The Audi A3 ranks on the German podium for only the second time ever this month. * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Steam * Would Germany, still by far Western Europe's largest car market, have turned the corner also? October…
The VW Jetta is #1 in Turkey for the 2nd time ever in October... * See the Top 280 All-models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new car market is down 3% year-on-year in October to 58,014 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Volvo V60 * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Even though the Dutch new car market is up a spectacular 37% year-on-year in October to 36,784 registrations, the year-to-date total still lags 26% or 116,000 units behind 2012 at 338,007…
FAW V5 and UAZ Bukhanka * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 9 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. This time we are doing a tiny little hop 80 km South…
Honda Fit 3 * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 All-local brands by clicking on the title! * For only the second time in the last 12 months with last April, Japanese sales of new regular vehicles are actually up year-on-year in September at +12% to 324,315…
The BMW 5 Series is #1 in Ireland for the 2nd month in a row. Strange? Yep. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are up a sleek 27% year-on-year in September to a still…
Honda Freed Hybrid and Freed Spike Hybrid * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market slows down its fall in August to -6% year-on-year at 217,411 registrations. After giving up its throne to the Toyota…
Toyota Hiace Hong Kong Police. Picture by swat_hk, all rights reserved. * See the Top 167 All-models and Top 37 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. 3,715 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong in July,…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is down 13% year-on-year in July to 284,314 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,925,346 units, down 12% on 2012. Note imports are included…
The Honda N-One is the best performing all-new model in Japan, all categories combined. * See the Top 45 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * This article has now been updated with an exclusive Top 50 brands ranking * After a somewhat artificial boost at…
Toyota Prius Alpha * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The situation is getting frankly worse as the months go by for Japanese new Passenger Car sales, down 16% year-on-year in June to 266,913 registrations in spite of imports up…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * The corner is not turned yet for Japanese new car sales, back down 7% year-on-year in May to 219,099 registrations, in spite of imports up 25% after gaining 35% in April.…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With Spring, new car sales flourish again in Iceland: over the first 17 days of May, no less than 739 new vehicles found a buyer in the country which is more than during the entire…
Toyota Corolla XI (Japanese version): still ahead worldwide. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that we have gone through the worldwide February ranking in detail, the year-to-date updates designed to extract longer-term trends are back! Like in 2012…
Toyota Prius * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is back into positive territory in April, up 2% year-on-year to 213,165 registrations however this is solely due to the exceptional strength of imports, up 35% this month.…