The Austrian car market is growing by 9% year-on-year in November with 28,024 registrations. Behind the VW Golf, a tad weak at 4.8%, and the Hyundai i30, 2nd again at 3%, the VW Sharan now fully enjoys its renewal with an outstanding 3rd position at 832 sales and 3% share!…
* Click on the title for street scenes and videos! * The Namibian car market appears to be very similar to the South African one. The Toyota Hilux should lead the sales by far, ahead of the VW Polo Vivo (the sedan is clearly preferred here), Opel Corsa KB and…
Street Scene in Asmara, Eritrea. Picture by Eric Lafforgue. All rights reserved. The Eritrean car market is very easy to decipher because a handful of cars clearly dominate the streets. In all likeliness and judging by the number of old gen models filling the streets, the Toyota Hilux should be…
Dutch car sales are up 38% year-on-year this November, and the year-to-date figure is up 25% at 472,022 registrations. The VW Polo consolidates its newfound leadership in the country with a 2nd month in a row at #1 and 5.4%, followed by the Opel Corsa in very good shape at…
The Polish market is up a healthy 20% in October at 30,380 registrations, bringing the 2010 YTD total to -1% at 264,470. The Skoda Octavia (5.9%) and Fabia (3.8%) maintain their domination in Poland, ahead of the VW Golf which reaches a very satisfying third place. The Opel Astra and…
October is up an astounding 246% year-on-year in Turkey with 47,859 registrations, the 10 months total being now up 22% at 360,262 units. The Renault Symbol is #1 again this month and stays above 6% market share. Provided it continues at that rate, it will pass the Hyundai Accent in…
In November, the UK market is down only 11% over a November 09 boosted by the Scrappage Incentive Scheme, and the year-to-date figure is still up by 3% at 1,907,029. The Ford Fiesta holds the pole position again, very stable at 4.6%, ahead of the Focus at 4%. The VW…
The South African car market is very dynamic in November, up 30% over last year with 44,371 registrations, and up 24% Year-to-Date at 453,505. The Toyota Hilux claims the top spot this month with a massive 6.8% market share vs. 4.4% for the VW Polo Vivo in 2nd, ahead of…
The Mexican car market is experiencing a slow growth this year after the devastating blow of the financial crisis, with +7% over 10 months at 639,883 registrations and +9% in October at 74,094. The Nissan Tsuru is still the king of the Mexican roads with 5,097 sales in October (6.9%)…
The Argentinian market is on fire in 2010 at +44% in November. For the very first time, it is led by the Renault Sandero, with 2,929 registrations and 5.4% of the market, ahead of the Chevrolet Corsa Classic at 5.1%. It is possibly the first time the Sandero leads the…
Another massive month for the Brazilian market with 311,318 registrations in November, +31% vs. 2009! The Year-to-date figure is just under 3 million at 2,967,760 sales and +9%. The VW Gol is as strong as ever and delivers its best 2010 month in terms of volume at 29,697 units (9.5%). It…
Tiny sales figure this month in Ireland: only 1,771 registrations (+104% year-on-year). The year-to-date figure is a more respectable 90,369, up 64%. The Renault Megane leads the ranking in November with 114 sales and 6.4%, but the relevance of this figure is minimal given the size of the market this…
Nissan Altima If the Top 3 is stable in November in the USA, the rest of the ranking reveals its lot of surprises. The trucks have an excellent month: the F-Series is #1 at +26%, Silverado #2 at +16% and Ram #6 at +86%. The Nissan Altima is this month's…
Still extremely dynamic, the Swedish car market grows 33% in November and 34% Year-to-date! The Volvo V70 stays comfortably on top of the ranking with 2,247 sales and 8.4% market share, above its YTD level (8.1%). The VW Golf has a very strong month in #2 at 4.7%, ahead of…
Still extremely healthy, the Finnish car market is up 32% in November (8,146 registrations) and 23% in 2010 (104,311). The models ranking is getting a bit of a shake up this month, with the Toyota Auris taking the lead at a very solid 4.6% market share, ahead of the Skoda…