Fiat Nuova 500 with the original model. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year in June to a still very weak 128,270 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 761,842…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 170 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * As is now the tradition on BSCB I can now give you more detail on the Italian models ranking for the month. But first a few changes atop the sales charts: the Opel…
Fiat 500L * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are back into negative in May at -4% to 132,555 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 633,065 units, still up 3% on 2013. Below the Fiat…
Italian flair? Under Fiat supervision, the new Jeep Cherokee is up to #120 in Italy. * See the Top 170 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * Thanks to Paolo and Quattroruote, I can now share with you much more detail about the Italian models sales charts…
Harsh landing for Lancia… (1985 Lancia Delta S4 pictured) According to Automotive News, Lancia has seen its last days outside of Italy. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will reduce the brand to just the Ypsilon that will be sold only in Italy. "Marchionne is performing Lancia's final requiem," said Gianluca Spina, dean…
The Fiat 500L is up to #2 in 2014 at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 45 All-brands! * The Italian new car market is up a very shy 2% year-on-year in April to 119,803 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 160 best-selling models by clicking on title! Thanks Paolo * Thanks to Paolo and Quattroruote, I can now share with you much more detail about the Italian models sales charts for March. Beyond the Top 50 we already covered, let’s salute the performances of…
The Fiat 500L is up to an all-time high #2. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 All-brands! * After 44 consecutive months of year-on-year decline, the Italian car market seems to now have got its mojo back: March marks the third time…
Toyota Verso is up 74 spots on January to land at #61 this month. * See the Top 160 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * Thanks to Paolo and Italian car magazine Quattroruote I can share with you the Top 160 best-selling models in Italy for…
Fiat Panda in Napoli, Italy * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Last time I visited Italy was in August 2013 in Vintimiglia, and there the Fiat 500 was so omnipresent in the streets that I called the Photo Report "a Fiat 500-mania". This weekend…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Italian new car market enjoys a third consecutive month of year-on-year gain in February, up a splendid 8% to 119,117 registrations, which bring the year-to-date total to 238,223 units, up 6%…
The Range Rover Sport is up to #67 in Italy this month. * See the Top 160 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Paolo and Italian car magazine Quattroruote I can share with you the Top 160 best-selling models in Italy for January, just in time…
Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 45 brands! * After lodging an excruciating 44 consecutive months of year-on-year decline up until last December, the Italian new car market manages a 2nd month in a row in positive in January: up 3%…
Suzuki S-Cross * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Paolo and Quattroruote I can share with you the Top 150 best-selling models in Italy for December, just in time before the January 2014 figures. Highlights beyond the Top 50 (which we covered…
The Fiat 500L ranks 5th for its first full year in market at home. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 46 All-brands! * * Check out Italian Historical Data spanning the 1956-2013 period here! * * NEW: Check out the Top 10 models…