The Suzuki Alto remains by far the favourite new car in Sri Lanka. New car sales in Sri Lanka sink -27% year-on-year in 2019 to just 9.545 registrations, the weakest annual tally since 2012 (9.500). This also means the Sri Lankan market has imploded -72.6% since its record high of…
The Dacia Sandero remains the #1 vehicle in Algeria in 2019. Consult 16 years of Algerian Historical Data here. The Algerian new light vehicle market drops -4% year-on-year in 2019 to 118.689 registrations, however with most manufacturers having interrupted local production, such as Seat in September, 2020 volumes will be minimal.…
The Toyota Corolla is estimated to be the #1 new car in Bangladesh. Picture thedailystar.net There is still no official new car sales data for Bangladesh, and we last updated this market in 2012 so a refresh is overdue. According to data released by OICA and published on BSCB, 49.000 new…
The short answer? No Duster. I wrote a first version of this article in French for the professional website Autoactu.com. On April 14, Renault announced a strategic reorganisation of its Chinese operations that implies the future of the brand on this market would rest of the frail shoulders of the City…
The French must provide a movement certificate to be allowed out. French sales data published today on local weekly Auto Plus shows April volumes down -96% year-on-year halfway through the month as the country remains under strict lockdown. Daily sales rates have plummeted to 268 vs. 312 at the start of the…
The Toyota Corolla celebrates 15 straight years as the world's best-seller. Consult 60 years of Worldwide Historical Data here. 29/04 update: Now with the Top 15 groups and Top 30 brands. 24/04 update: Now with a Top 10 sneak peek, Renault-sourced data and complete Turkey and Puerto Rico/USVI sales. For…
Audi Q2L sales are up 79.8% year-on-year in March. Our selection of vehicles in China in March show retail sales drop -34.9% year-on-year to 1.026.653 units, a significantly slimmer fall than wholesales (-43.3%). As a result the Q1 volume is now down -42.6% to 2.947.341. For the past two years, BSCB…
Porsche Panamera sales are up 443.7% year-on-year. After collapsing -78.4% in February, retail sales of imported cars in China drop -35.3% in March to 61.260 units, a better hold than the wholesales market (-43.3%). Q1 2020 volumes are down -39.5% to 153.817. Lexus (-29.6%) reclaims the brands top spot for…
After January 2019 (world car market) and April 2019 (Chinese market), BSCB and I are featured for the third time in French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. The article, published in yesterday's edition (dated March 23) explores how different…
Honda Brio sales are up 20.6%. Our Indonesian coverage now includes All-brands retail volumes and a monthly All-models ranking, upgraded from a Top 20 models. The Full Year 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 190 All-models. Indonesia has been slow to enact COVID-19 restriction measures and as…
The Nissan Micra ranks #7 in New Caledonia in March. New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, was in lockdown between March 24 and April 19 (vs. March 17 to at least May 11 for the French mainland), and seems to have wrestled COVID-19 to the ground with…
The MG ZS is estimated to top the Chilean charts for the 2nd time in March. The February 2020 post has now been updated with the Top 25 models. Following the spread of COVID-19, a 90-day state of catastrophe was announced in Chile on March 18, followed by a national…
The Hyundai Grandeur posts it largest volume since December 2016. 20/04 update: Now with Top 10 foreign models. South Korea has managed to wrestle COVID-19 to the ground for now, going from #2 most affected country in the world as of March 6 when we initially published February 2020 data…
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The Suzuki S-Presso leaps up to #4 overall in Uruguay in March. In Uruguay, various COVID-19 containment measures were introduced in mid-March, and major restrictions on movement followed in late March. As a result the country's new car market has seen a relatively moderate impact in March at -24.8% year-on-year…