VW Tiguan * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 29,441 new cars were sold in Switzerland in May, bringing the year-to-date total to 137,405. The usual suspects top the models ranking: the VW Golf sells 940 units for a 3.2% market share while the…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 6% year-on-year in May to 32,398 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 153,890 units, down just 1% on 2011. The VW Golf is #1 for the 27th month…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Slovakia are down 9% year-on-year in May to 5,948 registrations, brining the year-to-date total to 28,340 units, up 2% on 2011. As usual the Skoda Octavia and Fabia dominate sales, respectively…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 300 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Steam * In May the German new car market is down 5% year-on-year to 289,977 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,337,679 units, up just 0.3% on 2011. The VW Golf predictably holds…
VW Polo * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! Click on title to see - many thanks to Luka * Croatian new car sales recuperate somewhat from a disastrous month of April (-37%) at -13% year-on-year in May at 3,377 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * There is a lot at stake this month for French car sales as June is traditionally one of the strongest months of the year. But it hasn't started well: over the first 5…
Skoda Superb * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market is up 3% year-on-year in May to 15,975 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 76,093 units, up 5% on 2011. For the first time since February and the 5th time…
Chevrolet Classic * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Argentinean new car market is taking us on a roller coaster in this first half of 2012. After being down 4% last February, up 35% in March and down 8% in April when dealerships admitted there was a slowdown in…
Fiat Panda * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models: click on title to see! * Another disappointing month for the Italian car market, down 14% year-on-year in May to 147,426 registrations. This means the 2012 year-to-date total stands at 688,232 units, down 19% on 2011. The Fiat…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Yves * New Caledonian info is now a bi-monthly thing on Best Selling Cars Blog and the Dacia Duster impresses over March/April with 82 sales, confirming the pole position it held in January/February.…
Renault Megane * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in the Netherlands are down 4% in May to 47,628 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 255,177 units, down 8% on 2011. Already up 46 spots last month to #6, the Renault Megane…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down 22% year-on-year in France in May to 31,895 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 169,221 units, down 9% on 2011. The Top 4 best-sellers stay unchanged compared to April:…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Before I can share with you an entire French Top 100 for the month of May, here is an appetiser: the Top 10 up to May 28. Car sales are down just 1% to 127,447…
Peugeot 508 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian consumers are among the last in the world with the Swedish and Slovaks to still be extremely keen of Station Wagons (SW), which is why I keep separating this format each month in Italy. However like in April,…
Renault Megane * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of recovery for the Spanish car market: sales are down 8% year-on-year in May to 72,514 registrations, the second worst month of May in the last 20 years after the 71,168 units…