at 20,366 sales with the 2010 total up 2% at 328,563 registrations. The VW Golf is the best selling car in the country at 16,986 sales (5.2%) ahead of the VW Polo at 12,340 sales (3.8%) and the Hyundai i30 at 8,017…
The Austrian car market is growing by 9% year-on-year in November with 28,024 registrations. Behind the VW Golf, a tad weak at 4.8%, and the Hyundai i30, 2nd again at 3%, the VW Sharan now fully enjoys its renewal with an outstanding 3rd position at 832 sales and 3% share!…
The Spanish car market is down 26% year-on-year in November at 64,515 registrations, but still up 6% year-to-date. No surprises at #1, the Seat Ibiza is still the best selling car in Spain at 3.7% this month. The Nissan Qashqai's strong performance at #2 with 2,093 sales and 3.2% enables…
The Austrian car market is up for the third month in a row with 28,713 registrations and +7%, and the VW Golf stays safely on top at 1,207 sales and 4.2% (vs. 5.2% year-to-date). This month's best performance goes to the Hyundai i30, #2 for the 2nd time this year…
Nissan Tsuru The Nissan Tsuru (a 1992 Sentra) dominates the Mexican market with 9% of sales, ahead of the Chevrolet Chevy (a restyled 1993 Opel Corsa) and the VW Jetta Clasico (a restyled 1998 Bora). At +78% over 2009, the Nissan Tiida climbs to 4th with close to 4% market…
Renault Megane * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Portuguese car market drops by 25% in 2009 and sees its model ranking completely shaken. The Renault Megane takes the lead at 5.9%, well ahead of the VW Golf, Ford Fiesta and Seat Ibiza.…