Picture by Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty * See the full article by clicking on the title! * VW's sales in China are up 21% over the third quarter of 2012 to 704,991 vehicles, vs. 664,765 for General Motors. It is the first time in 8 years that Volkswagen manages to pass GM,…
The Wuling Hongguang sold a record 28,327 units in September * See the Top 5 best-selling LCVs and Top 10 best-sellers overall by clicking on the title! * 395,096 new Light Commercial Vehicles were sold in China in September, down 6% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 3,656,880 units,…
The Mercedes B-Class lodged its highest ever month in the UK in September Yesterday Angus Filton from Mercedes-Benz cars UK kindly shared with me some (rare) additional figures for what turned out to be a historical month for Mercedes in the UK, so I thought it would be worth a…
VW Caddy * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * Thanks to a tip from Alex, Norway is now the 5th country after China, France, Spain and the Netherlands to display a monthly Light Commercial Vehicles ranking. LCV sales are down…
Renault Kangoo Popemobile * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in France are down 12% year-on-year in September to 30,032 units (compared to a Passenger Car market down 18%), bringing the year-to-date total to 287,202 units, down 8%…
Citroen Nemo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In July, sales of new 'derivados' (Light Commercial Vehicles derived from Passenger Cars) are down an alarming 24% year-on-year vs. -17% for the Passenger Car market. This brings the year-to-date total to 27,353 units, down…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China is up 3% year-on-year in August to 350,293 registrations, to be compared with 226,455 in the whole of Germany or 405,511 in Brazil. For the second month in…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are down 16% year-on-year in France in August to 19,234 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 257,252 units, down 7% on 2011. While the Renault Kangoo hangs on to…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales in China are up an encouraging 6% year-on-year to 321,959 registrations, or way more than in Germany for example. The year-to-date total now stands at 2,911,491 units, down just 1%…
Sales of ChangAn Taurus (above) may be counted as part of the Minibus nameplate * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China are up a shy 2% year-on-year in June to 382,539 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Renault Master * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a dark European context, Light Commercial Vehicle sales in France buck the trend, up 2% year-on-year in July to 30,594 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 237,955 units, down 6% on 2011. The Renault…
Nissan NV200 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Light Commercial Vehicle market is down 36% year-on-year in June to just 3,857 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 23,576 units, down 27% on 2011. The Citroen Berlingo is back to #1 with 781…
Opel Vivaro * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Dutch companies bought 5,324 new Light Commercial Vehicles in June, bringing the year-to-date total to 33,956. This month the entire Top 5 best-selling models stay unchanged on May. The VW Caddy and Transporter dominate again…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Light Commercial Vehicle is holding surprisingly well in France in June at just -0.9% year-on-year to 38,160 registrations. Halfway through 2012, the year-to-date total stands at 207,361 units, down 8% on 2011. The Renault…
Renault Kangoo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Only 3,843 new Light Commercial Vehicles found a buyer in Spain in May, down 28% on May 2011 and almost 50% on May 2010 when sales amounted to 7,131. Year-to-date the market is down 25%…