"Obama" aka Dodge Charger * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Yesterday I had the pleasure to attend a Webinar from Business Monitor International about the Top 10 Emerging engines of growth in the Automotive industry, so I will write a few articles about these markets…
Toyota Prius v * See the worldwide sales of Toyota/Lexus hybrid models in detail by clicking on the title! * Toyota announced today that it has sold its one millionth hybrid for 2012 during October, with the total worldwide hybrid sales for the group this year standing at 1,028,900 after…
Nissan Leaf * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Norwegian new car sales buck the overall European trend and are up a solid 7% year-on-year in October to 12,413 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 116,612 registrations, up 2% on 2011. As usual…
BMW 1 Series * NOW UPDATED with the Top 43 All-brands ranking! Click on title to see * I have listened to your feedback dear readers and will try and add more information about the best-selling brands when I can. This update is brought to you by Express Insurance. Click…
The VW Up! is getting dangerously close to the German Top 10... * See the Top 309 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is up 0.5% year-on-year in October to 259,529 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,618,327 units, down 2% on 2011. For…
Ford C-Max * See the Top 47 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After looking at overall October and 10 months 2012 US rankings, let's explore in detail the best-selling Hybrid and Electric cars. This segment has seen its sales nearly double year-on-year at 40,678 units, up 95%…
Buick Verano * See the Top 277 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After exploring US October sales, as per the monthly routine on BSCB we are now going through the year-to-date rankings in a little more detail to try and extract longer term trends. Over the first…
Hyundai HB20 * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Brazilian new car market is up a massive 24% year-on-year in October to 326,917 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,993,696 units, up 7% on 2011. This month the VW Gol takes a clear…
2013 Renault Fluence * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual we are getting Turkish sales figures with one month delay, and September is up a very encouraging 24% year-on-year to 49,360 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 379,617 units, down 8% on…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 20 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Thanks to Luka I can now update the Croatian models ranking with actuals. Third consecutive month below 2,000 new car registrations in Croatia: October is down a horrid 36% year-on-year to 1,997…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'regular' new vehicles are down 9% year-on-year in October in Japan to 225,543 units, all-in-all a softer drop than expected given the end of the government's incentive program for eco-friendly cars. The year-to-date…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After 9 consecutive months of year-on-year decline, the Greek new car market is up 2% year-on-year in October and for the first time in 2012, to a still extremely shy 5,111 registrations. This brings the…
Toyota Camry * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands ranking * The Australian new car market is on fire again in October: up 12% year-on-year to 95,584 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 918,258 units, up 10% on 2011 and now almost certain to beat the all-time Full…
Fiat Panda * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models: click on title to see! * The new car market in Italy is down 12% year-on-year in October to 117,840 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,214,405 units, down 20% on 2011. And it's a very eventful month…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Czech new car sales are up a trend-bucking 7% year-on-year in October to 15,963 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 147,022 units, up 3% on 2011. After 26 consecutive months of Skoda Octavia domination and…