Never had the Ford Ka nameplate managed to rank that high in Brazil. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 120 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Brazil take another harsh beating in May, down 26% year-on-year to 204.978 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total…
The new generation Renault Sandero has just launched in Argentina. * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 183 All-models by clicking on the title * By losing just 7% in March and 4% in April, the Argentinean new car market seemed to be slowly stabilising - granted, at levels roughly…
The Mini ranks inside the UK Top 10 for the 2nd month running. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * Still going: the UK new car market signs its 39th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in May at 198.706 units, meaning…
The Seat Ibiza is #6 in Scotland and #7 in Wales in May. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Thanks to SMMT we have access to the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation for May, as a teaser for overall UK results due very…
Kia Sportage is the favourite choice of Israeli customers again. Picture www.cartube.co.il * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 237 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Israel retract by 4% year-on-year in May to 20.763 registrations but are still up 5% year-to-date at 118.437 units. The brands…
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Norwegian new car market continues to evolve at slightly lower levels than a year ago: down 2% in May to 12.036 registrations and down 1% year-to-date to 60.185 units. Once…
For its 1st month in market, the Captur is already Renault's best-seller in SA. * See the Top 33 All-carmakers and Top 237 All-models by clicking on the title * The South African new vehicle market is down 3% year-on-year in May to 47.868 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total down 1.3%…
Nissan X-Trail (Chinese model shown) * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Taiwanese new car market recedes by 6% year-on-year in May to 34.478 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive at +3% and 175.079 units. Toyota remains…
Hyundai Sonata * Now updated with the Top 53 local models, Top 140 foreigners & Top 40 All-brands * The April post has now been updated with all foreign models data. Sales of new local models in South Korea edge past their level of a year ago in May at +0.2% to…
Italian customers still can't get the facelifted Fiat Punto available in India since August 2014. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Italian new car market is all smiles, posting a fifth consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in May…
The facelifted Toyota Avensis launches on June 5th in Ireland. * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Irish new car market continues to evolve a notch above 2014 with sales up 10% year-on-year in May to 6.940 registrations, which brings…
The Peugeot 308 and VW Golf are #1 and #2 respectively in the Netherlands. * See the Top 35 best-selling brands and Top 250 All-models by clicking on the title * The Dutch new car market is stuck in negative territory: another harsh -9% year-on-year in May to 28.049 registrations, bringing…
The Seat Ibiza outsells the Leon this month and year-to-date. * See the Top 47 All-brands and Top 283 All-models by clicking on the title * Now that the government has decided to extend the scrappage scheme that was originally planned to stop at the end of April, new car sales in…
The Ford Focus ranks 5th in Finland in May. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales return to negative territory in May at -10% year-on-year to 9.017 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 47.593 units, down 4% on…
Can the 2nd generation Volvo XC90 replicate the success of the first one? * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Swedish new car market posts a 17th consecutive month of year-on-year gains at +6.5% in May to 29.458 registrations,…