The Seat Ibiza is the best-selling vehicle in Spain for the 11th time. May 2020 update: Now with Top 445 All-models ranking. A totally hellish year for the Spanish new car market, testing new lows at 699,589 registrations, down 13% on 2011 and the weakest level since 1986 or exactly…
The 2013 Octavia could enable the model to stay of top in Poland for a 5th year... * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down 3% year-on-year in 2012 to 311,732 registrations. The Skoda Octavia manages to lead…
Ford Focus * See the Top 304 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! * The Chinese new Passenger Vehicle market slows down its growth in 2012 to a still very respectable 6% year-on-year to 14,682,215 units. The models pole position changes hands for the third consecutive year: after the…
The Subaru XV ranked #1 in Switzerland in August. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Listen to my impressions on the 2012 Swiss car market and my predictions for 2013 during my interview on World Radio here. In 2012 new…
The 2nd generation Dacia Logan should help it increase its market share in 2013... * See the Top 85 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The fall continues for the Romanian new car market: after hitting an all-time high of 343,080 registrations in 2008,…
Mercedes B-Class * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands ranking + Top 300 models! See title * There is now a Top 364 All-models ranking available here with splits between Golf/Golf Plus and many others In a gloomy European context, German new car sales have remained very solid in 2012,…
VW Tiguan * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Austrian new car market is down 6% year-on-year in 2012 to 336,010 registrations, and the most popular model in the country this year is familiar: the VW Golf is in the lead for potentially…
VW Touran * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * December new cars sales are down 21% year-on-year in December in Austria to 18,421 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 336,010…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 308 All-models ranking and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Whereas the German new car market had held remarkably well so far this year in a depressed European context, in December it…
Norwegian sales of VW Tiguan are up 46% in 2012 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 277 All-models ranking! Click on title to see, thanks thanks Øystein * Because of a horrendous month of December (-19%), new car sales in Norway finish the year down 0.3% to 137,967 registrations. The VW…
The Fiat Panda put an end to 18 consecutive years of Fiat Punto domination in Italy * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models actuals and Top 46 All-brands! Click on title to see * After losing a sizeable 15% in 2011 to fall to 1,749,739 registrations, the Italian new car…
Renault Clio III * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * There is now Top 400 All-models and Top 63 All-brands rankings available here! * 2012 was a very tough year for new car sales in France, down a worrying 14% on 2011 to…
Toyota Yaris Hybrid * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Icelandic new car market is up an impressive 55% year-on-year in 2012 to 8,486 registrations, still far off the record 20,875 cars registered back in 2005. For the first time since 2008 and the…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Very quick update on Iceland for now, I will add more commentary shortly. 560 new vehicles found a buyer in December, bringing the Full Year 2012…
The VW Up! is now among the 20 most popular vehicles in Europe. * See the Top 342 best-selling models and Top 60 all-brands by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Lancia Lover and Autoweek.nl, I can now share with you the Top 342 (almost) all-models and Top 60 all-brands…