The Volkswagen Golf remains Germany’s favorite car for the first nine months of 2012. It was followed by the VW Passat, Polo, and Mercedes C Class. Germany’s top-selling car model during the first three quarters of 2012 was, as seemingly forever, the VW Golf / Jetta. Volkswagen sold more Golfs in Germany between January and … Read more
The Toyota Prius remains the best-selling car model in Japan for the first nine months of 2012. The Toyota Aqua outsold the Honda Fit to become the second most popular car in Japan. The Toyota Prius was again the most popular car in Japan during the first three quarters of 2012. The Toyota Aqua became … Read more
Toyota, followed by Honda and Daihatsu, remained the top-selling vehicle manufacturer in Japan during the first nine months of 2012. Toyota continues to lead the Japanese vehicle market during the first nine months of 2012. Honda was the second best-selling carmaker followed by Daihatsu and Suzuki. German manufacturers Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi were the … Read more
The new Toyota Prius Plug-in became the most popular electric car in Sweden ahead of the Volvo C30 Electric, Nissan Leaf and Opel Ampera See 2012 Best-Selling Electric Car Models in Sweden for statistics for the whole year. The Toyota Prius Plug-in easily became the best-selling super clean car in Sweden during the first nine … Read more
Volkswagen remained the top-selling carmaker in Switzerland during the first nine months of 2012. VW was followed by Audi and Skoda. The Swiss new passenger vehicle market remained positive during the first three quarters of 2012. The best-selling car manufacturers and brands in Switzerland remained Volkswagen, Audi, and Skoda. The car market in Switzerland grew … Read more
Volkswagen remained the top-selling car brand in Germany during the first nine months of 2012. Mercedes was the second most popular car make followed by BMW and Audi. Volkswagen, despite slightly weaker sales, was again the best-selling car manufacturer in Germany from January to September 2012. VW was followed by Mercedes, BMW, and Audi. The … Read more
Renault, Peugeot, and Citroen remained the top-selling car brands in France from January to September 2012. Volkswagen was the most popular imported car. New passenger vehicle registrations in France declined by 14% during the first three quarters of 2012. The market leaders Renault, Peugeot and Citroen strongly underperformed the general market but maintained their positions … Read more
The Nissan Leaf narrowly outsold the Opel Ampera and Volvo C30 as the most popular electric passenger vehicle in Sweden during the first half of 2012. During the first six months of 2012, the Nissan Leaf was the best-selling electric car in Sweden, followed by the Opel Ampera. The Volvo C30 was the third most … Read more
2011 saw for the first time the inclusion of separate electric and hybrid car sales figures for European new passenger vehicle registrations in many official statistics. Where fuel types in European car sales statistics traditionally compared petrol (benzine) and diesel engines, separate sales figures for hybrid and electric vehicles are increasingly available too. The Dutch … Read more
Car sales in the European Union declined by 7% during the first half of 2012. Growth in the UK and Germany was offset by weakness in other European markets. During the first half of 2012, Europe saw a decline of 6.8% in new passenger vehicle registrations compared to the first six months of 2011. In … Read more