Chery QQ and Suzuki Celerio * Many thanks to Seba from Montevideo, Uruguay for making this post possible! * New car sales in Uruguay are still buoyant at +43% in June, +6% in July and +30% year-to-date at 27,978 units. 2011 will be a record-breaking year for the Uruguayan market.…
Toyota Corolla * Click on title for street scenes and videos! * * Many thanks to Hapa who made this post update possible! * Toyota literally owns the Kenyan car market with at least half of all cars in circulation former generations of Corolla, Camry, Yaris, RAV4 or Land Cruiser.…
Suzuki Wagon R * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * While passenger car sales experienced a set back this month (-28%), the Kei cars market continues to recover, down 14% in July at 131,586 registrations, compared to -18% in June, -25% in…
Suzuki Swift The New Zealand car market is back to healthy growth after a couple of months of Japan earthquake-induced disruption. At 6,705 units, it is up 12% on July 2010 and 17% on July 2009, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to 48,717, up 7%. For the third time this…
Suzuki Wagon R Like the passenger car market, sales of Kei cars are slowly back to normal, down 'only' 18% in June at 126,804 units compared to -25% in May and -45% in April. For the 4th month in a row, the Suzuki Wagon R is the best-selling Kei car in…
Toyota Corolla. Picture courtesy of motors.pk Every quarter I update you on where the Pakistani new car market is at, so it is time for the first half 2011 figures. June was particularly weak at 7,517 sales, and sales were down slightly over the first semester at -2% and 78,398…
Seat Ibiza ST * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Slovak consumers have bought 6,298 new cars in June, up 2% year-on-year, bringing the 1st Half 2011 figure to 34,183 units, up 23%. Skoda dominates the market again,…
Toyota Avanza * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Many thanks to wolfsburg for the tip * In June, car sales in Indonesia were down slightly at -0.3% year-on-year and 70,157 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 417,687 units, up 13% on an already record-breaking 2010, thanks…
Ford Focus Excellent month for car sales in Ireland: up 32% year-on-year at 10,944 registrations. The market is up 15% at 76,468 units. The Ford Focus confirms it has returned to its traditional position in Ireland, #1 again with a strong 7.1% share and back to #1 year-to-date also at…
Daihatsu Move After dropping by 45% last month, the Kei car market is on the mend like the passenger cars, down 18% in May at 58,307 units. The Suzuki Wagon R is the best-seller in the category for the third month in a row at 11,185 sales, down 23% and…
Toyota Hilux Like in neighbour Australia, passenger car sales in New Zealand are hit by stock shortages due to the Japan earthquake and are down 2% at 4,535 units. Conversely, light commercials are up 13% at 2,028, helped by a strong sales push surrounding Fieldays, the 'largest agricultural event in the…
Suzuki Swift * Now with the Top 10 best-selling Passenger Cars: click on 'Read more' at end of post * Car sales are down 1% this month in New Zealand at 5,610 registrations. For the second time in 2011 the Suzuki Swift takes the leadership in the models ranking, certainly…
Subaru Stella The Japanese Kei car market is down 45% this month with 76,849 registrations, due to repercussions from the March 11 quake. On May 8, Subaru announced it would stop producing Kei cars with best-seller Stella being halted as early as the end of the month. Stock-clearing rebates could…
Kia Sportage * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Slovak car market continues to shine, up 17% in April at 5,675 registrations and 29% year-to-date at 21,372 units. The Top 2 best selling models stay unchanged: the…
* Now updated with the Top 10 best selling Passenger Cars * The New Zealand car market is up 18% at 8,260 registrations in March. The Toyota Hilux grabs the top spot with an impressive 514 sales and 6.2% share, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 355 units (4.3%) and…