In 2010, the Croatian car market is down 14% on an already slow 2009 with 38,587 registrations. The leadership of the Opel Astra, #1 for 6 consecutive years, is challenged this year: Croatian car websites have published an article saying the VW Polo is actually the best selling car in…
The Greek car market is still in recession, down 63% this month at 9,740 registrations. Recently refreshed, the Opel Corsa takes the lead with a very strong 6.6% market share and 647 sales, followed by the Toyota Yaris (6.3%) and VW Polo (5.2%), also very solid. Opel leads the compact…
VW Polo Sedan Another exceptional month for the Russian car market, up 72% at 127,564 registrations! The Lada 2105/2107 claims the #1 spot back with 9,812 sales and 7.7% share, comfortably ahead of the Lada Kalina at 8,414 sales and 6.6%. The Lada Priora (6%) and Samara (4.8%) follow. The…
VW Passat At 211,056 registrations, the German market is up a very healthy 16% this month. Volkswagen monopolises the podium: below the Golf at 8%, the Passat benefits from its renewal with 8,888 sales and a strong 4.2% share, and the Polo is solid at 3.5%, above its 2010 share.…
The Polish car market is up 4% this year with 334,395 registrations. The Skoda Octavia (5.5% share) and Fabia (3.8%) keep their positions, whereas the Opel Astra climbs up to the 3rd place (+11 spots and 111%) at 11,635 sales and 3.5%. It is followed by the Ford Focus (+1…
Renault Megane Sport Tourer * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Portuguese market is the best performing large market this year in Europe at +39% and 223,464 registrations. For the second consecutive year the Renault Megane holds the pole position, this time with…
The South African car market continues its good run, up 19% in January with 45,135 sales. Volkswagen has a good month with the Polo Vivo back in the first spot at 2,986 sales and 6.6%, leaving the Toyota Hilux behind at 2,626 sales and 5.8%, and the new Polo in…
The Dutch car market is up 20% in January with 75,174 registrations, the first month of the year being traditionally strong. Confirming its pole position acquired last year, the VW Polo delivers an extremely solid figure at 4,816 sales and 6.4% market share. The Renault Twingo obtains a brilliant 2nd…
Mitsubishi ASX Good start of the year for the Norwegian market, up 7% in January at 10,372 registrations. No surprise on top, the VW Golf is #1 with 637 sales and 6.1%, ahead of the Toyota Avensis at 414 sales and 4% and the Toyota Auris at 409 sales and…
Imported cars are traditionally very discreet in Japan, only accounting for 5.8% of all passenger car sales at 187,436 units. Volkswagen is the only imported brand to feature in the general Top 10 (9th with 46,707 sales), and it places 2 models on top of the imports ranking: the Golf…
* See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The UK car market is down 18% in December at 123,817 registrations, bringing the 2010 total to 2,030,846, up just 2%. This month the Vauxhall Astra is #1 for the second time in 2010…
VW Polo * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Icelandic new car market is slowly recovering from the 2008-09 crisis, with sales up 32% on 2009 to a still extremely shy 3,395 units. The new generation VW Polo is an instant hit in…
* Now with the Top 100 best selling models: click on 'Read more' at the end of the post * At 294,239 registrations, the Swiss car market is up 11% this year. Not surprisingly, the VW Golf is the best selling car in the country again, with 4.1% of the…
The Danish car market has completely recovered from the GFC: with 153,562 registrations this year it is up 40% on 2009 and 4% on 2008. The Toyota Aygo is the best selling car in Denmark in 2010 with 4,403 sales and 2.9%, ahead of the Chevrolet Spark at 4,242 sales…
Mini * Now updated with the Top 100 best-selling models and the Top 20 by Region! See 'Read more' at end of post, many thanks to Florian for the tip * December car sales are down 22% in Italy at 131,202 units, bringing the 2010 total to 1,960,218, down 9%…