Renault Megane * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Portuguese car market drops by 25% in 2009 and sees its model ranking completely shaken. The Renault Megane takes the lead at 5.9%, well ahead of the VW Golf, Ford Fiesta and Seat Ibiza.…
Like its Scandinavian neighbours, the Finnish car market is doing really well in 2010, growing 26% in October and 22% year-to-date. And like in Norway, the VW Golf is ahead, but with a smaller margin over the #2 car. In October it captures 5% of the market, with the Nissan…
The UK car market is down 22% this month, the steepest decline since May 2009, at 131,495 registrations. The year-to-date figure is still up by 5% over 2009 at 1,767,154 registrations. While the Ford Fiesta stays on top at 4.6%, the VW Golf scores a very impressive 2nd place with…
It's a very weak month for car sales in Spain at 61,366 units, a drop of 38% compared to October 2009. The year-to-date figure is however still ahead of 2009 by 9% at 848,555 registrations. The best performer this month is the Dacia Duster. Doing even better than in France,…
Steep drop for the Italian market in October: it is 28% below Oct 09 at 140,944 sales. The year-to-date score is 1,692,472 registrations, -8% over 2009. The Fiat Punto still leads the way at 7.3% vs 7% in September, ahead of the Fiat Panda at 6.6%. The Punto sales include…
The Norwegian car market is on the up in 2010 with 10,683 registrations in October (+5%) and 105,710 sales over 10 months (+34%). The VW Golf "owns" Norway with close to 7% market share in October and 6.4% year-to-date, nearly double the #2, the Volvo V70 which, thanks to a…
The Irish market follows a very particular pattern every year: it starts with all guns blazing in January (16,617 sales in 2010) and progressively dies away throughout the year (only 500 sales in Dec 09). Even if October 2010 is at +191% vs. Oct 09 it only totals 3,546 sales.…
-7% for the French car market in September 2010, which given the phasing out of the scrappage incentive scheme is actually not too bad. The year-to-date numbers are still up by 3%. The Renault Clio is #1 this month for the 3rd time this year after January and April with…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Lithuanian car market is really affected by the economic crisis: down 66% on 2008 at 7,515 registrations. But like in Estonia, one model makes a joke of this drop by gaining 411% year-on-year and…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This year European car sales were dominated by an unassailable duo: the VW Golf, boosted by the launch of its 6th generation, and the Ford Fiesta, also completely revamped in late 2008. These two models…
Seat Ibiza March 2020 update: Now with Top 45 All-brands. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title! * Car sales continue to drop in Spain, down 18% this year at 955,397 registrations. For the 7th time in history (the first one being…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the first time in at least a decade, the Renault Clio's domination of Slovenian car sales is seriously threatened in 2009: the Fiat Punto and Kia Cee'd even were the two best selling models…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 Station Wagons by clicking on the title! * Poland has managed to go through the financial crisis relatively unscathed, with car sales down just 2% this year to 336,618 registrations. Big change at the top of the models ranking:…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 303 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * In a market down 17% to 220,412 registrations, the two best-selling models were not even in the Top 10 last year! Another complete reshuffle of the models ranking sees the new…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After growing 11% in 2008 at 139,647 registrations, the Finnish car market crumbles down 35% in 2009 at 90,547 units. Both years the VW Golf is the best selling car in the country, putting an…