VW Clasico Mexican car sales are still clearly ahead of 2010, up 14% in June at 68,365 registrations. The VW Clasico continues to impress: it ranks 1st for the 4th time this year and delivers its best scores yet: 5,373 sales for a 7.9% share. This means the VW Clasico…
Fiat Linea The Turkish car market is up again by a massive 40% in May at 56,302 registrations and 62% year-to-date at 233,032 units. Big surprise this month: 4 years after its launch, the Fiat Linea manages to be the best-selling model in the country in May with 4,616 sales…
Hyundai Solaris Car sales in Russia continue on their scrappage scheme-fuelled run, up 40% in June at 246,429 registrations and 56% over the first half of 2011 at 1,235,442 units. The Lada Priora leads the way again at 13,704 units and 5.6%, only the 2nd time in 12 months it…
VW Gol The Brazilian car market is up 16% this month at 286,934 registrations and 10% year-to-date at 1,638,078 units. The two traditional best-sellers are both in good shape in June: the VW Gol sells 27,428 units, its highest volume in 6 months, for a 9.6% market share, its best…
Peugeot 107 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * In June the Dutch car market stands absolutely still year-on-year, down 2 units (!) at 50,683 registrations, bringing the half-year figure to 328,545 units, up 22%. The Peugeot 107…
Seat Leon * Now updated with the Top 200 best-selling models, thanks to Ausrutherford! * Spanish car sales are stuck in hell: -31% year-on-year in May at 83,385 registrations and -27% in 2011 year-to-date at 442,217 units. Seat has tried to counter the trend by launching its own scrappage scheme:…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The American models ranking is upside down again this month, still showing the impact of earthquake-related production shortages for Japanese manufacturers. The Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado trucks dominate…
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…
VW Passat Like in neighbouring Sweden, the Norwegian car market is down year-on-year for the first time in 2011 at -7% and 10,354 registrations in June. The year-to-date figure is still up by 10.5% at 68,505 units. For the first time since 2007, the VW Passat is the best-selling model…
Volvo XC60 In June, Swedish car sales are down for the first time this year at -3% and 27,485 registrations. Midway through the year, the market is still up 14% at 157,042 units. The Top 4 for the month is identical to the year-to-date ranking. The Volvo V70 is unsurprisingly…
Mercedes C Class, #2 in Germany in 2001 * Now with every Monthly Top 30 for 2010! * After the 1946 to 2000 period, I have now uploaded Historical Data for years 2001 to 2010 in Germany. You can access at least a year-end Top 50 for each year and…
Street scene in Asuncion, Paraguay. Picture by AFS USA * Thanks to Seba & Pablo, I can now shed more light on the Paraguayan car market! * Chevrolet Classic No official data available for Paraguay, only that Chevrolet dominates and should be placing the Chevrolet Classic in the first place…
Hyundai Elantra The new car market in Canada is down 4% this month to 149,034 units. The Ford F-Series keeps the pole position with over 7,500 sales and 5% share and is followed by two Dodge models: the RAM pick-up and Caravan, both very solid at 3.7%. The Hyundai Elantra…
VW Passat * Now updated with the Top 250 best-selling models! See 'Read more' at end of post * German consumers are buying new cars again: sales are up a massive 22% year-on-year in May at 304,543 registrations. VW continues to impress: for the 4th time in 5 months the…
Fiat Punto The European car market is looking brighter, up 7% year-on-year in May at 1,230,453 units. This brings the year-to-date total to 6,038,928, now only down 0.3%. 7 of the Top 10 best-selling models register year-on-year increases, compared to only 2 last month. The VW Golf stays very strong…