For its 1st month in market, the Captur is already Renault's best-seller in SA. * See the Top 33 All-carmakers and Top 237 All-models by clicking on the title * The South African new vehicle market is down 3% year-on-year in May to 47.868 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total down 1.3%…
Nissan X-Trail (Chinese model shown) * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Taiwanese new car market recedes by 6% year-on-year in May to 34.478 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive at +3% and 175.079 units. Toyota remains…
Hyundai Sonata * Now updated with the Top 53 local models, Top 140 foreigners & Top 40 All-brands * The April post has now been updated with all foreign models data. Sales of new local models in South Korea edge past their level of a year ago in May at +0.2% to…
Italian customers still can't get the facelifted Fiat Punto available in India since August 2014. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Italian new car market is all smiles, posting a fifth consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in May…
The facelifted Toyota Avensis launches on June 5th in Ireland. * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Irish new car market continues to evolve a notch above 2014 with sales up 10% year-on-year in May to 6.940 registrations, which brings…
The Peugeot 308 and VW Golf are #1 and #2 respectively in the Netherlands. * See the Top 35 best-selling brands and Top 250 All-models by clicking on the title * The Dutch new car market is stuck in negative territory: another harsh -9% year-on-year in May to 28.049 registrations, bringing…
The Seat Ibiza outsells the Leon this month and year-to-date. * See the Top 47 All-brands and Top 283 All-models by clicking on the title * Now that the government has decided to extend the scrappage scheme that was originally planned to stop at the end of April, new car sales in…
The Ford Focus ranks 5th in Finland in May. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales return to negative territory in May at -10% year-on-year to 9.017 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 47.593 units, down 4% on…
Can the 2nd generation Volvo XC90 replicate the success of the first one? * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Swedish new car market posts a 17th consecutive month of year-on-year gains at +6.5% in May to 29.458 registrations,…
Can the Peugeot 308 finish the month in pole position at home? * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The French new car market is up a very shy 3% year-on-year so far in May but could end the month in negative…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #13 this month in Europe. Is the Top 10 for next month? * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 best-selling models and Top 57 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the May Top 10 we now have access to much more…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Based on data reported by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 2,014 new car sales found a buyer in Serbia in May, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,751 units. For the second month running, the Skoda Fabia…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to data published by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 427 new cars found a buyer in Bosnia & Herzegovina in May, adding up to 2,677 units so far in 2014. Leader over the Full…
Opel Astra * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to data communicated by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, new car sales in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia are up 11% year-on-year in May to 357 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,720…