Nissan Dayz * See the Top 33 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Sales of new Kei cars in Japan are up a magnificent 24% year-on-year in February to 228,994 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 432,653 units, up 28% on 2012. If the Daihatsu Tanto keeps the…
Toyota Noah * See the Top 30 models & Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * The Japanese new car market (ex-Kei cars) is up a splendid 15% year-on-year in February to 336,176 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 628,622 units, up 20% on 2013.…
Did you know the Toyota Camry was also sold under the Daihatsu brand as the Altis in Japan? * See the Top 165 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Thanks to Stephen I can share with you today the 2013 sales results of absolutely all…
Honda N-WGN, N-BOX and N-ONE * See the Top 36 All-models and Top 8 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Sales of Kei cars in Japan are up a huge 32% year-on-year in January to 203,659 registrations. If the Daihatsu Tanto is the best-seller for the 2nd month running thanks…
The Honda Vezel is already #9 at home this month! * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Japan debut the year with a blast: up a whopping 27% on January 2013 to 292,446 registrations. And…
The Toyota Aqua is #1 at year-end for the first time in Japan. * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1969-2013 Japanese Historical Data here! * * There is now a Full Year 2013 Top 165 All-local…
Honda Vezel * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * The Full Year 2013 Report is here! * New car sales in Japan are up a splendid 19% year-on-year in December to 254,464 registrations, bringing the final 2013 total to 3,262,522…
The Honda N-BOX enjoys its first year-end pole position in Japan. * See the All-models and All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * I know readers, this is not your favourite update as Japanese Kei cars look confronting at best. However this category is not to be discarded…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 47 All-brands by clicking on the title! * 346,133 imported models found a buyer in Japan in 2013, up 9% year-on-year. The VW Golf remains by far the most successful, boosted by a record-breaking 4th Quarter and up 7%…
Never had Japanese customers bought that many VW Golf in 3 months! * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * The Full Year 2013 report is here! * Like every quarter, I can share with you the most popular imported…
Suzuki MR Wagon and Mount Fuji * Many thanks to Stephen for this Photo Report * BSCB reader Stephen gives us an end-of-year present in this photo report of his travels across Japan earlier this year. Enjoy! Previous Japan Photo Report: Japan October 2013 Tokyo Photo Report Suzuki Every in…
The Nissan Dayz is the brand's new best-seller at home. * See the Top 160 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Eddie * For the first time this year, I can give you a complete ranking of the best-selling local models in Japan, but for…
Honda N-WGN * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 8 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Sales of new Kei cars in Japan continue on their great run: they are up a splendid 21% year-on-year in November to 180,971 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,944,246 units,…
Honda Fit * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 local-brands by clicking on the title! * Euphoric month for new car sales in Japan, up 13% year-on-year in November to 276,399 registrations. After snapping up the top spot from the two Toyota hybrids last month, the Honda…
Pimped out Tokyoite Hummer H3 * NOW UPDATED with more photos! * * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * No I have not gone off to Tokyo in Japan, no travelling for me for a while! One of BSCB's readers, Stephen,…