Audi A4 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The reason why I keep separating Station Wagons (SW) data each month in Italy is because this is one of the last countries in the world (with Sweden and Slovakia) to still be extremely keen…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga * New car sales in Portugal are still in hell, down 49% year-on-year to 9,622 registrations and 48% year-to-date at 23,511 units. To put things into perspective, let's notice that the…
Opel Combo * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Dutch companies bought 6,116 new Light Commercial Vehicles in the Netherlands in March, bringing the year-to-date total to 19,800. Volkswagen still dominates the ranking with the Caddy in pole position at 667 sales and 10.9%,…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Europe are down 7% both in March at 1,497,855 registrations and year-to-date at 3,433,957 units. Below the VW Golf very solid at 52,933 sales, up 1% year-on-year, the Ford Fiesta is back…
Fiat Panda * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The situation is getting worse for new car sales in Italy, down 28% year-on-year in March at 138,671 registrations, bringing the 2012 year-to-date total to 409,086 units, down 21% and already over…
VW Polo * See the Top 311 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The German car market continues to resist pretty well, down just 3% year-on-year in March to 339,123 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 773,636 units, down 1% on 2011. The VW Golf delivers its…
Opel Zafira * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The new car market in Austria is back in positive in March, up 6% year-on-year to 37,933 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 88,764 units, up 1% on 2011. Volkswagen unsurprisingly monopolises the Top…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Croatian car market is down slightly year-on-year in March at 3,779 registrations and -1%, bringing the year-to-date total to 10,832 units, up 3% on 2011. Coming out of nowhere (#21 in February), the Skoda…
Fiat Ducato * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * French Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down 12% year-on-year at 36,493 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 103,072 units, down 7% on 2011. The Renault Kangoo is #1 for the third month in a row…
Citroen C3 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Greek car sales are down 43% in March to 4,901 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 17,179 units, down 32% on 2011. If the market follows the same trend for the rest of the year,…
VW Up! * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Dutch car sales are down 7% year-on-year in March at 52,549 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 166,703 units, down 8% on 2011. For the third time in the last 13 months the Renault Twingo…
Opel Astra * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Zsolti * Very healthy start of the year for the Hungarian car market, up 22% to 13,964 registrations over the first 3 months of 2012. #2 over the Full Year 2011, the Opel…
Opel Astra Sports Tourer * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In an overall market down 28%, new station wagon (sw) sales in Italy are down 'only' 24% to 11,862 registrations, confirming it is one of the last countries in the world with Sweden…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Spanish car sales slow their fall at -4% year-on-year in March to 84,538 registrations, still the 2nd lowest month of March in the last 20 years after 2009. The total after 3 months stands at…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Irish new car market is down 9% year-on-year in March at 13,010 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 45,628 units, down 4% on 2011. Big surprise on top of the models ranking: the Nissan…