10 countries and 9000 km in a Dacia Duster – Part 2/7: Chernobyl, Ukraine
Wolodymyr the Dacia Duster with in the background the New Safe Confinement covering Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 building. This is Part 2 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: the road to Transnistria here. We now leave the unrecognised country…
Cyprus April 2020: Toyota RAV4 and C-HR top market down -77.9%
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Cyprus in April. Cyprus has managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with 916 cases as of May 18 vs. 750 as of April 17. But quarantine measures mean its new car market is hit as hard as the rest of Europe, with…
China LCV March 2020: Foton topples Wuling in market down -28%
The Foton Light Truck is the #1 LCV in China in March, the JAC Light Truck is #3. According to LMC Automotive data, Light Commercial Vehicle wholesales drop -28% year-on-year in March to 270.323 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -36% to 527.497. The brands ranking reveals a spectacular change-of-guard:…
China new models April 2020: Toyota Wildlander and VW Viloran land
The VW Viloran has landed in China. It is now time to go through the new locally-produced launches for the month. After two months of pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (2 launches in February, 3 in March), we are back to a normal volume of new models in March…
China wholesales April 2020: Heavy trucks, SUVs lift market up 4.4%, ending 21 straight months of losses
Without heavy truck sales, the Chinese market would still be down in April. New vehicle wholesales in China have bounced back even stronger than preliminary data suggested in April, up 4.4% year-on-year to 2.07 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -31.1% to 5.761.000 units. After February deliveries collapsed -79.1%…
Norway April 2020: Mercedes (+140%), Audi (+69.3%), Porsche (+262.8%) defy smallest market drop in Europe (-34%)
The Mercedes EQC shoots up to a record 5th place in Norway in April. 15/05 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. After a two-week lockdown imposed on March 16, Norway declared the coronavirus pandemic "under control" on April 6. Total cases have gone from 4.447 as of…
Romania: 1969-2024 detailed Historical Data now available
A 1998 facelift enabled the Dacia 1310 to rank #1 until 2000. May 2020 update: Now with All-brands and All-models from 1995 to 2006 and annual volumes from 1985 onwards (4 new articles and 6 updated articles). The links to all 26 Historical articles for Romania are below. BSCB is…
Spain: 1973-2024 detailed Historical Data now available
The Seat Ibiza first topped the Spanish charts in 1987. May 2020 update: Now with All-brands annual rankings from 2007 to 2011 and All-models rankings from 2011 onwards, meaning BSCB now offers Spanish All-brands annual data without interruption since 1985. August 2019 update: Now complete with All-brands, All-models, All LCV brands and…
Czechia & Slovakia: More detailed 1969-2024 Historical Data now available
The Skoda 100/110 topped Czech sales charts in the early seventies. May 2020 update: Now with 15 years of uninterrupted All-brands and All-models annual data from 2005 onwards (12 updated articles). Historical Data as far as 1969 is available for Czechoslovakia, split between Czech Republic and Slovakia from 1993 onwards. Witness…
Vietnam April 2020: Thaco-Kia back in charge in market down -44%
The Kia Soluto hits a record 5th place in Vietnam in April. Vietnam has been one of the only south east Asian countries (alongside Taiwan) to be unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a fast and strict response, with only 288 cases and no deaths reported as of May…
Uruguay April 2020: Suzuki up to 27.6% share in market down -58.3%
Thanks to new launches such as the S-Presso, Suzuki is down just -14.6%. COVID-19 movement restrictions triggered a -58.3% year-on-year drop for new car sales in Uruguay in April to 1.233 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -23.2% to 9.369. Suzuki (-14.6%) resists a lot better than the market and…
Pakistan April 2020: Market all but stops to just 39 sales (-99.9%)
Pakistan was under a national lockdown for the whole of April and has started easing it after Prime Minister Imran Khan said the government was unable to financially help all those who lost their job. This comes as COVID-19 cases surged in the past month, going from 5.374 when we published the…
Russia April 2020: Late lockdown bridles market down -72.4%
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…
Germany April 2020: Sales drop limited to -61.1% to lowest month since August 1982
BMW manages to contain its loss to -49.9% in Germany in April. 12/05 update: Now with Top 50 brands, Top 300 All-models and Top 285 private sales. Under a national COVID-19 curfew since March 22 and up until April 20 when showrooms around the country started reopening, German new car…