The BMW 5 Series is up to a fantastic 5th place in Finland. * See the Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title * Very difficult start of the year for the Finnish new car market, down a harsh 19% year-on-year in January to 10,209 registrations. In this depressed…
The VW Up is the best-selling nameplate in the Netherlands in January. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 268 All-models by clicking on the title * After 7 consecutive months of year-on-year decline, the Dutch new car market is up an encouraging 8% in January to 47,946 registrations. It's…
The Nissan Pulsar is inside the Irish Top 20 in January. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title * Ireland is the most time-sensitive new car market in the world, with January - when new licence plates are issued - traditionally…
The Seat Leon is the best-selling nameplate in Spain this month, just above the VW Golf. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 279 All-models by clicking on the title * The Spanish new car market starts the year all guns blazing: up a flamboyant 28% year-on-year in January to…
The new model lifts the VW Passat back onto the Swedish podium. * See the Top 221 All-models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title * Excellent start of the year for new car sales in Sweden, up 9% in January to 20,408 registrations and marking 13 consecutive months…
The i20 enables Hyundai to double its sales year-on-year in France. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The French new car market halts a streak of three consecutive months of year-on-year declines in January by improving 6% on a…
2014 is the year of the Small SUV in Europe: Renault Captur (+91% to #15), Peugeot 2008 (+125% to #23) and Opel Mokka (+79% to #29) all impress, only the Ford Ecosport disappoints. * See the Top 360 All-models and Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title * Complete European…
Audi Q3 sales are up 113% in Finland in 2014. * See the Top 284 All-models and Top 44 All-brands rankings here * For the first time on BSCB I can share with you All-models and All-brands rankings for Finland over the Full Year 2014, giving us a unique insight…
The Skoda Octavia accounts for 7% of all new passenger cars sold in Hungary this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The Hungarian new passenger car market is up 11% year-on-year in January to 4,898 registrations, up 18% to 6,254…
The JAC J5 is the 8th most produced vehicle in Iran this month. * See the Top 13 most produced models by clicking on the title * Iranian production figures are now in for January, roughly equivalent to Dey, the 10th month of the year 1393 in the Persian calendar.…
The Opel Mokka reaches a best-ever #14 European ranking in December... * See the Top 345 All-models and Top 58 All-brands by clicking on the title * After exploring the Top 10 brands and models for December, it is now time to look at complete rankings. Brand-wise, Nissan (+30%), Seat…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands here * After exploring the Top 50 models and All-brands for Italy over the Full Year 2014, we can now extend the scope to the Top 150 models, where we can list down the most popular all-new…
Private number plates are a popular purchase amongst the rich and super rich. As a number plate combination can only be produced once, this makes certain number plates such as short number plates, and number plates that spell out popular words highly sought after amongst the rich and super rich…
Can the new model revive Ford Mondeo sales in Italy? * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands here * As is the tradition on BSCB with a one month-delay I can share with you much more detail on the Italian models ranking. Beyond the familiar Top…
Toyota Yaris (Chinese model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 193 All-models and Top 40 All-brands * Catastrophic year for new car sales in Thailand: as soon as the government's "first car" incentive program was ditched in mid-2013, the market has fallen back to 2011 levels. If a very strong first…