In the midst of gloom and doom European sales, Ferrari shines once again and announced yesterday its best sales figures in 66 years of trading, despite a harsh downturn in sales in its home country Italy. Global sales for 2012 topped €2.4 billion, a rise of 8% on 2011 and Ferrari sold…
The Thai new car market is up 81% in 2012. * See the Top 20 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * Now that pretty much all 2012 figures are in, I thought I would write a little summary of the 20 biggest car markets in the…
A Chinese man burnt his own Honda on 13 September 2012 to protest against Japan. * See the direct links to all 2012 monthly World Roundups by clicking on the title! * This world update is brought to you by exclusive detachable Mercedes emblems from Libelle Now that all World Roundups for…
The DongFeng S30 is #1 in Venezuela this month... * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Now that most December data is in, it's time for our much anticipated World Roundup. Last month, all spotlights were on Brazil where Hyundai broke into the monthly models Top…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 185 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of leading the monthly ranking for the third consecutive month in November, the Ford Focus still lags behind the Toyota Corolla year-to-date after 11 months in 2012 with 929,751 sales vs. 1,022,996. The…
Ford Focus * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that November figures are all in, I can share with you the Top 150 most popular cars around the planet. Please note these are November figures, not December yet which will be published…
The VW Golf is now #3 worldwide in 2012, ahead of the Golf 7 launch (above). * For worldwide October 2012 detailed figures and commentary go here * * See the Top 185 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that October 2012 has been covered in detail,…
The Hyundai Elantra passes the Toyota Corolla worldwide potentially for the first time ever... * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * With official October figures now all in, I am able to share with you the Top 150 most popular…
Bangkok, Thailand. Picture by songglod. Never before had that many new vehicles been sold in Thailand: 1.4 million predicted for 2012. * See the full article by clicking on the title! * LMC Automotive predicts that worldwide 2012 sales of cars and trucks will top 80 million units for the…
Hyundai HB20 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Now that most November data is in, it’s time for our much anticipated World roundup. If last month the focus was on China, Japan and Austria, in November all spotlights are on Brazil. Following the same trajectory…
* See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Now that the Fiat 500L has launched in most of Europe and that a mum-rapping video has landed in the UK (see above), I thought I'd write a little a bit about whether the 500L could be Fiat's saving…
Lexus ES sales are up 33% so far in the US in 2012 * See the Premium brands US sales over the last 3 years by clicking on the title! * Yesterday Mark Rechtin from Automotive News wrote a very interesting article about Lexus' potential worldwide, so I thought I'd…
Nissan Sylphy * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * With most October data now in, it’s time for our much anticipated monthly rendezvous: the World roundup, now in its 8th instalment. Last month the Ford Focus' success in China made the headlines and in October it does again…
The BYD F3 could reclaim the title of Chinese best-selling passenger car in the world next month. * See the Top 180 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 150 most popular cars around the…
Mongolia is one of the world's Top 10 Emerging engines of growth. Picture by bag_lady, all rights reserved. * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Over the past week we have explored some of the world's Top 10 Emerging engines of growth as nominated by Business Monitor International.…