The BMW (+15.1%) is inside the Austrian Top 20 in January. New car sales in Austria drop a steep -9.1% year-on-year in January to 22.959 registrations. The entire brands podium falls faster than the market: Volkswagen (-11.4%) distances Skoda (-13.7%) and Seat (-12.3%) exactly like the FY2019 order. BMW (+20%),…
The Isuzu D-Max snaps its first win in Thailand since last April. 17/03 update: Now with the Top 13 models and official sales for 50 models. The Thai new vehicle market skids down -8.2% year-on-year in January to 71.688 registrations. Toyota (-24.4%) freefalls to 28.2% share vs. 32.9% over the…
The Kia Seltos just misses out on a Top 10 finish for its first month in market. The Mexican new vehicle market is down -6% year-on-year in January to 104.832 units. Nissan (-10%) and Chevrolet (-10.5%) each lose more ground than the market but remain ultra-dominant at 20% and 15%…
Proton is at its highest level in 6 years at home. New vehicle sales in Malaysia drop -12% year-on-year in January to 42.623 due to the Lunar New Year falling in January this year vs. February 2019. Brand leader Perodua (-13.1%) roughly follows the market and remains ultra-dominant at 41%…
Mercedes now produces the AMG A-Class in China. Since February 2018, BSCB has been the only non-Chinese media to analyse complete retail sales data - or registrations - for China, as an additional monthly update to our years-long coverage of wholesales data, or factory shipments. The latter can be inflated by…
BMW scores its first #1 imported brand ranking in exactly a year in China. Sales of imported cars in China freefall -24.8% year-on-year in January to 81.906 units. BMW (-18.6%) ends 11 consecutive months of Lexus domination to reclaim the brands top spot like in January 2019. Lexus (+3.2%) is…
Hyundai sales are up 42.7% in January and the Tucson ranks #3. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan start the year in spectacular fashion, with January volumes up 20.5% year-on-year to 5.344. Hyundai (+42.7%) easily outpace the galloping market to secure a 5th consecutive monthly win at 21.3% share, not far…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in January. After impressive rebounds last September (+82.3%), October (+127.5%) and to December (+16.5%), the Turkish new light vehicle market confirms it is on the mend with January registrations up 89.7% year-on-year to 27.273 units. Given January 2019 was down 59%,…
Toyota sales surge 45.4% year-on-year in January in Slovakia. 06/04 update: Now with Top 10 models. New car sales in Slovakia drop -5.1% year-on-year in January to 6.733 registrations. Brand leaders Skoda (+16.9%) and Volkswagen (+24%) go completely against the grain and post fantastic double-digit gains leading them to 24.1%…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 6th time in the past 7 months. 3/03 update: Now with the Top 60 models. The Finnish new car market remains depressed in this start of 2020 with January registrations down another -8.3% to 10.672 units after January 2019 endured a…
Suzuki Ertiga sales surge 178.3% year-on-year in Indonesia in January. 09/06 update: Now with 135 All-models. New vehicle sales in Indonesia manage to contain their loss to -3% to 79.983 units. Toyota (-3.9%) follows the market to 30.2% share vs. 32.2% over the FY2019, as does Daihatsu (-4%) back to…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in January. Hungary is one of the rare European Union market to be in positive in January, edging up 4.1% year-on-year to 10.113 units (11.891 including LCVs), but the brands ranking gets completely reshuffled by the new emissions average EU rules.…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in January. The Ukrainian new car market shoots up 34.5% year-on-year in January to 7.072 units. Toyota (+91%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to easily step up to the brands pole position for the first time since last June with 17.1%…
The Skoda Scala breaks into the North Macedonian Top 10. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto we can share with you today January data for North Macedonia, a market down -7% year-on-year to 467 registrations. Toppled over the Full Year 2019 by the Kia Sportage, the Citroen C3…