-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…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Norwegian car sales drop below the 100,000 mark in 2009 at -11% and 98,675 units. The VW Golf holds onto the pole position and improves its market share significantly at 5.5% and 5,401 sales. Toyota…
Ford Focus * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2009 the Irish market is hit hard by the GFC: it is down 64% on 2008 at only 54,355 registrations. In this context, 27 out of the Top 30 best selling models see their…
Fiat Punto Evo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2009 at 2,157,791 units. The Fiat Punto is the best selling model in the country for the 16th year in a row, but God was it hard!…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * At 1,994,999 registrations (-11%), the British car market goes below the 2m mark for the first time in over a decade. The fall would have been even more significant were it…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Very robust market in Lithuania over the period with 21,605 registrations in 2007 and 22,217 in 2008, up 3%. The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in the country both years with 1,162 sales in…
Mazda6 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Estonian car market drops by 20% this year at 24,591 registrations. Bucking the trend thanks to the new generation now on sale, the Mazda6 takes the lead of the models ranking with 1,082 sales and…
Toyota Land Cruiser 120 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * During the second half of the year, the Icelandic car market was hit full frontal by the economic crisis and all but stopped. Over the full year, car sales are down a dramatic…