Ferrari 599 GTB. Picture by Ed Callow, all rights reserved. This update is brought to you by HSBC. If you are a regular BSCB reader you will know that the new car market in the United Arab Emirates is up a formidable 29% year-on-year so far in 2012 at 228,702 registrations.…
VW Gol Power * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 6th month in a row of year-on-year decrease for Argentinean car sales: November is down 12% to 57,664 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 819,235 units, down 2% on 2011. Just as the new…
Renault Clio IV. Picture by L’Argus, all rights reserved. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! See title - thanks Luka * The Croatian new car market dives into deeper and deeper recession each month, with November sales down 46% year-on-year to just 1,631 registrations, the lowest monthly volume…
Nissan Navara * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * Thanks to Stéphane, this month I can share with you once again detailed new car sales data for New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia. The New Caledonian market is stable in November…
Peugeot 301 * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market is down 11% year-on-year in November to 14,203 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive territory, up 2% on 2011 to 161,225 units. After being passed by the…
Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and brands! See title * No improvement in sight for new car sales in Italy: down 20% year-on-year both in November to 107,269 registrations and year-to-date at 1,322,153 units. After breaking the 10% market share barrier for the…
VW Tiguan * NOW UPDATED with actuals for Top 30 best-selling models! - Click on title to see * The new car market in Norway is down 3% year-on-year in November to 11,986 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 128,598 units, still up 1% on 2011. This month and for the…
Renault Mégane. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Dutch new car market is all doom and gloom again in November, down 26% year-on-year to just 30,247 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 484,222 units, now…
Citroen Berlingo * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The new Light Commercial Vehicle market is down an alarming 21% year-on-year in France in November to 31,224 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 353,433 units, still the largest LCV market in Europe but down…
Kia K7 * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * The South Korea new car market (excluding imports) is up a very healthy 12% year-on-year in November to 129,364 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,266,396, down 7% on 2011. The Hyundai Avante (aka…
Maruti Alto 800 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * A relatively disappointing month for car sales in India, up just 2% year-on-year to 212,882 registrations and not benefitting from the Diwali celebrations this year. Year-to-date the market is still up a solid 10%…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Finnish new car market is down 15% year-on-year in November to 7,657 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 103,476 units, down 12% on 2011. The Nissan Qashqai reinforces its domination over the Finland models…
VW Golf * See the Top 338 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a secret admirer of BSCB, today and for the first time in the history of this site I can share with you an All-models ranking for Belgium, a country notoriously and strangely secretive…
BMW 3 Series Touring * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Italians are one of the last consumers in the world with the Swedish and Slovak to continue to love Station Wagons (SW), with most models in the Large segment selling almost exclusively as Station Wagons. This is…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 50 best-selling models and All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Irish licence plates are stamped with the year of registration, impacting new car sales in the country which are at their strongest in January and slip down to minuscule numbers towards the end…