DS 5LS On June 1, PSAPeugeot Citroen appointed the first ever CEO for the premium DS brand: Yves Bonnefont, PSA's former director of group strategy. DS is already a stand-alone brand in China and set to become the same in Europe as well, tasking Bonnefont with elevating it from a tiny-but-successful…
First podium ranking for the Lada Largus in Kazakhstan and the world. * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Irina * Shock, horror: until recently the world's fastest growing car market, Kazakhstan new car sales are down year-on-year for the first time…
VW Golf GTI old and new (US versions shown) This question is as old as the automobile itself and different populations behave in very varied ways when it comes to responding to the 'buying new or used' question. For example in France, for each new car sold, 3 used cars…
Lamborghini Aventador Everyone remotely interested in cars has one car they only see themselves driving in their wildest dreams. It can be easier to achieve than you previously thought. Don't dismiss used If your dream car is a classic car, unless you purchased it when it was still on sale,…
The 1940 Bantam BRC40 is one of the ancestors of the Jeep. While Jeep had never before in its 73-year history topped 60,000 US sales in a month, it delivered an out-of-this world 70,203 in May, passing Kia, teasing Hyundai which also broke its all-time record this month, doubling Volkswagen…
Toyota Vios (Chinese model shown) * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Vietnamese new car market is up another massive 20% year-on-year in May to 9,849 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 44,133 units, up 26% on 2013. Boosted by the new model,…
The Suzuki Alto 800 is on sale in Uruguay, imported from India * See the Top 47 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * New car sales in Uruguay are down 10% year-on-year to 4,635 registrations in May, bringing the year-to-date total into negative at 21,427 units,…
Yet to come to Brazil, the new gen Renault Sandero is already on sale in Central Europe (above). * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 30 brands! * For the 6th time in the past 8 months, the Brazilian new car market is down year-one-year, although in…
If you have been a BSCB reader for the past year you will know about the Trans-Siberian Railway Photo Report I published between September and November 2013, describing the car landscape along the famous railway and going through St Petersburg, Moscow, Lake Baikal, Ulaanbaatar, the Gobi desert and Beijing among…
Fiat Abarth 500 (US model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 models and Top 60 brands! Click on title to see * Now that we have explored in detail the European models ranking for April we look into the evolution of the year-to-date sales charts to extract longer-term…
The Citroen C4 Cactus is knocking on the French Top 100's door this month. * See the Top 300 models & Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Mum+Dad * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in…
The VW Tiguan is up to a best-ever #12 in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 models and Top 55 brands! Click on title to see * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the April Top 10 we now have access to much more detailed…
Wuling Hongguang in Beijing * See the Top 348 All-models and Top 66 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the May sales figures in detail and focusing on the all-new models launched this month, we go through the year-to-date rankings to…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * How good does it feel to finally deliver good news about the Greek new car market month after month? Very good indeed. New registrations are up a spectacular 42% year-on-year in…
Nissan sales are up 29% in May in Canada. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 252 best-selling models and Top 33 brands! * The Canadian new car market continues to evolve at records heights: up 6% year-on-year in May to 195,571 registrations, simply the best May on record according to DesRosiers…