Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Finnish market has been very healthy this year and August is no exception, with sales up 16% at 9,882 units, bringing the year-to-date figure to 88,779 registrations, up 15%. For…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Traditionally available with one month delay, July car sales in Turkey are up again year-on-year at 43,518 registrations (+5%) and year-to-date at 333,264 units (+46%). After 2 months in 2nd place,…
Kia Sorento * See the Top 125 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Stable podium atop the US models ranking this month with the Ford F-Series at 48,795 sales, the Chevrolet Silverado at 36,832 and the Toyota Camry at 30,185 units, dominating again in…
Ford Focus *Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models: see 'Read more', thanks Austin!* At last a positive month in Spain, albeit August, traditionally the slowest month of the year. At 47,303 registrations, the Spanish car market is up 5% year-on-year this month. The year-to-date figure is down 22% at…
Nissan Juke * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Over the first 7 months of 2011 the Latvian car market is up a whopping 83% on the same period in 2010 at 4,743 registrations. Thats's +76% on 2009 but -65%…
Toyota Corolla * Click on title for street scenes and videos! * * Many thanks to Hapa who made this post update possible! * Toyota literally owns the Kenyan car market with at least half of all cars in circulation former generations of Corolla, Camry, Yaris, RAV4 or Land Cruiser.…
BMW 5 Series * See the Top 235 best-selling models over 4 months 2011 by clicking on 'Read more' below! * Granted, it's not the most up-to-date numbers, but thanks to Lancia Lover from www.autoweek.nl, I am able to share with you for the very first time in BestSellingCars history…
Great Wall Wingle * Many thanks to Yves Levy from Noumea, New Caledonia for sharing this information! * The Ford Ranger is more than ever in command of the New Caledonian market, #1 in July for the 4th time in the last 5 months with 104 sales, ahead of the…
VW Clasico Very healthy figures for car sales in Mexico again this month: up 11% both in July at 68,533 registrations and year-to-date at 481,659 units. 2011 is looking more and more like the theater of a once-in-a-decade event: the advent of a new leader in the Mexican models ranking.…
Mitsubishi Delica * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * At 38,601 registrations, July is the second biggest month of the year so far in Taiwan after January. Toyota returns to its traditional domination, holding no less than 1/3 of the…
Hyundai i20 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Relative improvement for new car sales in Greece this month: at 9,939 units they are down 'only' 14% year-on-year, compared to -33% in June. The year-to-date total stands at 65,200 units,…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * French car sales are down 6% in July at 159,945 registrations, bringing the 2011 total to 1,385,029 units, up 0.2%. To compensate for supply issues of the Clio diesel versions, Renault…
Opel Astra Last country to release official June sales data, Poland delivers 24,776 units this month, down 8% on June 2010 and bringing the 2011 total figure to 137,671, down 6%. The Skoda Octavia holds the top spot both in June with 1,439 sales and 5.8% and in 2011 at…
Suzuki Swift The New Zealand car market is back to healthy growth after a couple of months of Japan earthquake-induced disruption. At 6,705 units, it is up 12% on July 2010 and 17% on July 2009, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to 48,717, up 7%. For the third time this…
Ford Fiesta Another month in negative in the UK - the 13th in a row - with sales down 3.5% year-on-year at 131,634 units. The year-to-date figure stands at 1,161,272 registrations, down 7%. No waves in the models ranking in July: the monthly Top 6 is identical to the 2011…