The Toyota C-HR has finally landed in New Caledonia. No sign of improvement for the new car market in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia: -21.3% year-on-year in July to just 675 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume now dow -13.6% to 4.210 units. Toyota (+12.6%) absolutely…
The VW T-Cross breaks into the Austrian Top 5 for the first time. Picture meinbezirk.at The Austrian new car market is almost immobile in July at -0.06% year-on-year to 31.454 registrations, an outstanding performance in itself even July 2018 volume were boosted up 13.5% by pre-WLTP sales. The YTD volume…
Renault Captur sales soar +132.1% in July in Romania. New car sales in Romania enjoy a fantastic 8th consecutive month of double-digit gains and the largest yet in July at a mammoth +52.6% year-on-year to 23.206 units, lifting the YTD volume up 26% to 94.826. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (+50.6%)…
Toyota Corolla sales surge 71.8% in New Zealand in July. New vehicle sales in New Zealand are down for the third straight month in July at -3.3% year-on-year to 11.897 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.2% to 87.510. Passenger cars are down -2.1% in July to 2.689 and…
The MG ZS is now among Chile's Top 15 best-selling vehicles. The June 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. The Chilean new car market scores its first year-on-year uptick since January at +0.6% to 31.474 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -6.4% to…
Honda sales surge 115.9% in Singapore in July. The Singaporean new car market bounces back 32.5% in July to 6.990 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.7% to 46.858 units. Both brand leaders Honda (+115.9%) and Toyota (+88%) vastly outpace the market by roughly doubling their sales year-on-year, distancing Mercedes…
The VW Tayron is the third best-selling SUV in China in July. Factory shipments to dealerships, or wholesales, continue to decline in China with July marking 13 consecutive negative months but at -4.3% to 1.808.000 units, this is the slimmest year-on-year drop since the Chinese market abruptly started to hit…
Djibouti is a new addition to BSCB. Picture by Francisco Anzola. All rights reserved. Exclusive total volumes over Q1 and H1 2019 are now available for no less than 45 African markets. Algeria seems to be on the mend with a 37.5% Q1 surge, but all other Top 5 markets are…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Northern Ireland for only the 2nd time in the past 4 years. Thanks to our partnership with SMMT we can share with you today the Top 10 best-sellers for all UK nations in July. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Poland for the 3rd month in a row. In July, new light vehicle sales in Poland gain a further 5.3% year-on-year on an already boosted July 2018 to 54.707 units including light commercials, leading to a year-to-date tally up 2.9% to 367.931.…
The Focus (+146.4%) helps Ford up 26.8% in July. 12/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 private sales models. Great result for German new car sales in July, up 4.7% year-on-year to 332.788 units even though July 2018 volumes were artificially boosted by pre-WLTP stock clearances. When comparing with July…
Porsche sales surge 92.2% year-on-year in Hong Kong in May. New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong skid down -4.5% year-on-year in May to 3.568 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 15.848. Toyota (+2.4%) swims upstream with a slight uptick leading to a 32.4% market share vs.…
The Toyota Corolla is now #1 YTD in Ireland. The Irish new car market has its bi-annual license plate change in July and as a result sales jump to the 2nd largest monthly volume in the year below January at 24.701, albeit down year-on-year for the first time since March…
The VW T-Cross breaks into the Slovenian Top 5 in July. The Slovenian new car market pays the price for artificially boosted pre-WLTP sales a year ago - almost exclusively by the VW Group - with July deliveries down -4.6% to 5.958 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.3%…
Volkswagen sales gain 11.9% in July in a market down -6.5%. After a pause in June (-0.03%), the Moroccan new light vehicle market resumes its fall in July at -6.5% year-on-year to 13.050 units as a continued push by light commercial vehicles (up 25.8% to 1.444) once again fails to…