Lincoln MKZ * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 best-selling models: see 'Read more' at end of post! * Canadian car sales are down 5% this month at 141,472 registrations. Atop the ranking both the Ford F-Series, at 8,583 sales and 6.1% share, and the Dodge RAM, at 6,485 units and 4.5%, deliver…
Ford F350 Car sales in Venezuela return to strong growth at +18% year-on-year in June with 11,585 sales, bringing the first half figure to 57,034 units, still down 3%. No surprises on top: the Chevrolet Aveo maintains itself above 20% share at 20.4% thanks to 2,363 sales, it is at…
Jeep Grand Cherokee The Venezuelan car market is down slightly this month at -1.6% and 10,228 registrations, bringing its 5 months 2011 total to 45,449 units and -7%. The Chevrolet Aveo is more dominant than ever with 2,434 sales and a massive 23.8% share, followed by the Ford Fiesta at…
Fiat 500 Canadian car sales are up a healthy 7% in April at 159,942 registrations. The Ford F-Series is on top again with 8,858 sales and 5.5% share. Now counted together, the twins Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are close behind, landing in 2nd place with 8,479 sales and 5.3%.…
Nissan Altima If the Top 3 is stable in November in the USA, the rest of the ranking reveals its lot of surprises. The trucks have an excellent month: the F-Series is #1 at +26%, Silverado #2 at +16% and Ram #6 at +86%. The Nissan Altima is this month's…
* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * New cars are relatively rare in the streets of the capital Kinshasa, and among them the clear leaders are the Toyota Hilux and Prado. The latter's old gen is the most ubiquitous car there and the new generation is promised…
Thanks to our friend Bart D at www.autoweek.nl, and www.autonews.com, we finally have up-to-date figures for the Canadian market, in reasonably good shape in 2010 at +1% in October (123,310 sales) and +7% Year-to-date with 1,330,658 registrations. The Ford F-Series is very impressive in #1 with a 24% growth over '09 at…
Good month of October for the Venezuelan car market at +5%, the year-to-date figure is still at -11% though with 103,665 registrations. The Chevrolet Aveo old gen is #1 in Venezuela with 13,188 sales and 12.7%, but the new generation is coming soon, so its October score is a weak…
Jeep Grand Cherokee The 4 best selling models stay unchanged in October in the States: F Series, Silverado, Camry and Accord. The trucks are up vs. last year, the cars are down. Great perf for the Nissan Altima which breaks into the Top 5 with close to 19,000 sales at…
Hyundai Sonata After a very tough year last year, 2010 has seen the US car market go back to normal with an outrageous domination from the Ford F-Series and September is no exception: it gains 40% over to Sep '09 at 47,433 sales, while the Chevrolet Silverado does even better,…
The VW Pointer is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico for the first time. After five consecutive record years, the Mexican new car market edges down in 2003 at -0.9% to a still extremely string 989.148 units. Nissan (+1.2%) is back above Chevrolet (-4.2%) for the #1 brands spot with Volkswagen…
The Mazda Protege is inside the Canadian Top 5 both in 2001 and 2002. New light vehicle sales in Canada edge up 0.8% in 2001 to 1.562.460 units, believed to be a new record. Ford (-10.1%) struggles but remains the most popular brand at 15.5% share, distancing Chevrolet (-2.7%) which…
The Lada Riva remains the best-seller but drops 21%. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 230 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Russia drop 2.5% year-on-year in 2002 to 1.136.379. Local carmakers resist very well this year given the influx of new…
The Nissan Platina lands directly at #5 in Mexico. New light vehicle sales in Mexico celebrates a 5th straight record year in 2002, up 7.1% to end up just a smidge below the symbolic million mark at 997.923 units. Chevrolet (+15.1%) reclaims the #1 brands spot off Nissan (+9.6%) with the…
The Hyundai Santro is up to #2 in India - the highest a foreign nameplate has ever ranked. * See the Top 18 All-brands and Top 50 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market edges up 5.2% to a new record 752.687 units in 2000,…