Fiat Ducato * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 12 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are up a shy 1.6% year-on-year in March to 33,405 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 91,014 units, still in negative at -2% on 2013.…
Nissan Sunny * See the Top 132 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Egypt are up a fantastic 38% year-on-year in February, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,874 units, up 23% on 2013. The Hyundai Verna reclaims the pole position it held…
Kia Cerato (UAE model shown). Kia sales are up 27% in 2013 in Nigeria. * See the Top 15 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * In a market up a shy 3% year-on-year in 2013 to 49,874 registrations, Toyota keeps by very far the lead of the brands…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Would the French new car market finally see the light at the end of a stagnation tunnel? Sales are up a very healthy 11% year-on-year over the first 19 days of March and…
Perodua MyVi. Picture by Shandys Lee, all rights reserved. * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * According to Malaysian website Motortrader, while it was expected that February would be another weak month after January in Malaysia because of the long Lunar new year holidays, new…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #2 at home in France so far in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year over the first 12 days of March, bringing the year-to-date total…
Fiat Panda in Napoli, Italy * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Last time I visited Italy was in August 2013 in Vintimiglia, and there the Fiat 500 was so omnipresent in the streets that I called the Photo Report "a Fiat 500-mania". This weekend…
Renault Captur. Renault is the #2 manufacturer in Europe this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe (EU+EFTA countries) are up a very healthy 8% year-on-year in February to 894,790 registrations, the 6th consecutive month of year-on-year gain…
The new generation Corolla helped Toyota keeps its worldwide crown in 2013. * See the Top 20 best-selling manufacturers by clicking on the title! * In 2013, 84.1 million new vehicles found a buyer worldwide which is a new all-time record, up 5% on 2012 and actually the 4th consecutive record-breaking…
Mercedes A-Class * See the Top 191 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * Another heart-warming month for the Portuguese new car market: February is up 40% year-on-year to 10,546 registrations, the 8th consecutive month of year-on-year gain, bringing the year-to-date total to 19,807…
Suzuki SX4 S-Cross. Suzuki sales are up 34% in February in France. * See the Top 300 models and Top 50 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * For the first time this year I can share with you detailed data for France. It gives us visibility beyond the…
Peugeot 308 II in Cannes, France. I'm taking advantage of a short stay in the South of France to update you all quickly on the French car landscape. Last time I was here was in September 2013, and I then saw "a surprising amount of Peugeot 2008 but not as…
Ford Ka * See the Top 120 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * In a wobbly European context, Danish new car sales do not understand the word 'crisis' and even go from strength to strength this year: on the back on 3 consecutive all-time record…
VW Santana * NOW UPDATED with the Top 309 All-models and Top 66 All-brands rankings! * The Chinese market is up an insolent 18% year-on-year in February to 1.6 million units, brushing off all suggestions that it may slow down in 2014… Below the traditional Wuling Hongguang (65,129 sales), VW…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Saudi Arabia are up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in 2013 to 755,563 registrations, cementing the country as one of the 20 biggest car markets in the world (in…