Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models/Top 45 brands! Click on title to see * The Italian new car market slows down its fall in March to just -5% year-on-year at 132,353 registrations, still the 15th consecutive month in negative. Year-to-date, sales are down 13% to…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 280 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * That's it. The heavyweight of European new car sales is now officially in recession: the German market is down a horrid 17% year-on-year in March to 281,184 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 673,957 units,…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Never since BestSellingCarsBlog was created in October 2010 had the South African been down year-on-year... This time has come, with March sales down 2% to 54,946 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After showing a flicker of hope last month (+7%) and at mid-March (+3%), the Greek market is back to hell: at just 4,480 registrations it is down 9% on March 2012 which was itself down…
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.…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are down a worrying 17% year-on-year in March to 27,472 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 90,287 units, down 6% on 2012. If the Toyota Corolla stays on top this…
Mazda CX-5 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models/Top 10 brands! Click on title to see * Difficult month for new car sales in Norway, down 18% year-on-year in March to 10,735 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 33,696 units, now in negative compared to 2012 at -3%. In…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK new car market continues to defy the gloomy european economic context and celebrates its 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for the all-important plate change month of March. Sales are…
Honda Stream and Toyota Alphard in Singapore, April 2013. On my way to the Manila Auto Show I had the luck to do a quick stopover in Singapore and as you can expect my eyes were locked on the streets... It's always a exhilarating feeling to see the sales rankings…
Like in 2012, Renault is the best-selling carmaker in Portugal so far in 2013. * See the Top 33 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Last month the Portuguese new car market finally gave a potential sign of better times ahead by gaining 9% year-on-year. In March it's…
VW Golf * See the Top 38 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * In March Belgium aligned itself with the rest of Europe: down 11% year-on-year to 53,076 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 149,160 units, still up 0.5% on 2012. The brands ranking is back in…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty average year for new car sales in Sweden, as it is the case in most of Europe: March is down 21% year-on-year to 22,493 registrations, bringing the…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * This month’s new car sales figures in Finland are a little biased by the fact that in March 2012 the market was artificially boosted in anticipation of a car tax raise.…
Ford Transit Custom * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are down a worrying 20% year-on-year in March in Norway to 2,483 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,654 units, down 6% on 2012. The VW Transporter confirms…
Mercedes S-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Qatar is another Middle-Eastern market to display impressive growth these days: after gaining 32% over the Full Year 2012, it is up 29% year-on-year in January to 7,472 registrations. The Toyota…