The Great Wall Steed is not making big waves yet in the UK market. * See the Top 20 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Quick update on the UK Light Commercial Vehicle market, in as great a shape as the Passenger Cars one: up 11% year-on-year over…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * As in neighbour Russia, new car sales in Ukraine hit the brakes in June: down 18% year-on-year to 16,534 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 104,276 units, down 5% on 2012.…
The Seat Ibiza may struggle to lodge a 5th consecutive year at #1 in Spain... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday, I now kick start a series of articles that look at the year-to-date rankings of…
Chongqing. China is set to be the first market to ever break the 20 million annual new vehicle sales mark. * See the worldwide Top 20 biggest new car markets by clicking on the title! * Now that almost all June 2013 data has come through, I will start taking…
Renault Clio IV * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models/Top 46 All-brands! See title * 18th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for the Italian new car market, down 5% in June to 122,555 registrations. Halfway through the year, new car sales in Italy are down 10% on 2012 to…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring worldwide May sales in detail we have a further look at the year-to-date ranking to try and extract longer-term trends. And this month for the first…
The launch of the new gen sedan in H2 2013 could help the Corolla get back to #1 YTD. * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * The race to the title of best-selling car in the world continues in May.…
VW Lavida * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring the June sales charts in detail and looking at the all-new entrants in the ranking, I give you the 6 months summary for China. If the US market (our first 6 months update)…
* See the Top 306 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Last month I inaugurated a new series on BSCB, focusing on the all-new models entering the Chinese ranking. And just when I start this new series there are only 2 all-new entries in June in China... Classic.…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling passenger car in China in June. Or is it really? * See the Top 306 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Passenger car sales are up 12% year-on-year in June to 1.29 million units, adding up to 8.18 million units halfway through…
Suzuki Bolan * See the Top 10 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * Sales of locally produced vehicles are down 29% year-on-year in June in Pakistan to 13,674 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 77,770 units, down 20% on 2012. The Toyota Corolla puts a bit of…
Ford S-Max * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Janis Kalejs * New car sales in Latvia are down 10% year-on-year in June to 1,155 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 6,077 units, down 7% on 2012. Given the size of the…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Things are starting to go alarmingly wrong for new car sales in Romania, with June down 46% year-on-year to just 3,967 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 24,549 units, down 26%…
Peugeot Pars * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As always the Iranian monthly models ranking reflects production (not sales) but is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular cars in the country as high import duties limit sales of other vehicles.…
The Ford F-Series delivers its best US sales since 2006. * See the Top 273 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BestSellingCarsBlog, after looking at June sales in detail we go into the year-to-date ranking in a little more depth to try and…