Renault Fluence * See the Top 263 models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new light vehicle market is not getting any better: down 16% year-on-year in July to 59,907 registrations, split into 46,602 passenger cars and 13,605 LCVs. The year-to-date total now stands…
VW Polo * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Another very volatile month for new car sales in Algeria, in freefall this year. Renault reclaims the brands pole position off Volkswagen thanks to 3,945 sales, Peugeot remains #2 at 3,387 and VW…
The Vios helps Toyota up 66% year-on-year this month in the Philippines. * See the Top 25 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Myk/Forester * The Filipino new car market continues to lodges astounding gains month after month without exception and July is up 29.5% year-on-year to a…
ZAZ Forza * See the Top 54 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Igor * Due to the crisis currently affecting the country, new car sales data for Ukraine is understandably getting harder to obtain. This month unfortunately I can only share with you a brands ranking. The…
General Motors crashed Chevrolet down in Europe. A good thing? On paper yes, in practice no. In December 2013, General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet brand in Europe to concentrate on ailing Opel and its UK sister brand Vauxhall. A reshuffling of priorities that made sense given Opel racked up…
Seat Ibiza in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain - August 2014 Over the past few days I had the honour of visiting Barcelona in Spain, and this is a great opportunity to share with you my impressions on the car landscape in the capital of the Catalunya region. Remember to click on…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * European new car sales mark an 11th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in July at 1,081,195 registrations, up 5.4%. The year-to-date total now stands at 7,917,269 units after 7 months, up 5.8% on…
VW Polo * See the Top 210 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * +31% in July: the Portuguese new car market is definitely in recovery mode, bringing the year-to-date total to 89,949 units or a 37% improvement over the same period last year… Similarly…
The 2014 GMC Acadia sports a freshened up exterior and interior design, and offers enhanced safety features this year to boost its reputation as a jack-of-all-trades, full size crossover SUV. Always a faithful companion since the 2007 model year, the Acadia has evolved into what is now a plush, comfortable SUV with seating…
BMW is under attack from Audi and Mercedes, with all 3 manufacturers breaking records. Worldwide results are in for the first 7 months of the year for German premium brands and according to Automotive News it looks like BMW's crown is starting to be in danger from Audi and Mercedes. But let's…
As we know for a long time Porsche have been making sports cars. One of the most well known is the 911, which celebrated its fifty year anniversary last year. You would think a car selling for fifty years would be a company’s best-selling car - but no. Porsche’s best-selling…
VW Up * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Ouch. After 10 consecutive months of year-on-year gains, the Croatian new car market stops its recovery this month: down 5% on July 2013 which coincidentally marked the first month of growth…
The Peugeot 301 is climbing up the Chinese sales charts fast. #71 after 7 months. * See the Top 356 All-local models and Top 66 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring in detail Chinese July sales we now look at the year-to-date ranking…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 80 models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris * The Latvian new car market continues to go gangbusters at +29% year-on-year in July to 1,446 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,723 units, up 21% on 2013. Overtaken by the…
Venucia R30 * See the Top 318 models by clicking on the title! Thanks Carnewschina for the pricing info * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed sales figures for July, I spend a bit more time acknowledging the all-new entrants in the models ranking, to ensure you are across the latest news…