* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Indian new car market is up a respectable 7% year-on-year in January at 242,738 registrations. No surprises in pole position: the Maruti Alto leads and even reaches its highest volume in 10 months at 32,965 sales…
Kia Ray * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * South Korean consumers bought 96,448 new local vehicles in January. After 7 consecutive months in pole position, the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) drops down to #2 this month with 7,255 sales and 7.5%, passed by…
Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Brazilian car sales are up a nice 10% in January at 252,697 registrations. After being interrupted by the Fiat Uno last month the VW Gol reclaims the pole position with 19,050 sales and 7.5% share…
Ford Focus * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Traditionally in Ireland January is by far the strongest month of the year and 2012 is no exception: the market goes from a miserable 365 registrations in December to a whopping 21,221 in January, up…
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In an overall Italian market down 17% on January 2011, Station Wagons (sw) are down just 7% at 11,242 units and therefore increase their market share from 7.3% to 8.1%. For the first time since…
VW Passat * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sweden is the first cab off the rank for full January 2012 figures: the market is down 3% this month at 18,686 units. If the Volvo V70 stays in an expected first place with 1,503…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The French market is still suffering from a year-to-year comparison with the last weeks of scrappage schemes in 2011, down 26% this week at 29,464 registrations. After a couple of weeks…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales are down 23% year-on-year over the 2nd week of 2012 in France at 25,800 units. After a crazy first week that saw Volkswagen lead the brands ranking and the VW Polo lead the…
Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * It's time for our bi-monthly rendez-vous with the Brazilian market: over the first half of January car sales are up 5% to 119,344 registrations. The VW Gol reclaim the market's leadership with 9,429 sales and…
The VW Polo is the only foreign model to ever hold the weekly pole position in France * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The very first 2012 figures are coming from France as we return to weekly rankings that had been unavailable for…
The Croatian car market is on its way to recovery over the first 2 months of 2011, up 20% at 6,652 registrations. After 6 years of domination of the Opel Astra (albeit challenged by the VW Polo last year), 2011 looks like it will be the stage for a massive…
Kia Venga Polish car sales are down 3% this month at 24,535 units. Skoda is in shape: the Octavia improves its share to a brilliant 6.8% at 1,661 sales and the Fabia climbs back to #2 at 1,162 sales and 4.7%. Both are way above their 2010 shares. The Fiat…
VW Jetta Excellent start of the year in Turkey with 29,868 registrations in January, +137% year-on-year! The Renault Symbol reaches 9.4% market share with 2,807 sales, nearly double its historical level... Outstanding performance of the VW Jetta, up to #2 with 1,755 sales and 5.9%. The Hyundai Accent Era is…
Citroen Xsara Picasso Slovenian car sales are up 7% in January at 5,427 registrations. The Renault Clio and Megane lead the ranking at 6.9% and 6.6% of the market respectively, ahead of the VW Golf (4.1%) and Polo (4%). The 12-year-old Citroen Xsara Picasso is enjoying an interesting revival in…
Renault Fluence Car sales in Belgium are up 8% year-on-year in January at 53,236 registrations. No surprises on top, the VW Golf leads the way ahead of the VW Polo, exactly like in October 2010 (date of my last figures), however with weaker market shares at 3.3% and 2.8% respectively.…