The rules of the road are there to keep everybody safe and you ignore them at your peril. While you should always drive to the best of your ability, there are several rules which, if broken, are likely to have the worst of consequences. Speed Always be aware of the…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 90 best-selling models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Not so great news coming from Romania in October: the new car market is down a harsh 18% year-on-year to 5,594 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 46,667 units, down 17%…
A record 21,222 Haval H6 found a buyer in China this month. * See the Top 314 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Euphoric days continue in China: the total market is up a whopping 20% year-on-year in October to 1.93 million units, the best monthly result since…
The Infiniti Q50 ranks #190, the second best-selling all-new model in 2013. * See the Top 278 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the October sales data, as is the tradition on BSCB we try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts.…
Lifan X60 * See the Top 20 most produced models by clicking on the title! * Every month I share with you local Iranian production figures as sales data is unavailable, however this is a pretty accurate picture of what cars are the most popular in the country as imports…
BMW 4 Series * See the Top 165 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hong Kong (China) are up a splendid 17% year-on-year in October to 4,364 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,538 units, up 12% on 2012. For the first time since…
Toyota Corolla * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 all-brands! See title * Another very impressive month for new car sales in New Zealand: up 14% on October 2012 (which was already up 33% on 2011!) to 10,696 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 94,060…
Mercedes holds over 20% of the Singaporean market this month. * See the Top 28 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore are down a horrid 28% year-on-year in October to just 1,641 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 18,743 units, down 20% on…
Suzuki Cultus in Neelum Valley, Pakistan. Picture by Black-Z-ro, all rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, each month I share with you the sales of locally produced models provided by the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association, a…
The new generation pushes the Toyota Corolla to #17 this month. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * And it's now been 8 months in a row of year-on-year decline for Russian new car sales, down 8% in October to 234,481…
The Audi A3 ranks on the German podium for only the second time ever this month. * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Steam * Would Germany, still by far Western Europe's largest car market, have turned the corner also? October…
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 6th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for Venezuelan new car sales in October, and it's no small one: down a harsh 26% to just 8,057 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 90,007 units, down 18% on…
Holden Commodore * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 models and Top 45 all-brands! Click on title to see * The Australian new car market experiences its biggest year-on-year fall in 20 months and 2nd decrease in a row in October, down 3% to 92,620 registrations, however the year-to-date total…
The Nissan Pulsar is the most popular all-new model in 2013 at #21. * See the Top 297 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Like every Quarter I can share with you an all-models ranking for Australia which enables us to get the full picture in this very…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Bill * The Greek new car market has alternated positive and negative months almost at every turn so far in 2013, so it won't come as a surprise to see October…