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…
11,678 new cars were registered in Czech Republic in January, up 8%. Skoda is on each step of the podium with the Octavia #1 at 16.2% share, the Fabia #2 at 9.3% and the Superb #3 at a superb 4.1%. The Renault Thalia is back to its historical level 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…
The VW Voyage, a Gol Sedan, is #10 in January. The Brazilian car market is up 13% in January at 228,959 registrations, and Volkswagen starts the year on a high with a 26.1% passenger car market share (vs. 22.7% over 2010), way above traditional #1 Fiat. Most VW models are…
Peugeot 207 Compact January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Argentina but this year it reaches never-seen before levels: January 2011 will stay in Argentinean car history as the first month the market crossed the 100,000 sales mark, at 100,964 exactly. Another first, the Peugeot 207 Compact…
Renault Fluence No less than 99,461 cars were sold in December in Turkey, by far 2010's best month, bringing the 2010 total to 509,784 units, up 38% on 2009. The Renault Symbol is the best selling passenger car in the country with 28,667 sales and 5.6% share, ahead of the…
Fiat Doblo Very rare to come across, Light Commercial Vehicle sales in Turkey are very significant because even though the LCV market is roughly half the size of the passenger car market (251,129 registrations, +34%), higher market shares mean LCV best sellers are actually the best-selling vehicles in the country.…
Hyundai Grandeur The Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) keeps the lead in South Korea for the 6th consecutive month with a comfortable margin at 11.2% share. The Hyundai Sonata drops to 4th at 6.7%, perhaps impacted by the arrival of the new generation Hyundai Grandeur, up 15 spots in 6th with…
January is a very important month for the Irish car market. It is traditionally the strongest month of the year by far and accounts for around 1/5 of the whole year's sales, and at 20,979 registrations and up 30%, the year is off to an awesome start in Ireland! Toyota…
The Colombian car market is up an astounding 43% in 2010, reaching 258,548 registrations which is a new record for the country, beating the 253,034 registrations from 2007. The Chevrolet Aveo is the best selling car in Colombia for the 5th year in a row at 29,490 sales and 11.4%.…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of a good month of December at +9% (14,086 sales), Algerian car sales are down 3% in 2010 with 216,862 registrations. The Renault Symbol is the best selling car in Algeria again this…
* 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…
Hyundai Verna The Egyptian car market bounces back quite nicely from the recession at +21% and 248,917 registrations in 2010. After leading the way in 2007, the Hyundai Verna is back in the top spot this year with sales up a massive 58% to reach 22,020 units and 8.8% market…
In 2010, the Romanian car market slowed down by 19% at 94,541 registrations, but the trend should reverse in 2011 as the year's last months were up (December is at +10%). The Dacia Logan is the best selling car in Romania for the 6th consecutive year, and is still extremely…
March 2020 update: Now with Top 45 All-brands. The Spanish market is struggling in December at -24% and 68,942 sales, however the 2010 total is up 3% at 982,015 registrations. This month the Nissan Qashqai leads the Spanish market for the very first time with 2,356 sales and 3.4%. This…