Peugeot 504 Station Wagon in the background. Picture by Liki Fumei, all rights reserved. * Click on title for more street scenes and videos! * In 2011, 7,350 new cars were imported into Senegal, making it the biggest market in Western Africa. 585 of these were then re-exported in the…
Nearly one third of Citroen DS5 sold in France are hybrids. * See the Top 4 best-selling hybrids by clicking on the title! * Up until now, the hybrid technology had not really made its mark in the French market. With the first deliveries of the Toyota Yaris Hybrid, things look…
Dacia Lodgy * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Over the first 3 weeks of August, the French new car market is down 6% year-on-year to 50,400 registrations. Brand-wise, Peugeot leads with 8,908 sales and 17.7% ahead of Citroen at 6,996 units and 13.9%…
Fiat Panda & 500 in Vintimiglia, Italy August 2012 * See the entire photo report by clicking on the title! * The photo report saga continues: after Scotland and the French countryside, I thought I'd drive across the border to Italy in Vintimiglia to give you a quick snapshot of…
Dacia Duster in La Foux d'Allos, France August 2012. * See the entire photo report by clicking on the title! * When Renault relaunched Romanian brand Dacia in 2004 with the Logan, there were no plans to import the '5,000 euro car' in France. But the French wanted it, so…
The Geely CK is the first Chinese model to rank #1 in an export market. * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most July data now out, it's time for our much awaited monthly rendezvous with the World roundup, now in its 5th instalment. While…
Iran Khodro Runna * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As usual we explore local production figures for the Iranian market as sales data is not available, however this should represent a relatively accurate picture of car sales in the country as high…
VW Transporter * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In July Dutch companies bought 4,290 Light Commercial Vehicles, bringing the year-to-date total to 38,225 registrations. Big change this month: for the first time since we started tracking LCV sales in the Netherlands (in September…
Citroen C3: the bright spot in a dark Greek market. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very shy month for new car sales in Greece, down 42% in July both year-on-year to 5,757 registrations and…
Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down 11% year-on-year in July to 23,736 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 192,589 units, still up 4% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Skoda Octavia resists…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe are down a worrying 8% year-on-year in July to 970,271 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,035,439 units, down 5% on 2011. There are only two models in the Top…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga * New car sales in Portugal stay in the dark at -37% year-on-year in June to 10,805 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 53,406 units, down a horrid 42% on 2011...…
Land Rover Defender at Loch Katrine, Scotland August 2012 * See my entire Scotland photo album by clicking on the title! * With my Scottish stay soon coming to an end I thought I would share a few more observations with you. In total I have driven about 500 miles…
Peugeot 301 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 327 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * I have now uploaded all 327 models sold in France in July 2012. You can check the original July 2012 post here. Interesting movements further down the ranking include the Citroen C-Zero up to a…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 327 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Thanks to STAC I can now share with you actuals for July 2012 in France and there is a big change in store for you! The sky is getting darker for…