The Volvo XC60 ranks inside the Top 3 at home... * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Sweden continue on their very impressive run, posting a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in April at +11% to…
Hyundai Tucson * Now updated with Top 140 foreign models, Top 53 local models & Top 30 All-brands * This time South Korea is the first cab off the April sales rank. Sales of local models are up 3% year-on-year in South Korea this month to 133,935 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Suzuki Lingyang taxi in Mudanjiang After Yanji in the Korean Autonomous Prefecture, we are now leaving the Jilin province, headed north to cross over to Mudanjiang in the Heilongjiang province, home to just under 1 million inhabitants. Mudanjiang does have an airport but it doesn’t have direct flights to either…
Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
VW Jetta taxi in front of the Changchun Railway Station From Shanghai we are now headed North, passing Beijing to land in Changchun, the capital city of the Jilin province. The city itself has 3.6 million inhabitants, but including the greater Changchun, this figure climbs to 8 million, or almost…
Shanghai Pudong street scenes After going through the highlights of Auto Shanghai 2015 and before I give you my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Show, it’s time to go wandering in the streets of Shanghai so I can share with you what the most popular cars…
Citroen C4 * See the Top 313 All-models and Top 48 brands by clicking on the title! * Including Light Commercial Vehicles, the Belgian market adds up to 58,676 units in April (one month delay this time) and 223,015 year-to-date. This month Renault edges Volkswagen out for the manufacturer pole…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 238 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Traditionally with a little delay, Slovak data is now available for April with a total of 6,431 new light vehicles for the month country-wide, adding up to 24,564 units year-to-date including LCVs. The top sellers confirm…
Fiat Abarth 500 (US model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 models and Top 60 brands! Click on title to see * Now that we have explored in detail the European models ranking for April we look into the evolution of the year-to-date sales charts to extract longer-term…
The VW Tiguan is up to a best-ever #12 in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 models and Top 55 brands! Click on title to see * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the April Top 10 we now have access to much more detailed…
Honda City * See the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * Handicapped by the unstable political situation and the end of incentives to first car buyers, the Thai new light vehicle market is down 33% year-on-year in April to 73,260…
Geely MK (Russian model shown) * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * With the Crimean crisis still not resolved, the Ukrainian new car market falls deeper into recession: down a very depressing 70% year-on-year in April to just 7,765 registrations. That's an annualised rate…
Renault Fluence * See the Top 264 models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new light vehicle market continues to struggle: down a horrendous 28% year-on-year in April to just 53,305 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 168,577 units, down 25% on 2013.…
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…
Chana (Star) Minibus in Chongqing, China - April 2014 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to LMC Automotive I can now share with you more detail about the Chinese car market, including the Top 10 best-selling Light Commercial Vehicles which is a…