The Buick Encore is now the best-selling all-new model in 2013. * See the Top 276 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After going through the September sales data, let’s try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. In spite of a 4% year-on-year drop…
Toyota Corolla * NOW UPDATED with the Top 258 All-models and Top 40 All-brands! Click on title to see * The insane growth of the US new car market is coming to a shocking halt in September: sales are down 4% year-on-year to 1,139,050 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still…
The Skoda Octavia delivers its strongest market share since February 2012. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Czech Republic are up a reassuring 6% year-on-year in September to 13,208 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall…
FAW V5 and UAZ Bukhanka * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 9 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. This time we are doing a tiny little hop 80 km South…
Mercedes CLA-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Like every Quarter, I can share with you the most popular imported models in Japan, a very rare species although it is getting more common these days: imports are up 10% year-to-date to 257,873 registrations…
Renault sales are up 42% in Belgium in September. * See the Top 40 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Once again I can only share with you a brands ranking for Belgium, if you have access to models data please make sure to get in touch! Good…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The great health of the UK new car market is starting to look a little indecent compared to the hell Continental Europe is going through at the moment: 19th consecutive…
Nissan Tiida * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * The Taiwanese new car market is up a fantastic 32% year-on-year in September to 28,941 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 272,542 units, now down just 0.7% on 2012. The changover…
The Toyota Ist is by far the most popular used Japanese import in Krasnoyarsk. This is Part 7 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 450km East to Krasnoyarsk in the midst of Siberia. And this…
Renault Captur * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is up a shy 3% year-on-year in September to 142,211 registrations, only in positive because this month had one more working day than September 2012. The year-to-date total is still…
Renault Trafic * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of Light Commercial Vehicles are down 3% year-on-year in September to 29,175 registrations, bringing the year-to-datet total to 266,948 units, down 7% on 2012. The Renault Kangoo hits its highest market share in one…
Volvo V60 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Swedish new car sales seem to have turned around: September is the third consecutive month of year-on-year gain at a very healthy +11% to 24,388 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to…
The Toyota Probox is the most popular used Japanese import in Omsk. This is Part 5 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this Long Term Photo Report here. We are now travelling almost 1000 km South East of Yekaterinburg to Omsk, the start of…
Hyundai i30 and Australian Toyota Corolla hatchback * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored in detail the July worldwide sales charts, it's time to go through the year-to-date rankings to extract longer-term trends. The fight for the title of…
The Opel Astra is extremely popular in Yekaterinburg. This is part 4 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now travelling a further 940 km East to Yekaterinburg, where the car landscape is once again very different from the…