Citroen C3 * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * As cash-for-clunkers orders had a March 31 delivery deadline, this is the final month of artificially boosted sales for the French market at +6% and 257,631 registrations. In…
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.…
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…
The car market is up 11% in Slovenia in February at 5,317 registrations. It's a pretty uneventful month, with the usual models on top: the Renault Clio in 1st place with 326 sales (6.1%), ahead of the Renault Megane at 260 sales and 4.9%. The VW Polo (3.9%) and Golf…
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…
* Now updated with the Top 50 best-selling models thanks to Lancia Lover & autoweek.nl - see 'Read more' below * There is also an All models Top 371 ranking available! Click here to see The VW Golf is the best selling car in Europe for the 3rd year in a row with 502,307…
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…
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.…
Irish car sales are up again in February at +5% with 12,457 registrations. Excellent performance for the Toyota Avensis, # 1 in both January and February (most likely the two strongest months of the year), it now takes a strong option towards the 2011 Irish best-seller title. With 551 sales…
In 2010, the Croatian car market is down 14% on an already slow 2009 with 38,587 registrations. The leadership of the Opel Astra, #1 for 6 consecutive years, is challenged this year: Croatian car websites have published an article saying the VW Polo is actually the best selling car in…
VW Passat At 211,056 registrations, the German market is up a very healthy 16% this month. Volkswagen monopolises the podium: below the Golf at 8%, the Passat benefits from its renewal with 8,888 sales and a strong 4.2% share, and the Polo is solid at 3.5%, above its 2010 share.…
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…
January is a very important month for the Irish car market. It is traditionally the strongest month of the year by far and accounts for around 1/5 of the whole year's sales, and at 20,979 registrations and up 30%, the year is off to an awesome start in Ireland! Toyota…
* Now with the Top 100 best selling models: click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * At 294,239 registrations, the Swiss car market is up 11% this year. Not surprisingly, the VW Golf is the best selling car in the country again, with 4.1% of the…