Skoda Popular "Monte Carlo" The Czech new car market is up 10.8% year-on-year in 1937 to 11,141 units. We have a big event in pole position: Skoda (+40.9%) dethrones Tatra (+3.9%) to take a clear lead of the charts with 34% share vs. 26.4% for Tatra. Praga (-3.1%) stays in…
The Renault Juvaquatre is launched in 1937 After surging by 17% in 1936, the French new vehicle market returns into negative 1937, mainly due to a wave of labour disputes, strikes, and worker unrest that spread throughout the French automobile industry and affected sales. The market as a whole is down…
Tatra T77 In 1935, the Czech new car market drops -5.2% to 8,436 units. After two years of domination by Praga (-13.8%), Tatra (+7.9%) reclaims the top spot in the brands ranking. Skoda (+14.3%) consolidates its third position with 19.8% share vs. 16.4% in 1934. Aero and Z exchange rankings…
Citroen Traction Avant After a few wobbly years affected by the Great Depression (no frank growth since 1930), the French new car market is in great shape in 1936 at +17% to 190,167 registrations, also the highest annual volume since 1930. This includes 168,429 private cars (+19%) and 21,738 trucks…
Citroen Traction Avant 1935 is the first year French newspaper L'Argus covers with detailed car sales statistics. It would keep on doing so every single year (except during World War II) up to this day. Unfortunately 1935 is not a great year for new car sales in France, with private…
Praga Piccolo After Tatra led in 1932, Praga takes the lead in 1933 and 1934. In 1933, the market falls -19.6% to 8,050 units. Praga (-19.8%) takes a 25.2% share just above Tatra (-35.2%) at 24.5%. Aero (-16.9%) resists better and overtakes Skoda (-42.3%) for third place. In 1934, sales…
1933 Citroen Rosalie * See the 1930-1934 annual sales volume by clicking on the title! * 1930 is the date of the oldest official annual new car sales figures for France made available by L'Argus. At the time a total of 285,461 new vehicles found a buyer, including 239,530 private…
The Peugeot Type 5 launched in 1894 and was one of only 200 cars in circulation in France then. For the first time in the history of BSCB and thanks to the CCFA in Paris I am able to share with you official stats for the 19th century! At that…
* See more info about the Ford Model A by clicking on the title! * While looking for pictures online today I came across production figures for the Ford Model A, the successor to the Model T. And they are phenomenal, to a point where it is safe to say…
1930 Ford Model A * See the Top 6 best-selling manufacturers by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * Yesterday Bill offered me a little present for BSCB's 2nd Anniversary: the best-selling manufacturers in Greece in... 1932! This makes Greece the only country with the USA to feature…
Tatra 57 Today we can share with you exclusive access to pre-war sales data for Czechoslovakia. This includes local brands and some foreign ones (but not all). The total market stands at 10,013 units in 1932. Tatra holds over 30.4% share while Praga is at 25.3%. Skoda is only #3…
1909 Ford Model T A site like BestSellingCars would not exist were it not for the Ford Model T. Tin Lizzie, as it was fondly known, is the first car in the automobile history to be mass-produced, making the automobile affordable and defining the direction of the automobile industry as we…