The VW Up! was #1 in Denmark for 9 of the last 10 months * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Danish car market is back on its incredible run, up 9% year-on-year in March to 14,959 registrations, which is no mean feat…
2013 Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to JKLN * As is now the tradition, after going through overall German sales for March, let’s now have a look at the private sales (PS) ranking. As usual it paints a very different picture.…
Renault Symbol * NOW UPDATED with the Top 280 All-models & Top 42 All-brands rankings! Click on title to see * Thanks to Erzincem and Furkan I can share Turkish sales with you well in advance this month and in fact only 3 days after publishing February data! The new car market…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 280 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * That's it. The heavyweight of European new car sales is now officially in recession: the German market is down a horrid 17% year-on-year in March to 281,184 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 673,957 units,…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! The Spanish car market is definitely stuck in recession: down another 14% year-on-year in March to 72,711 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 180,846 units, down 11% on 2012 and only just…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After showing a flicker of hope last month (+7%) and at mid-March (+3%), the Greek market is back to hell: at just 4,480 registrations it is down 9% on March 2012 which was itself down…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 18 brands by clicking on the title! * It's definitely not a good year for new car sales in France, down another 16% year-on-year in March to 165,244 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 433,297 units, down 15% on…
Mazda CX-5 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models/Top 10 brands! Click on title to see * Difficult month for new car sales in Norway, down 18% year-on-year in March to 10,735 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 33,696 units, now in negative compared to 2012 at -3%. In…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are down 10% year-on-year in March to 10,672 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,488 units, down 13% on 2012 which is roughly in the European average…
VW Golf * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still very weak figures for new car sales in Croatia in March but not as catastrophic as the last two months: the market is down 36% year-on-year to 2,436 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total…
Like in 2012, Renault is the best-selling carmaker in Portugal so far in 2013. * See the Top 33 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Last month the Portuguese new car market finally gave a potential sign of better times ahead by gaining 9% year-on-year. In March it's…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty average year for new car sales in Sweden, as it is the case in most of Europe: March is down 21% year-on-year to 22,493 registrations, bringing the…
Ford Transit Custom * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are down a worrying 20% year-on-year in March in Norway to 2,483 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,654 units, down 6% on 2012. The VW Transporter confirms…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 10 best-selling models/brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Zsolt * Over the first 3 months of 2013, the Hungarian new car market is down 10% to 12,559 registrations. Now that sales of the two generations of Opel Astra are separated again, the Skoda…
2002-2012 volume for the 2012 Top 5 models in Europe (click to enlarge the image). * See Europe 1983-2012 Historical Data by clicking on the title! * Back by popular demand, Josh's graphs! Thank you all for your feedback, it looks like graphs are something you would like to see…