Picture by Teemu R. All rights reserved. * You can see the original article by clicking on the title! * In October 2011 I reported that car purchase was finally legalised in Cuba after over 50 years of tight restrictions country-wide. However at the time I had expressed reservations as to how…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #13 this month in Europe. Is the Top 10 for next month? * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 best-selling models and Top 57 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the May Top 10 we now have access to much more…
Chevrolet Silverado * See the Top 267 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through US June figures we now explore year-to-date data to try and extract longer-term trends. Halfway through 2014, the US light vehicle market is up a…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Switzerland are not getting the lift witnessed in most of Western Europe: at 27,819 registrations, June 2014 is down 6% on June 2013 which was itself down…
The Toyota Vios is the most popular vehicle in Vietnam for the 2nd month running. * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Vietnam are still going strong: up a massive 32% year-on-year in June to 10,853 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 192 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Roberto * No sign of improvement for new car sales in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in June: down 16% on June 2013 to 7,916 registrations, which is the the harshest…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because of its definition in this country: are counted as private the cars sold to private buyers. Demo cars, rental cars and long-term leases are not counted as…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to data provided by SEMO Cyprus and analysed by INNOSOFT, I can share with you the models ranking for Cyprus over the first 6 months of 2014. Over the period new car sales are up 17%…
The 2014 VW Passat has just been unveiled. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down 2% year-on-year in June to 277,614 registrations, and as the biggest market in the continent, this means the…
Hyundai Sonata sales are up 30% in June thanks to the new model. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 38 brands & Top 15 groups! * After a fantastic month of May, most analysts had predicted the US new light vehicle market to decline year-on-year in June. Nope.…
Maruti Wagon R * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Is this the rebound everyone had been waiting for? After gaining ground for the first time in almost a year last month, in June new car sales in India are…
Ford Courier * See the Top 259 All-models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Yarım Debriyaj * The new light vehicle market in Turkey is in distress: down 19% year-on-year in June to just 60,163 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 286,861 units, down 25% on 2013. After…
First appearance of the Peugeot 108 in the Danish sales charts this month. * See the Top 130 best-selling models and Top 34 brands by clicking on the title! * Danish new car sales are up a meagre 0.1% year-on-year in June to 17,572 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Hyundai i20 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 48 brands by clicking on the title! * Not a good month for new car sales in Austria: down 7% year-on-year in June to 29,100 units which brings the year-to-date total to 166,607 sales, down 3% on 2013. For…