Daihatsu Tanto * See the Top 32 All-models and Top 8 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * It turns out the national tax hike implemented on April 1 is benefiting Kei cars sales: they are up another 5% year-on-year in May to 156,464 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
VW Golf and Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Finnish new car market is down 0.7% year-on-year in May to 10,002 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 49,533 units, still up 5% on 2013. This month Toyota becomes…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 130 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * Another record month for new car sales in Denmark, up 1% year-on-year in May to 16,871 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 81,226 units after 5 months, up 9% on…
Vauxhall Mokka * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 42 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the UK are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in May to 194,032 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,058,974 units, up an amazing 12% on 2013. This marks…
Honda Vezel * See the Top 30 models and Top 13 All-local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Analysts had predicted a steep year-on-year decline in May as a result of an increase in Japan’s national sales tax that took effect on April 1. Not so. The…
First appearance in the Polish Top 25 (and Top 50!) for the new gen Citroen C4 Picasso. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Poland are up a robust 10% year-on-year in May to 27,724 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Toyota Vios * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are up a beautiful 20% year-on-year in May to 36,724 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 170,365 units, up 14% on 2013. The Toyota Corolla remains…
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is more popular in Australia than at home in the US. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Australia are disappointingly down 3% year-on-year in May to 94,562 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Fiat 500L * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are back into negative in May at -4% to 132,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 633,065 units, still up 3% on 2013. Below the Fiat…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are up 6% year-on-year in May to 6,291 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 64,031 units, still up a fantastic 24% on 2013. For the first time…
Chinese carmakers are starting to make big waves in the MPV segment (Beijing Auto Weiwang M20) NOW UPDATED with MPV analysis. This is Part 4 of my special Strategy series about Chinese manufacturers at home. Check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks), Part 2 (Small, Medium & Large Buses…
Thanks to the new generation, the Hyundai Sonata now leads sales at home. * See the Top 50 all-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models in South Korea are up 0.7% year-on-year in May to 121,239 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 586,142 units,…
The 2nd generation Peugeot 308 already ranks as high as the 1st gen ever did! * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are up by the tiniest of margins in May at +0.1% year-on-year to…
The Fiat Palio is #1 in Argentina for the first time this month… * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The combined effect of a tax hike on imported models put in place on January 1 and the devaluation of the…
The e-Up accounts for 78% of total Up sales in Norway in May. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Jan * The Norwegian new car market is up 3% year-on-year in May to 12,337 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 60,944 units, up…