The Seat 850 launched in 1966, the last time new car sales in Spain were so low. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Whereas the Brazilian new car market was in uncharted "high" territory at above 400,000 registrations in August for the first time,…
VW Passat Variant * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian consumers are one of the last in the world with the Swedish and Slovak to continue to be in love with Station Wagons (SW), which is the reason why there is a monthly update about SW sales…
The Honda CR-V is in runout mode before the arrival of the new gen (pictured) * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * It's the last rays of sun in Iceland before the polar winter puts the country in (near) darkness 24/7 until March... Fine,…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With licence plates stamped with the year of registration, traditionally in Ireland new car sales are at their strongest in January and slip down through the year, and in September only 2,487 new vehicles…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The new car market in Finland is now stuck in recession: down 21% year-on-year in September to just 7,897 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 87,726 units, down 11% on 2011. And this month…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual Sweden is the first cab off the ranks as far as new monthly sales figures are concerned... The new car market in Sweden is down an alarming 18% year-on-year in September to 21,937…
Mitsubishi Lancer * See the Top 113 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks to myk * New car sales are down slightly year-on-year in August in the Philippines at -1% to 13,140 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 117,907 registrations, up 9% on 2011. If the Toyota Vios…
The Infiniti FX is predicted to be the brand's best-seller in Australia * Click on the title for the entire article! * After Opel (see my article on the launch of Opel in Australia here), it's now Infiniti's turn to launch in Australia with an advertising campaign openly targeting luxury…
The Toyota Carina was #1 in Denmark from 1994 to 1996 The direct links to all Historical articles are below. Historical Data spanning the past four decades is now available on BSCB. Only brands for 1983 and 1987, but then the Opel Astra was #1 in 1992 and 1993 before being…
The VW Golf Plus was #1 in Austria in December 2005, beating the Golf. The direct links to all Historical posts are below. You have now access to Historical new car sales info for Austria for the past four decades. From 1977 to 1992 the only info I have is that the VW…
The VW Golf was #1 in Belgium for 23 of the past 31 years The direct links to 22 Historical articles are below. Historical Data covering the past three decades is available for Belgium on BSCB, plus 1957 models and 1963 brands. If you have any information for this country beyond…
Good old me next to a Dacia Lodgy in Grasse, France August 2012 You like what you read every day on BSCB and want more car sales nerdiness on your own car/news website or magazine? You want to hear/see more of what I have to say about the car sales…
Golden Dragon Haice * See the Top 140 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Egyptian new car market is back into positive in August at +6% year-on-year to 17,458 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 123,035 units, up 11% on 2011. The Hyundai…
Renault Twingo * See the direct links to 48 French Historical Data articles by clicking on the title! * Over the next few days I will uploading more detailed nineties Historical Data for main European countries. Starting with France, you now have access to a monthly Top 30 for all of 1993,…
* See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Interviewed by Reuters yesterday at the Paris Auto Show, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said that in the face of the significant sales decline in Europe, the group is refocusing its production towards export markets outside the continent. The fall…