Honda Fit Hybrid The Japanese market is down 21% in January at 187,154 registrations. For the first time in 20 months the Toyota Prius is not #1 in Japan, dethroned by the Honda Fit (aka Jazz), #1 with 14,873 sales possibly thanks to the new Hybrid version. The new gen…
The 2011 Ford Focus will be available to the public in March. The English car market is down for the seventh month in a row, at -11% in January with 128,811 registrations. The Ford Focus is #1 for the first time since last May with 7,582 sales and a very…
The New Zealand car market is up 16% in January at 7,523 registrations. Boosted by strong rental vehicles sales, the Toyota Corolla reigns with 903 sales and no less than 12% of the market, followed by the Holden Commodore at 380 sales (5%) and the Suzuki Swift at 265 units…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * No surprises in Thailand: the Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the country with 144,190 sales, ahead of the Isuzu D-Max at 133,766. Both pick-ups add up to nearly 278,000 registrations, or around 35% of the…
The Italian car market is off to a slow start this year with 165,302 registrations in January, down 21% on last year. The Fiat Punto stays strong at 13,173 sales and 8% share, but the Panda drops to 6.1%. The VW Golf has a good month in 4th place and…
The Spanish car market is struggling at -24% in January with 53,632 registrations. The Seat Ibiza regains its #1 spot at 4.4% whereas the Nissan Qashqai, although droping 1 spot at #2, continues to see its share progress at 3.8% this month. The Peugeot 207 is 3rd at 3%. The…
Mitsubishi ASX Good start of the year for the Norwegian market, up 7% in January at 10,372 registrations. No surprise on top, the VW Golf is #1 with 637 sales and 6.1%, ahead of the Toyota Avensis at 414 sales and 4% and the Toyota Auris at 409 sales and…
January is a very important month for the Irish car market. It is traditionally the strongest month of the year by far and accounts for around 1/5 of the whole year's sales, and at 20,979 registrations and up 30%, the year is off to an awesome start in Ireland! Toyota…
The Colombian car market is up an astounding 43% in 2010, reaching 258,548 registrations which is a new record for the country, beating the 253,034 registrations from 2007. The Chevrolet Aveo is the best selling car in Colombia for the 5th year in a row at 29,490 sales and 11.4%.…
* See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The UK car market is down 18% in December at 123,817 registrations, bringing the 2010 total to 2,030,846, up just 2%. This month the Vauxhall Astra is #1 for the second time in 2010…
The Suzuki Wagon R finishes the year as the best selling Kei car in Japan for the 8th consecutive time with 195,108 registrations (-3%), thanks to a very strong month of December at 14,928 sales. The Daihatsu Tanto, leader of the market up to November, ends up #2 at 191,391…
Hyundai Verna The Egyptian car market bounces back quite nicely from the recession at +21% and 248,917 registrations in 2010. After leading the way in 2007, the Hyundai Verna is back in the top spot this year with sales up a massive 58% to reach 22,020 units and 8.8% market…
The Indonesian car market had a record year in 2010 with 764,710 sales, up 57% on 2009! The Toyota Avanza is still the best selling car in Indonesia by far with 141,799 sales and 18.5% share, ahead of its twin the Daihatsu Xenia at 65,901 sales (8.6%). The two models…
275,270 cars were sold in Chile in 2010, up an outstanding 68% over 2009, and a new record. Very little models ranking information is available, only that the Hyundai Accent is the best selling car in Chile in 2010 with 12,142 units sold (4.4%), ahead of the Chevrolet Aveo at…
March 2020 update: Now with Top 45 All-brands. The Spanish market is struggling in December at -24% and 68,942 sales, however the 2010 total is up 3% at 982,015 registrations. This month the Nissan Qashqai leads the Spanish market for the very first time with 2,356 sales and 3.4%. This…