* Now updated with the Full Top 10 - many thanks to Florian for the tip! * At some stage down 45% on 2009, the Hungarian car market closes the year at -26% in 2010 with 54,165 registrations. This is to be compared to the 223,884 units sold in 2005...…
1985 Opel Kadett The direct links to 24 Historical posts are below. Thanks to www.autoweek.nl and to Andrea & Vavon, I am now able to share with you Historical Data for the Dutch car market since 1982. From 1983 onwards there is at least a Top 100 best-sellers ranking available, extending…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Big event in Greece this month: at 7,296 registrations, new car sales are up 2% on August 2010 which was however down 67% on August 2009... The year-to-date figure is still…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * New car sales in Croatia are back into positive ground in August, up 6% year-on-year to 2,812 sales. The year-to-date figure is up 14% at 29,612 registrations. The Hyundai i30 is…
Peugeot 508 * Now updated with the Top 60 best-selling models over 6 months 2011: see 'Read more'! * Thanks to Lancia Lover at www.autoweek.nl, I can share with you the Top 60 best-selling models in Europe over the first 6 months of 2011. Not the latest figures but still…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Traditionally available with one month delay, July car sales in Turkey are up again year-on-year at 43,518 registrations (+5%) and year-to-date at 333,264 units (+46%). After 2 months in 2nd place,…
Audi A4 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * We continue to pay particular attention to the Italian Station Wagon (SW) market, up a whopping 35% year-on-year this month at 6,676 sales in an overall market up just 1%... The…
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Traditionally late to unveil July models data, Poland sees new car sales drop by 5% this month at 23,181 registrations and by 6% year-to-date at 160,550 units. The Skoda Octavia is…
70% of Opel Astras sold in Italy in July are station wagons Italy is one of the last markets in the world (with Sweden and a couple of others) still very fond of station wagons, even more so when getting ready for Summer road trips... In an overall market down…
Peugeot 107 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Danish new car sales continue on their good run in July at 12,988 registrations, up 11%. The 2011 year-to-date figure is up 18% at 100,776 units. Similarly to neighbour Netherlands, the…
Mercedes A Class * See the Top 300 (yes 300!) best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Robust month for German car sales, up 10% at 260,907 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,883,486, also up 10%. VW resumes its podium monopoly, placing the Golf…
VW Polo Vivo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The South African car market is up a healthy 11% in July at 45,703 registrations, with the year-to-date total coming at 318,649 units, up 15%. The VW Polo Vivo is…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Healthy figures for Austrian car sales in July, up 1% at 29,307 registrations, and up 9% year-to-date at 216,900 units. The VW Golf leads the pack at 4.1% share and is…
BMW 5 Series * See the Top 235 best-selling models over 4 months 2011 by clicking on 'Read more' below! * Granted, it's not the most up-to-date numbers, but thanks to Lancia Lover from www.autoweek.nl, I am able to share with you for the very first time in BestSellingCars history…
Renault Megane * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Car sales in Slovenia are down 8% in July at 4,743 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 37,685 units, now perfectly stable vs. 2010. Big event this month: the Renault Megane…