Renault Clio IV. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 160 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in France are down 8% year-on-year in October to 162,411 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,593,920 units, down 13% on 2011. Note…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * It's still a very dark outlook for new car sales in Portugal, down 30% year-on-year in September to 6,358 registrations and down 40% year-to-date to 74,461 units. The Peugeot 208…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * Today Macedonia becomes a little less unloved, with the first models ranking since 2007, albeit dating back to January-February 2011. The Macedonian new car market is down 23% year-on-year in January…
Citroen C4. Picture courtesy of L'Argus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * October is shaping up to be quite an unusual month for new car sales in France. Over the first 3 weeks, the market is down a drastic…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This is it. With 4 of the Top 5 European markets in significant decline in September (Germany -11%, France -18%, Italy -26% and Spain -40%), the overall new car market in Europe is now officially…
Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Yes, it's that time of the month! With August figures now all in, I can share with you the Top 150 most popular cars around the planet in August. Remember…
Toyota Yaris. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * During the first week of October 32,273 new cars found a buyer in France, down 20% on a year ago. Weekly rankings always have their…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga * No improvement in sight for the new car market in Portugal: sales are down 33% year-on-year in August to 5,443 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 68,103 registrations, down 40% on…
Lada Granta * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New Russian car sales slow down their growth at +10% year-on-year in September to 259,582 registrations. The year-to-date total stands at 2,187,797 units after 9 months, up 14% on 2011. Big event this month: over…
Mercedes B Class * See the Top 302 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * The European recession has now caught up with Germany as well, with new car sales down 11% year-on-year in September to 250,082 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 2,358,798 units, down 2% on…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Imports sales in Japan are published every Quarter by a separate organisation, the Japan Automobile Importers Association. 26,510 new imported passenger cars were sold in September, up 2% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 70 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I wish I could finally give you good news about the Greek new car market, but unfortunately it is still not the case in September, with sales down 42% year-on-year to 3,463 registrations, bringing the…
VW Up! * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The European gloom and doom has now officially reached the Netherlands, with new car sales down 28% year-on-year in September to 32,090 registrations. The year-to-date total now stands at 427,377 units, down 6% on 2011.…
VW Polo Vivo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa slow down their growth in September, up 'only' 1% year-on-year to 55,097 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 466,918 units, up a still very respectable 10% on 2011.…
The VW Golf Plus was #1 in Austria in December 2005, beating the Golf. The direct links to all Historical posts are below. You have now access to Historical new car sales info for Austria for the past four decades. From 1977 to 1992 the only info I have is that the VW…