Ford Fiesta * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Based on data communicated by SMMT, new car sales in Scotland are up 8% year-on-year in 2014 to 221,570 registrations, slightly underperforming the overall UK market despite a sudden 27% surge in December. Big event atop…
Ford Kuga * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to SMMT, the Welsh new car market was in line with the UK overall with a 9% increase on 2013 to 90,982 registrations. The Ford Fiesta is the best-seller once again with an improved 9.1%…
Renault Captur * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * SMMT Full Year 2014 figures are out for Northern Ireland and the market is up 9% on 2013 to 57,202 registrations, replicating the overall UK year-on-year gain. Despite storming off the Top 10 in December and…
The Audi A3 is up to a record 7th place in England in 2014. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Thanks to SMMT, I can share with you a Full Year report for England for the second time on BSCB. New car sales in…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 305 models by clicking on the title * * See 23 years worth of Polish car sales archives here * The Polish new car market got a sudden boost over the first quarter of 2014 when cars purchased as LCV…
The Daihatsu Tanto is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2014. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 models, Top 40 Kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * At the start of 2014, JAMA's forecast for the Japanese new car market was a 10%…
Honda Grace After a very turbulent year the Japanese auto market ends 2014 on a positive note, ending 5 consecutive months of YOY declines up 2% in December. Kei sales are pulling the market up at a massive +18.5% in December. In the "traditional" models ranking, the big news this month…
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * In a market down 11%, imports are up a robust 2% year-on-year in Japan to 35,238 deliveries for a 17.8% market share. A complete brands rankings will be published in the Full Year 2014 updates,…
The VW Vento jumps to #4 in Mexico this year. * UPDATED - See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands by clicking on the title * * Check out 10 years worth of Mexican archived data here * Exactly as I predicted last month, the Mexican new car…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling nameplate in Australia for the 2nd year running. * UPDATE - See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 310 All-models by clicking on the title * * Check out 66 years worth of Australia archive data here * The Australian new car market is down 2%…
Nissan X-Trail * See the Top 292 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB I can now share with you our quarterly All-models ranking for Australia. If the Top 4 is unchanged on last quarter and the Full Year 2014 ranking (Corolla-3-Hilux-i30), the…
Fiat Palio Way * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 200 models by clicking on the title * After a decade of uninterrupted growth taking the Brazilian new light vehicle market from 1.35 million units in 2003 to 3.65 million in 2012, 2014 marks the 2nd consecutive year of recession…
The Renault Sandero hits its highest ever monthly volume in Brazil in December. * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 150 models by clicking on the title * For the first time since last February, new car sales in Brazil are encouragingly gaining ground year-on-year: up 5% to 353,558…
The Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado and Ram Pickup dominate US sales in 2014. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 281 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to blockbuster sales in December, the US new light vehicle market ends 2014 on a high: up a…
The Datsun GO sold 13,079 units in 10 months in India. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * After surprisingly halting by -7% in 2013, the Indian new car market is back in positive territory in 2014, up 3% to 2,540,750…