Renault Symbol * NOW UPDATED with the Top 280 All-models & Top 42 All-brands rankings! Click on title to see * Thanks to Erzincem and Furkan I can share Turkish sales with you well in advance this month and in fact only 3 days after publishing February data! The new car market…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 280 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * That's it. The heavyweight of European new car sales is now officially in recession: the German market is down a horrid 17% year-on-year in March to 281,184 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 673,957 units,…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! The Spanish car market is definitely stuck in recession: down another 14% year-on-year in March to 72,711 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 180,846 units, down 11% on 2012 and only just…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Never since BestSellingCarsBlog was created in October 2010 had the South African been down year-on-year... This time has come, with March sales down 2% to 54,946 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 537 new vehicles found a buyer in Iceland in March and there is one standout winner this month: the Skoda Octavia with 74 sales and 13.8% share! This figure alone would have nearly enabled it…
Volvo V40 pedestrian airbag Whether you’re travelling on two wheels or four, staying safe on the road should always be a priority. To supplement the basic procedures which drivers should follow when on the roads, improvements in vehicle safety have also been made – but what are some of the…
Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 9 All-pick-ups ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of 1-ton pick-up sales in Thailand, where most of them are manufactured for the rest of the world. 49,811 new pick-ups found a buyer…
Citroen C-Elysee * See the Top 214 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks to Ran at www.cartube.co.il * The Israeli new car market is down 13% year-on-year in March to 17,831 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 57,249 units, now in negative compared to 2012 at -3%. Passed by the…
Kia Rio * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Shock, horror: for the first time in 3 years and the establishment of scrappage schemes in April 2010, the Russian new car market is actually down year-on-year this month at -4% to…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After showing a flicker of hope last month (+7%) and at mid-March (+3%), the Greek market is back to hell: at just 4,480 registrations it is down 9% on March 2012 which was itself down…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * No light at the end of the tunnel yet for Dutch new car sales, down 31% year-on-year in March to 35,890 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 115,843 units, down 30% on 2012. This…
VW Beetle * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of imported models in Japan are up a very healthy 7% year-on-year over the first Quarter of 2013 to 85,596 registrations, 21.9% of which are Japanese models produced abroad and reimported into the country.…
Suzuki Spacia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Kei car ranking is for once relatively eventful this month in Japan. For the first time since last September and only the third time in the last 19 months the Suzuki Wagon R, which led the…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Seventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in Japan, down 16% to 420,069 registrations. The top of the models ranking is extremely stable this month: the Toyota Aqua continues to amaze the…
Can't be clearer... * Click on the title to see the full article! * This is Part 2 of 3 special reports on the Manila International Auto Show 2013. You can check Part 1 – an overview of the Filipino car market and its perspectives for the near future here.…