BYD markets the L3 as the 'New F3' in Uruguay. * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * New car sales in Uruguay may have plateaued for a bit: they are down 2% year-on-year in April to 4,281 registrations, however the year-to-date total…
Fiat remains the most popular brand in Lithuania * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Marius * 1,355 new cars found a buyer in Lithuania in April, adding up to 4,586 so far in 2014 after 4 months. Fiat continues to dominate the brands…
The Peugeot 2008 is now among Europe's Top 20 best-sellers in 2014. * See the Top 346 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * As is now the (new) tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed monthly figures for March we explore the year-to-date rankings…
The Mercedes C-Class is up to #17 this month Europa-wide. * See the Top 336 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring the Top 10 models and Top 30 brands for March and witnessing the first ever Top 10 ranking of the Fiat Nuova…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through overall German sales for April, we explore the sales to private buyers in the country, painting a very different picture once again. German Private Sales (PS) data…
RAM Pick-up sales are up 23% so far in 2014 in the US. * See the Top 263 models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * Every month on BSCB after going through US April sales we explore the year-to-date charts to try and extract longer-term trends. Thanks to…
Jeep is up 52% year-on-year in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 15 groups and Top 40 brands! * New light vehicle sales in the USA are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in April to 1,390,513 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,134,255 units, up 3% on…
After Kashgar and the Karakoram Highway, we continue on our exploration of the Xinjiang Uyghur province and travel 500km South East from Kashgar to Hotan, following the Southern Silk Road. For this 8 hour-trip you have the choice between bus or shared taxi. I decided to go for the 'Travelling like…
VW Tiguan * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * It's not quite full-on recovery territory for Germany yet with sales down 4% year-on-year in April to 274,097 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 985,850 units, up 3% on 2013. Below the…
The Vauxhall Mokka ranks #2 in Scotland this month! * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can now unveil the 10 best-sellers for each nation in the UK in April, all in one update. Keep in mind this…
The new generation Toyota Aygo will be on sale in June. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Greece enjoy a 6th month in a row of year-on-year growth at +2% in April to 5,444 registrations,…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 57 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in New Zealand are up 7% year-on-year in April to 8,729 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,553 units, up 13% on 2013. The Ford Ranger continues to…
The Civetchi Pick-up is also known as the Dongfeng Rich * See the Top 15 best-selling models and Top 12 All-brands by clicking on the title! * No sign of improvement for the Venezuelan new car market, muzzled by the current political trouble in the country and down another 90% year-on-year…
Suzuki Mehran. Picture by Yawar Masood, all rights reserved. * See the Top 15 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * Only sales of locally-produced models are available monthly in Pakistan, giving us an insight into what should form roughly 80% of the overall Pakistani market. 12,250 new local models…
Range Rover * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to data provided by SEMO Cyprus and Analysis by INNOSOFT, I can share with you rare information about the Cyprus new car market, up 14% over the first 4 months of the year to 2,780 registrations.…