VW Clasico * See the Top 12 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Surprise: the Mexican car market is down year-on-year this month at -1% to 82,767 registrations. It is only the second time in the last 3 years this happens with December 2012 (-4%). The…
Renault Symbol * NOW UPDATED with the Top 280 All-models & Top 42 All-brands rankings! Click on title to see * Thanks to Erzincem and Furkan I can share Turkish sales with you well in advance this month and in fact only 3 days after publishing February data! The new car market…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 280 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * That's it. The heavyweight of European new car sales is now officially in recession: the German market is down a horrid 17% year-on-year in March to 281,184 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 673,957 units,…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! The Spanish car market is definitely stuck in recession: down another 14% year-on-year in March to 72,711 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 180,846 units, down 11% on 2012 and only just…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Never since BestSellingCarsBlog was created in October 2010 had the South African been down year-on-year... This time has come, with March sales down 2% to 54,946 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 537 new vehicles found a buyer in Iceland in March and there is one standout winner this month: the Skoda Octavia with 74 sales and 13.8% share! This figure alone would have nearly enabled it…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After showing a flicker of hope last month (+7%) and at mid-March (+3%), the Greek market is back to hell: at just 4,480 registrations it is down 9% on March 2012 which was itself down…
VW Beetle * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of imported models in Japan are up a very healthy 7% year-on-year over the first Quarter of 2013 to 85,596 registrations, 21.9% of which are Japanese models produced abroad and reimported into the country.…
Renault Clio * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 41 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As usual Turkish car sales data come to us with a bit of delay, and the great start of the year continues with February up 26% year-on-year to 36,814 registrations, bringing the…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 18 brands by clicking on the title! * It's definitely not a good year for new car sales in France, down another 16% year-on-year in March to 165,244 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 433,297 units, down 15% on…
Mazda CX-5 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models/Top 10 brands! Click on title to see * Difficult month for new car sales in Norway, down 18% year-on-year in March to 10,735 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 33,696 units, now in negative compared to 2012 at -3%. In…
Hyundai HB20 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * More limited data for now on Brazil as my traditional Fenavabre source has not been updated for a month. And the big event in March is once again the irremediable progression of the Hyundai HB20:…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are down 10% year-on-year in March to 10,672 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,488 units, down 13% on 2012 which is roughly in the European average…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK new car market continues to defy the gloomy european economic context and celebrates its 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for the all-important plate change month of March. Sales are…
VW Golf * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still very weak figures for new car sales in Croatia in March but not as catastrophic as the last two months: the market is down 36% year-on-year to 2,436 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total…