* See the Top 215 best-selling models and Top 46 All-brands by clicking on the title! * This month is on for Spanish new car sales, up a spectacular 35% year-on-year to 60,458 registrations, bringing the market back to its 2010 level but still far off the record 129,390 units…
The Peugeot 2008 breaks into the monthly French Top 5 for the first time in October at #4. * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Would the French new car market have bottomed out already? It is up year-on-year for the 2nd month running…
Baojun had its own dedicated (albeit small) dealership... * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 22 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. After an introduction to the Beijing car landscape, I was lucky…
Renault Kangoo * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Finally some good news for the French Light Commercial Vehicle market: up 4% year-on-year in October to 36,281 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 303,219 units, down 6% on 2012. The Renault Kangoo continues…
The Buick GL8 is everywhere in Beijing! * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 21 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. When I said it was a big shock to go from one…
Hyundai Grand i10 * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Diwali is always a fruitful time of the year for car sales as lots of consumers wait until the auspicious season to make their purchase. As a result October is…
Honda Civic * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Down 23% in August but up 6% in September, the Brazilian new car market is back into negative in October at -4% to 313,490 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,951,825…
Nissan Leaf * See the Top 20 best-selling models/LCVs and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Norwegian new car sales are up 4% year-on-year in October to 12,893 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 118,677 units, up 2% on 2012. After the Tesla Model S wrote history…
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…
Opel Insignia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * With new license plates being issued in January and July, the Irish new car market traditionally dies off towards the end of the calendar year, and this month is no exception…
Mercedes CLA * See the Top 55 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa are down just 2% year-on-year in October to 56,927 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 547,218 units, up 4% on 2012. All in all, the recent industry strike action…
Toyota Auris Touring * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Good news coming from Sweden: new car sales enjoy their 4th consecutive month of year-on-year gain in October, up 5% to 25,332 registrations and reducing the year-to-date loss to 4%…
Toyota Corolla Altis * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are up a very healthy 15% year-on-year in October to 32,207 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total into positive at 304,749 units, up 0.7% on 2012.…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Icelandic new car sale are down 8% year-on-year in October to 518 registrations, bringing the year -to-date total to 6,302 units, down 15% on 2012. Weirdly enough, even though the Toyota…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Full October data is starting to drip through and Finland is the first cab off the rank this month. New car sales in Finland are up a very satisfying 11% year-on-year in October to…