* Now updated with the Full Top 10 - many thanks to Florian for the tip! * At some stage down 45% on 2009, the Hungarian car market closes the year at -26% in 2010 with 54,165 registrations. This is to be compared to the 223,884 units sold in 2005...…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Finnish market has been very healthy this year and August is no exception, with sales up 16% at 9,882 units, bringing the year-to-date figure to 88,779 registrations, up 15%. For…
Ford Focus *Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models: see 'Read more', thanks Austin!* At last a positive month in Spain, albeit August, traditionally the slowest month of the year. At 47,303 registrations, the Spanish car market is up 5% year-on-year this month. The year-to-date figure is down 22% at…
Nissan Juke * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Over the first 7 months of 2011 the Latvian car market is up a whopping 83% on the same period in 2010 at 4,743 registrations. Thats's +76% on 2009 but -65%…
BMW 5 Series * See the Top 235 best-selling models over 4 months 2011 by clicking on 'Read more' below! * Granted, it's not the most up-to-date numbers, but thanks to Lancia Lover from www.autoweek.nl, I am able to share with you for the very first time in BestSellingCars history…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * French car sales are down 6% in July at 159,945 registrations, bringing the 2011 total to 1,385,029 units, up 0.2%. To compensate for supply issues of the Clio diesel versions, Renault…
Opel Astra Last country to release official June sales data, Poland delivers 24,776 units this month, down 8% on June 2010 and bringing the 2011 total figure to 137,671, down 6%. The Skoda Octavia holds the top spot both in June with 1,439 sales and 5.8% and in 2011 at…
Ford Fiesta Another month in negative in the UK - the 13th in a row - with sales down 3.5% year-on-year at 131,634 units. The year-to-date figure stands at 1,161,272 registrations, down 7%. No waves in the models ranking in July: the monthly Top 6 is identical to the 2011…
Audi A6 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Set back for the Irish car market: sales are down 36% in July to a feeble 3,994 units, by far the weakest month of the year so far. In this context,…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * At 79,406 registrations in July, the Spanish car market is down 'only' 4% year-on-year but July 2010 was already a poor month. The 2011 total stands at 522,520 units and -24%...…
Hyundai Accent Yes, I know. Mongolia was the only major country not to be featured in BestSellingCars... until today! You'd think that given its geographical situation, Mongolia's car market would be a mix of Chinese and Russian cars. Not so! Observation of the streets of Ulan Bataar through recent YouTube…
Lifan X60 * Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models: see 'Read more' at end of post! * A few models to notice beyond #100: the new BYD S6 SUV up 31 spots to #103, the new Zotye Z200 (a restyled Fiat Siena) landing directly at #146 with 1,617 sales and the…
Seat Leon * Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models, thanks to Ausrutherford! * Spanish car sales are stuck in hell: -31% year-on-year in May at 83,385 registrations and -27% in 2011 year-to-date at 442,217 units. Seat has tried to counter the trend by launching its own scrappage scheme:…
Opel Astra Polish car sales are down a modest 3% in May at 22,476 registrations, adding up to 113,165 units in 2011 year-to-date, down 5%. The Skoda Octavia reclaims the top spot this month at 1,295 sales and 5.8% share, however it is threatened by the Opel Astra, still #2…
VW Passat * Now updated with the Top 250 best-selling models! See 'Read more' at end of post * German consumers are buying new cars again: sales are up a massive 22% year-on-year in May at 304,543 registrations. VW continues to impress: for the 4th time in 5 months the…