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.…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Japan, down 16% to 420,069 registrations. The top of the models ranking is extremely stable this month: the Toyota Aqua continues to amaze the…
Chrysler Town & Country * See the Top 50 best-selling MPVs by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 1000 models ranking is here This world update is brought to you by Damaged Car Buyers - Scrap Car Specialists. Now that we…
Mazda Atenza * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'normal' vehicles (not Kei cars) in Japan are down 12% year-on-year in February to 292,339 registrations (including imports, for once) which brings the year-to-date total to 521,732 units, also…
Nissan Note * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 25 in Japan, we have a more thorough look at overall January sales split by version (sedan,…
Toyota Crown 'Royal' Series * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of Passenger Cars (ex-Kei cars) are down 13% year-on-year in Japan in January to 229,333 registrations. This is in fact not such a bad result, given January 2012…
Nissan Sylphy * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * As is now the tradition, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 25 in Japan, we have a more thorough look at overall December sales split by version (sedan, MPV...) and…
The Toyota Aqua is the most successful nameplate launch in Japan in at least 20 years! * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 14 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Boosted by government subsidies for the purchase of clean vehicles, the Japanese new 'regular' car market is up a…
Subaru Impreza XV * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 14 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * New 'regular' car sales in Japan resist quite well in December at just -3% year-on-year to 214,429 registrations, bringing the Final Year…
Toyota Hiace Hong Kong Police. Picture by swat_hk, all rights reserved. * See the Top 150 All-models ranking and the Top 5 brands by clicking on the title! * 4,167 new vehicles were registered in Hong Kong in November, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,079 units. Toyota continues to dominate the…
Subaru Forester * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The Japanese new car market continues to perform better than expected after government incentives expired in September. Some analysts predicted a 20% year-on-year drop, but sales of regular cars (ex-Kei) are down…
Toyota Prius Alpha. Picture by autoc-one.jp, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As usual, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 20 in Japan, we have a more detailed look at overall October sales split…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'regular' new vehicles are down 9% year-on-year in October in Japan to 225,543 units, all-in-all a softer drop than expected given the end of the government's incentive program for eco-friendly cars. The year-to-date…