It's from Sydney Australia where BSCB is based 8 months a year that I wish you all as well as your loved ones a Happy New Year 2019! May it be filled with everything you've ever hoped, and more! BestSellingCarsBlog has now started its 9th year of activity, and in…
The Neta N01 is one of an avalanche of new green cars landing in China this year. New Energy vehicles (EVs and PHEVs) are now the last engine of growth in China, with sales up 38% year-on-year this month to 169.000 units including 138.000 EVs and 31.000 PHEVs. This brings…
The Elantra (+226%) helps Hyundai up 127% in November in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new car market soars 14.9% year-on-year in November to 5.691 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 25.3% to 55.213. Lada (+32%) remains the most popular carmaker in the country, buy Hyundai (+127%) more than doubles its…
At 43.7%, Perodua posts its 2nd largest ever market share in Malaysia. New car sales in Malaysia drop 1.8% year-on-year in November to 48.282 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 5.5% to 550.526 units. Thanks to a 27% surge, brand leader Perodua hits its 2nd best ever market…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in November. According to data shared with us by our Central European data partner CE Auto, Serbian new car sales soar 24.8% to 2.528 registrations, with the year-to-date tally now up 12.6% to 30.357 units. The Skoda Fabia (+243%) more than triples its…
Skoda Rapid sales surge 567% year-on-year in November in Bosnia. Thanks to our Central European data partner CE Auto, we can share with you November sales for Bosnia & Herzegovina, a market up 5% year-on-year to 898 units which leads to a YTD volume up 8.5% at 10.234. The Skoda Octavia…
The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in November. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market gains a splendid 17.8% year-on-year in November to 570 registrations, lifting the year-to-date tally up 17.4% to 5.679 units. Surprise on top: the…
Quentin enjoying the sunset in Alp, Cantaluña, Spain This is Part 3 and the final iteration of our test drive of a Peugeot 3008, that we baptised Quentin, into France and Spain. You can see Part 1: from Paris to Bordeaux here and Part 2: from Arcachon to Bilbao here. Having…
The Changan CS85 has landed in the Chinese retail charts. Our coverage of China wholesales for November 2018 - in other words factory shipments - showed the deepening of a crisis that started over summer with a 13.9% year-on-year drop, the largest since January 2012. At BSCB we strive to offer…
The Lexus ES flies above the competition in the imports ranking. All-brands and All-models January 2017-November 2018 monthly data available, contact us here. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for November, BSCB being the only media outside of China to report on these figures monthly. Under pressure from increased…
The Chevrolet Aveo is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico in November. New light vehicle sales in Mexico endure an 18th straight month of year-on-year decline in November at -5.4% to 133.806 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down 6.7% to 1.279.630. Our much improved coverage of this market continues with complete models…
Surprise: the Honda Brio is the best-selling vehicle in Indonesia in November. New car sales in Indonesia continue to improve in November at +4.8% to 100.767 wholesales leading to a year-to-date volume up 7% to 1.063.464 units. Toyota accounts for 31.7% of the market this month vs. 30.6% YTD, while Daihatsu…
The Geely Binyue is above 10.000 sales for its first appearance in Chinese charts. After exploring November China wholesales, we now shed some light on all the new locally produced launches hitting dealerships for the month so you are up-to-date on the fastest-evolving market in the world. Note these updates remain…
The Jaguar i-Pace has been flatly outselling its rival the Tesla Model X in Norway over the past couple of months. New car sales in Norway continue on their negative trend in November at -10.4% to 12.313 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 5% to 135.468. The Top 3…
A strong rental push lifts the Hyundai Accent into the NZ Top 10 for the first time since BSCB started following this market monthly in 2011. New vehicle sales in New Zealand mark a pause in November at -1.6% to 14.359 registrations, with passenger cars (3.571) down 4.1%, SUVs (5.953)…