The Toyota Yaris is up to a historical 7th place this month in France! * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 60 models and Top 15 brands - Thanks Marie-Dominique * While the rest of Europe is enjoying a slow but steady recovery, the French new car market is stuck…
Norway is the only country in the world to welcome the BMW i3 among its 10 best-sellers. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models and All-brands! Thanks Jan * Norwegian new car sales are down 2% year-on-year in August to 11,444 registrations, however the year-to-date total remains in positive…
Mercedes CLA * See the Top 178 All-models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Hong Kong part of China are in excellent shape once again in August: up 21% year-on-year to 4,588 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 34,343 units, up…
The new Renault Sandero has finally landed in Brazil. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The Brazilian new car market is falling deeper and deeper into recession with a very tough 17% year-on-year drop in August to 259,152 registrations.…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of new passenger and light commercial vehicles in Poland are up a robust 6% year-on-year in August to 22,998 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 246,719 units, up a beautiful…
Renault Clio * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! * After dropping by 5% in July, the Croatian new car market is back into positive territory in August, up a still shy 2% year-on-year to 1,573 registrations, by far the slowest…
Up to a record 13th place in August: the Opel Mokka. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models and Top 44 brands - see title * The good news is the Italian new car market is stable year-on-year in August at 53,697 registrations. The bad news is August…
Seat Leon in Cologne, Germany - August 2014 After France and Spain (Barcelona), we continue on our quick snapshot tour of Europe and our last stop is Cologne in Germany. I was only in town for a few days so once again this is not meant to be exact science,…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 234 All-models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks www.cartube.co.il * New car sales in Israel are down 7% year-on-year in August to 18,236 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still frankly in positive territory: up 14% on 2013 to 173,810 units. Brand-wise, in…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 175 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Netherlands are down a worrying 9% year-on-year to 25,722 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 254,450 units, down 6% on 2013. Volkswagen remains the most popular…
Renault Clio Mio * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 36 All-brands by clicking on the title! * August marks the second month of the ProCreAuto program, an aid to the purchase for new local cars with credits from the Banco Nación launched by the Argentinean government to boost…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Estonian new car market is up 3% year-on-year in August to 1,639 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 14,250 units, up 4% on 2013. Toyota (12.9%), Skoda (11.5%) and Volkswagen…
Peugeot Boxer * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in France are down 4% year-on-year in August to 17,373 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 237,894 units, now up by only 120 sales or…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 47 brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market is moving the right way again in August at +13% to 45,497 registrations, however if last July was the best since 2009, this August is the…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Finnish new car market is down 2% year-on-year in August to 7,468 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 73,996 units, up 3% on 2013. After a couple of very strong months from…