Our exclusive coverage of the Monaco new car market has been put to good use in the upmarket Australian monthly The CEO Magazine, as part of a Special Luxury Issue. We were approached by journalist Chrissie McClathchie for our perspective on this unique market and were able to comment on…
Welcome to our Exclusive Guide to all 188 active Chinese brands. 135 brands have been added since its original publication in January 2018. This guide is the result of years of research and multiple investigating trips to China. It includes car, electric vehicle, pickup, bus and truck manufacturers. For now we…
The Tesla Model 3 has already changed the automobile industry. Almost a month ago on March 31, Tesla unveiled the much hyped Model 3, an all-electric four-door compact sedan that will slot well below the Model S and X in the manufacturer's lineup. It will be priced from US$35.000 up with…
(Click to enlarge) BSCB is now in its 4th year of collaboration with best-selling French monthly L'Automobile Magazine, with tighter links being woven each year. Every year L'Automobile Magazine publishes the bible "Toutes les Voitures du Monde" (All the cars in the world), a catalogue listing, describing and analysing every…
After The best-selling cars you’ve never heard of, China on the march and a piece on the re-export phenomenon in the European Union, I have now written a fourth feature in Britain’s biggest-selling weekly car magazine, Auto Express. In this week’s issue on sale today Wednesday 30th March, I go through 50 years worth of…
For the second time in two months, BestSellingCarsBlog features in Britain's biggest-selling weekly car magazine, Auto Express, in this week's issue on sale since Wednesday 26/08. After a selection of best-selling global cars you’ve never heard of in June, this time I go through ten Chinese carmakers you need to know about and their…
Nasir Al-Mulk mosque in Shiraz, Iran With Iran agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for the end of economic sanctions, carmakers are scrambling to the starting blocks in order to best benefit from the opening of a high-potential market to competition. If you are a regular BSCB reader, you…
The future car buyers of Nigeria. Picture © Devesh Uba, all rights reserved. Africa is progressively shedding its image of a continent embroiled in poverty, corruption and never-ending wars. Yet the dramatic Ebola outbreak in Western Africa is a harsh reminder that the road to development is a long and tortuous one. Three years…
Za Rulem is the most popular car magazine and website in Russia. BSCB's coverage of the Russian market, and in particular the toppling of the Lada Granta by the Kia Rio last November and the Hyundai Solaris last January and May has prompted Russia's largest automotive magazine, Za Rulem and website…
More stormy weather ahead for the Volkswagen brand in China? This third section concludes our Strategy coverage of Volkswagen's current woes in China. In Part 1 we studied how the lack of affordable SUV lineup was penalising the German carmaker, and in Part 2 we analysed how its over-reliance on…
Volkswagen suffers from an over-reliance on its sedan lineup. See also: Why Volkswagen is losing foot in China (Part 1/3) Why Volkswagen is losing foot in China (Part 3/3) In July the Volkswagen brand dropped 31% year-on-year in China to 152,300 sales (imports excluded). In Part 1 of this Strategy series we studied…
Chinese sales of Volkswagen-branded cars slumped 31% in July. See also: Why Volkswagen is losing foot in China (Part 2/3) Why Volkswagen is losing foot in China (Part 3/3) In July the Volkswagen brand dropped 31% year-on-year in China to 152,300 sales (imports excluded), with its year-to-date total down 10% to…
Catching up on French car news. Returning to France for a few weeks is the opportunity for me to experience "live" our growing collaboration with L'Automobile Magazine, the #1 car magazine in France. Thanks to Deputy Editor Alexandra Legendre, BSCB is regularly mentioned in the magazine, such as in the…
29% of Renault sales in Belgium are de-registered within 30 days. What constitute "real" new car sales registrations? The first instinct would dictate to say these are sales to private buyers. If the answer is not so clearcut, it is critical to keep in mind that only half of European…
Thanks to BSCB reader Adrian Stachowski I can share with you an article published on Polish business newspaper Puls Biznesu featuring BestSellingCarsBlog. This article was triggered by our coverage of the "best-selling cars you've never heard of" on British magazine Auto Express but also focuses on BSCB itself and its business model, using…