Audi posts the best performance of any Top 25 carmaker. 29/07 update: Now with Top 285 All New Energy models. Hit first by the coronavirus crisis in February (-78.5%) and March (-40.4%), retail sales of Chinese passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs and MPVs) end the First Half of 2020 at -22.5%…
First appearance in the Chinese charts of the Enovate ME7. 29/07 update: Now with Top 190 All New Energy models. It's a predicted hiccup for the recovery of Chinese retail sales of passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs and MPVs) in June at -6.2% year-on-year to 1.65 million units according to data…
Lexus sales gain 6.9% year-on-year in a market down -37%. On face value, the -37% year-on-year collapse of imported retail sales in China at 90.180 units looks like we are back to pandemic declines, but in fact the year-ago basis was exceptionally high, with June 2019 volumes boosted up 73.3%…
The MG ZS is once again among the 10 most popular vehicles in Norway. 21/07 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 202 All-models. The Norwegian new car market drops -25.5% year-on-year in June to 11.443 units, its best hold since the start of the pandemic but only a…
Ram sales surge 27.8% year-on-year in a market down -40.9% The Mexican new light vehicle market continue to slowly walk back up at -40.9% year-on-year in June to 62.837 units, leading to a First Half volume down -31.7% to 436.445. This is a better result than May (-59%) and April (-64.5%) but business…
The Suzuki Carry is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in June. The coronavirus pandemic has continued to worsen in Indonesia, going from 26.473 total cases as of May 31 to 56.385 as of June 30 and 88.214 at the time of writing. As a result, sales figures only improve marginally…
We learn that the Mini Hatch/Cabrio outsells the VW Golf to #1 foreigner. We now have a full Top 115 models ranking for the First Half of 2020 for Japan, covering all categories of models at once. If most of the data was already detailed in our original Japan June…
The Peugeot 2008 ranks #18 in May in the UK vs. #82 so far in 2020. A full Top 160 UK models ranking is now available for the January-May 2020 period as well as a Top 100 models for May, allowing us a much more detail look at this market.…
Great Wall sales are up 372.2% year-on-year in June and the Wingle ranks #8. 20/07 update: Now with Top 100 models. The Uruguay new car market slow down their fall in June to -28.9% year-on-year and 2.344 registrations vs. a -54.2% collapse in May. This brings the year-to-date tally down -29.6%…
The Renault Zoe and Peugeot e-208 are the stars of the EV segment in France. Picture autoplus.fr 11/08 update: Now with Top 20 PC and LCV fleet models. 17/07 update: Now with Top 375 All-models. 2/07 update: Now with the Top 54 All-brands, Top 58 All LCV brands and Top 100…
Suzuki sales shoot up 55.1% year-on-year and the Swift is up 136.1%. 17/07 update: Now wit final complete Top 290 All-models. After -89% in April to the weakest monthly volume in 63 years and -50.3% in May to the lowest May score in 52 years, the French new car market…
Is this the last easy victory for the VW Golf at home? 17/07 update: Now with Top 305 All private sales models. After hitting a 20-year high a year ago over the First Half 2019 at 1.849.000 units, the coronavirus crisis topples the German new car market down -34.5% to…
The Fiat Ducato ranks #3 overall in Germany in June. 17/07 update: Now with Top 285 All Private sales ranking. Just as France (+1.2%) completely recovers and Italy (-23.3%) drastically reduces its fall in June, Germany (-32.2%) falls to 220.272 units and is among the other European naughty kids such as…
After January 2019 (world car market), April 2019 (Chinese market) and April 2020 (Coronavirus impact), BSCB and I are featured for the 4th time in French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. It's always an honour to appear in such a…
The GAC Aion V has hit the Chinese market. Now that we have analysed Chinese June wholesales, it is time for our monthly review of the new locally-produced launches for the month. For a second month in a row, a whopping 11 new models make their entrance in the monthly…