The Fiat Panda is the best-seller at home for the third year running. * See the Top 285 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title * Yes the Italian market has bottomed out, registering its first year-on-year increase in 7 years at +4% to 1,359,616 registrations vs. 1,304,648…
The Renegade lifts Jeep's Italian sales up 247% * UPDATED See the Top 45 brands and Top 50 models actuals by clicking on the title * Encouraging signs for new car sales in Italy, up 5% year-on-year in November to 109,106 deliveries, tellingly lifted by private sales up 7% and bringing the…
Lancia Ypsilon * NOW UPDATED with Top 50 models actuals and Top 46 brands! * The Italian new car market is up an encouraging 10% year-on-year in October to a still shy 123,171 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,167,683 units, up 4% on 2013. The Fiat Panda is once again the most…
Lancia Ypsilon * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 models actuals and Top 45 brands! See title * Still a shy recovery for the Italian new car market for now at +3% year-on-year in September to 111.394 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 1.043.894 units, up 4% on 2013. Fiat…
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…
The Fiat Ducato is the best-selling LCV in Italy (2014 model shown). * See the Top 10 best-selling LCVs, rentals, private and company cars by clicking on the title! * Better late than never! Thanks to Flavio and UNRAE I can share with you more detail about the Italian market…
Fiat Nuova 500 with the original model. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year in June to a still very weak 128,270 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 761,842…
Fiat 500L * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are back into negative in May at -4% to 132,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 633,065 units, still up 3% on 2013. Below the Fiat…
Harsh landing for Lancia… (1985 Lancia Delta S4 pictured) According to Automotive News, Lancia has seen its last days outside of Italy. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will reduce the brand to just the Ypsilon that will be sold only in Italy. "Marchionne is performing Lancia's final requiem," said Gianluca Spina, dean…
The new generation Toyota Aygo will be on sale in June. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Greece enjoy a 6th month in a row of year-on-year growth at +2% in April to 5,444 registrations,…
The Fiat 500L is up to an all-time high #2. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 All-brands! * After 44 consecutive months of year-on-year decline, the Italian car market seems to now have got its mojo back: March marks the third time…
Fiat Panda in Napoli, Italy * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Last time I visited Italy was in August 2013 in Vintimiglia, and there the Fiat 500 was so omnipresent in the streets that I called the Photo Report "a Fiat 500-mania". This weekend…
Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 45 brands! * After lodging an excruciating 44 consecutive months of year-on-year decline up until last December, the Italian new car market manages a 2nd month in a row in positive in January: up 3%…
The Fiat 500L ranks 5th for its first full year in market at home. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 46 All-brands! * * Check out Italian Historical Data spanning the 1956-2013 period here! * * NEW: Check out the Top 10 models…
Mini Countryman * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands! * * The Full Year 2013 Report is here! * After 42 consecutive month of year-on-year decline, finally the drought is broken and the Italian new car market gain a shy 0.8% in December to…