HR-V effect? Honda is the #1 foreign brand in Malaysia in January. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales are up 1% year-on-year in Malaysia in January to 50,602 registrations, continuing a record-breaking run that has now lasted over two…
Dacia outsells all French manufacturers for the first time. * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 30 models by clicking on the title * It's a very harsh start of the year for new car sales in New Caledonia, a small French Overseas Territory located north-east of Australia: -26%…
Among this month's launches, the Venucia T70 has the biggest potential. * See the Top 353 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * The BSCB tradition is to first explore monthly Chinese ranking, then detail the all-new models that make their entrance in the biggest car market in the world, in other…
Instant blockbuster: the Ford Escort soars to 18,810 sales for its 2nd month in market. * UPDATED - See the Top 353 All-local models by clicking on the title * Auto sales in China are up 10% year-on-year in January to 2 million units, boosted by SUV sales up 51% to 487.300 and…
The VW Gol Trend is the best-selling model in Argentina in January. * UPDATED - See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 192 All-models * No sign of improvement for the Argentinean new car market, although the January figure, down 39% to 65,550 registrations, is made worse by boosted sales a…
The Toyota Yaris is among Europe's Top 10 for only the third time ever. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The European new car market accelerates its recovery in January at +6% to 1.028.796 units. Encouragingly, the Top 6 largest markets…
The Nissan Rogue hits an all-time high ranking in Canada this month. * UPDATED - See the Top 15 groups, Top 35 brands and Top 256 All-models * After reaching record heights both in 2013 and 2014, the Canadian new car market continues on its incredible run in January: up another…
The BMW X6 is the 2nd best-selling model in Latvia in January... * See the Top 50 models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title * The Latvian new car market is up a very satisfying 15% year-on-year in January to 1,335 registrations, however once again sales data…
The Honda HR-V cracks the Indonesian Top 20 for its first month in market. * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Indonesian new car market continues its readjustment: down a relatively brutal 9% year-on-year in January to 94,194 registrations. The Toyota Avanza sells…
The Suzuki Alto K10 is imported to Uruguay from India. * See the Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * Shy start of the year for new car sales in Uruguay, down 6% on January 2014 this month to 3,958 registrations. As it did over the last two…
The new generation propels the Mazda2 up to #8 in Switzerland this month. * See the Top 35 brands and Top 328 All-models by clicking on the title * Amidst the stock market turmoil created by the sudden increase in value of the swiss franc against the euro (+23% on…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 192 All-models by clicking on the title * After gaining an encouraging 22% in 2014, the Romanian new car market starts 2015 with the brakes on: down 3% in January to 4,978 registrations. Home brand Dacia is up a trend-bucking 5%…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Austria are down 2% year-on-year in January to 23,427 registrations, but still dominated head-and-shoulders by the Volkswagen Group: the Volkswagen brand holds 16.9% of the market and…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title * After spending the last 4 months of 2014 in negative territory and finishing the year at -10%, the Chilean new market gets knocked out in January: down 30% year-on-year to just 23,891 registrations. Hyundai spectacularly snaps…
Mercedes is the most popular brand in Singapore in January. * See the Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * Now that certificates of entitlement (COE - essentially the right to drive in Singapore) are back to more reasonable prices, the Singaporean market returns to its level of…