The Dacia Sandero is the only true foreigner in the German Private Sales Top 20 this month. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, I give you the German Private Sales rankings as an appetiser for overall…
Renault Twingo and first generation VW Beetle * See the Top 311 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are up an encouraging 5% year-on-year in September to 260.062 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2.281.671 units, up 3% on…
BMW X1 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As an appetiser for overall German sales data, I give you the Private Sales rankings. German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial, as the definition of a private sale isn't 100% accurate. Are…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The locomotive of European new car sales, Germany is still not frankly on the road to recovery with a market down down 0.4% year-on-year in August to 213,092 registrations. This brings…
Seat Leon in Cologne, Germany - August 2014 After France and Spain (Barcelona), we continue on our quick snapshot tour of Europe and our last stop is Cologne in Germany. I was only in town for a few days so once again this is not meant to be exact science,…
Finally 2013 German sales of the Citroen C4 Picasso are known. * See the Top 350 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Although it has improved somewhat in 2014 with the VAG Group finally sharing some splits (Golf, Leon, A6…), one of the most…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * When Germany sneezes, the European market catches a cold, and reversely when the German new car market is up 7% year-on-year to 270,249 registrations like it is the case in July,…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because by definition: are counted as private the cars sold to private buyers. Demo cars, rental cars and long-term leases are not counted as private along with cars sold…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because of its definition in this country: are counted as private the cars sold to private buyers. Demo cars, rental cars and long-term leases are not counted as…
The 2014 VW Passat has just been unveiled. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down 2% year-on-year in June to 277,614 registrations, and as the biggest market in the continent, this means the…
Seat Leon * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is back into positive in May at +5% year-on-year to 274,804 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,260,654 units, up 3% on 2013. Below the VW Golf…
6 in every 10 VW Tiguan purchased in Germany is a Private Sale. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As an appetiser before the overall May data is published, we explore the sales to private buyers in the country, which traditionally paints a…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through overall German sales for April, we explore the sales to private buyers in the country, painting a very different picture once again. German Private Sales (PS) data…
VW Tiguan * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * It's not quite full-on recovery territory for Germany yet with sales down 4% year-on-year in April to 274,097 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 985,850 units, up 3% on 2013. Below the…
The new Nissan Qashqai is a big hit with German private buyers. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * You can check out the Germany March 2014 update here German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because of the definition of…