Toyota Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The situation is getting frankly worse as the months go by for Japanese new Passenger Car sales, down 16% year-on-year in June to 266,913 registrations in spite of imports up…
Mini Countryman * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While the rest of the Japanese car market is down significantly compared to 2012, paradoxically imports are going very well thanks, even though they are getting more expensive by the minute as the yen goes…
Nissan Dayz * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * New Kei cars sales resist somewhat this month: down just 2% year-on-year to 183,915 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 1,070,616 units, also down 2% on 2012 and positioning the Japanese Kei…
Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 5 best-selling LCVs and Top 10 models overall by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in China are up a timid 1% year-on-year in May to 422,830 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,309,198 units. To put this into…
Daihatsu Move * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The new Kei cars market is down a disappointing 6% year-on-year in May to 148,549 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 886,701 units, down 2% on 2012. I'll just pause right there to…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The corner is not turned yet for Japanese new car sales, back down 7% year-on-year in May to 219,099 registrations, in spite of imports up 25% after gaining 35% in April…
Daihatsu Move * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Kei cars are up 1% year-on-year in Japan to 152,000 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 738,153 units, down 1% on 2012. And this month we get the third different #1 model in as…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is back into positive territory in April, up 2% year-on-year to 213,165 registrations however this is solely due to the exceptional strength of imports, up 35% this month…
The Nissan Qashqai strikes again... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday it's a fast turnaround to give you the World March roundup. In February the Nissan Qashqai was the worldwide star of the month, and in March, well don't take this the…
The Chery E5 could be just what the Chinese needed after all... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * It's no secret that apart from in the LCV segment, Chinese brands have been struggling at home for a while (see China February 2012: When will Chinese…
VW Beetle * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of imported models in Japan are up a very healthy 7% year-on-year over the first Quarter of 2013 to 85,596 registrations, 21.9% of which are Japanese models produced abroad and reimported into the country…
Suzuki Spacia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Kei car ranking is for once relatively eventful this month in Japan. For the first time since last September and only the third time in the last 19 months the Suzuki Wagon R, which led the…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Japan, down 16% to 420,069 registrations. The top of the models ranking is extremely stable this month: the Toyota Aqua continues to amaze the…
Honda N-BOX * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 models and All-brands! Click on title to see - thanks Stephen * Sales of Kei cars are down by just 1% year-on-year in February to 184,927 registrations, which is very impressive given we are comparing it with a very high base one year ago. Year-to-date,…
Mazda Atenza * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'normal' vehicles (not Kei cars) in Japan are down 12% year-on-year in February to 292,339 registrations (including imports, for once) which brings the year-to-date total to 521,732 units, also…