Toyota Hilux * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is composed of the states bordering the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. 106,191 new vehicles were registered in the region in December, bringing the final 2011 total…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Emirati consumers purchased 21,197 new vehicles in December for a 2011 final total of 243,582 units. After Oman, the United Arab Emirates is the second country in the region where the…
VW Caddy * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * December is always a little bit awkward in the Netherlands and with just 1,783 sales the Light Commercial Vehicles market is no exception. A total of 58,654 LCVs were registered this year, up a very…
2012 BMW 3 Series * NOW UPDATED with the Top 40 best-selling brands: click on title to see! Thanks Michael * The strength of the Singapore car market is dictated by the price of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs), a program initiated by the government in 1990 to limit car ownership and the…
Chevrolet Spark * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of sales down 1% in December at 15,303 units, 2011 is a record year for car sales in Denmark at 169,974 registrations, up 10% on 2010 and beating the 1986 record of 169,386…
Great Wall Haval H5 Special Edition * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This month I have split China into 2 articles as there is too much to talk about! You can see the China Full Year 2011 article here. In December we have…
VW Up! * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 300 models by clicking on the title * December sales in Germany are up 6% at 244,501 units, bringing the 2011 final total to 3,173,634 registrations, up 9% on 2010. In December the main event is the 22nd place of…
VW Golf * See the Top 35 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Record year in 2011 for Belgian car sales in spite of the economic crisis settling in again in Europe: the market is up 5% on 2010 to 572,211 units. Never before had Belgium bought so…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 110 best-selling models! Click on title to see - Thanks Vic * The South African car market is up 11% in December at 43,790 registrations, bringing the final 2011 total to 570,012 units, up a robust 16% on 2010. The Toyota Hilux is the…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Imports sales in Japan are compiled by a different organisation, the Japan Automobile Importers Association, and 2011 figures are out! Japanese consumers bought 205,857 foreign models in 2011, up 13% on 2010 and bringing the…
I want one! Over the last 24 hours I have been looking for ways to put a picture of my new favourite car, the Maserati Kubang, on this blog and now I found one! :-) Being about the best-selling cars in the world and not the most beautiful or the…
Hyundai Accent Blue * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual we are getting sales data for Turkey with one month delay so this is not the 2011 summary. The Turkish car market is down 9% in November to 44,597 registrations, bringing the…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After losing 17% in 2009 and 36% in 2010, the Greek car market continues its freefall and is down 31% this year at 97,669 registrations, with December up an encouraging 50% at 5,537 units. It…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Finland are up a very healthy 9% in December at 6,743 registrations, bringing the final 2011 total to 124,477 units, up an equally healthy 13% on 2010. VW and Volvo had an…
Volvo V70 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In December, 25,219 new cars were registered in Sweden, down 15% and bringing the 2011 final total to 304,801 units, up 5%. December highlights include the VW Passat staying at its highest level ever in…