Bob Graziano: "Manufacturing in Australia is no longer viable" Breaking news: In a press conference that started 30 minutes ago, Ford Australia President and CEO Bob Graziano has announced that Ford is pulling out of manufacturing cars in Australia in October 2016. Graziano has confirmed local production of the Falcon, Falcon…
Picture courtesy of investgazeta.net, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * China became the largest automotive market in the world in 2009 while the US fell into recession. However since then, Chinese sales slowed from the strong double-digit growth of 2009 and 2010. This…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * Can the Greek market dive further down? It seems it can: after hiving us a flicker of hope last month with a 21% year-on-year gain, over the first half of May,…
Mercedes CLA * See the Top 40 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Michael * New car sales in Singapore are down 16% year-on-year in April to 1,919 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,306 units, down a worrying 26% on 2012. This fall may recede…
VW Polo * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 models and brands! Click on title to see - thanks Luka * After falling horrendously at the start of the year (-48% in January!, -49% in February!), the Croatian new car market is back in positive territory in April at +7% to 2,813…
The Nissan Qashqai strikes again... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday it's a fast turnaround to give you the World March roundup. In February the Nissan Qashqai was the worldwide star of the month, and in March, well don't take this the…
Nissan Qashqai. Picture by justinvg, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Better late than never I hear you say and you would be correct. Here come the much awaited February Roundup, albeit in a slightly more succinct version, with the March Roundup…
Toyota grabs 9% of the Liechtenstein market over Q1 2013 * See the Top 32 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * 465 new vehicles found a buyer over the first Quarter of 2013, and as in 2012 Volkswagen and Audi are the two most…
VW Lavida * NOW UPDATED with the Top 295 All-models and Top 65 All-brands! Click on title to see * In March the VW Lavida manages to top the Chinese models ranking for the third consecutive month thanks to 38,334 sales, up a massive 89% year-on-year, with the Ford Focus…
BMW 7 Series * See the Top 36 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Michael * 1,744 new vehicles found a buyer in Singapore in March, bringing the year-to-date total to just 5,387 units, down 28% on 2012. BMW reclaims the brands pole position for the…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down a horrid 18% year-on-year in March to 31,067 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 80,024 units, down 10% on 2012. Two Volkswagens dominate the ranking…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * 2013 is definitely not shaping up to be the best of years for new car sales in the Czech Republic with March down another 21% year-on-year to 13,820 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
2013 Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to JKLN * As is now the tradition, after going through overall German sales for March, let’s now have a look at the private sales (PS) ranking. As usual it paints a very different picture.…
Like in 2012, Renault is the best-selling carmaker in Portugal so far in 2013. * See the Top 33 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Last month the Portuguese new car market finally gave a potential sign of better times ahead by gaining 9% year-on-year. In March it's…
VW Golf * See the Top 38 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * In March Belgium aligned itself with the rest of Europe: down 11% year-on-year to 53,076 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 149,160 units, still up 0.5% on 2012. The brands ranking is back in…