Down 32% year-on-year but back on the podium: the Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to LMC Automotive I can now share with you more detail about the Chinese car market, including the Top 10 best-selling Light Commercial Vehicles which is a…
Honda holds 13.2% of the Malaysian car market (Thailand City pictured). * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up 13% year-on-year in May to 55,939 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 274,581 units, up 6% on 2013. Perodua…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 238 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Traditionally with a little delay, Slovak data is now available for April with a total of 6,431 new light vehicles for the month country-wide, adding up to 24,564 units year-to-date including LCVs. The top sellers confirm…
Dongfeng Xiaokang V27 I will resume shortly my Strategy Series "How can Chinese brands unlock their home market?", but first a piece of information that could have a big impact on Chinese manufacturers in the near future. According to Autonews China, last month President Xi Jinping's leadership team announced a plan to…
The Ford Mondeo is one of China's best-selling all-new models in 2014. If you are a regular BSCB reader you will know by now that the future growth potential of the Chinese market lies in secondary cities and countryside regions. Another illustration of this potential is the race for dealerships…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Weak start of the month for new car sales in France in June with a market down 5% year-on-year. Even though intermediary rankings are always to be taken with a pinch of salt…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Sandro * For the first time in 18 months and thanks to Sandro I can share with you official data for Panama over the Full Year 2013. Better late than never as they say! The…
Kabul laughter. Picture courtesy of Paul Lehmann, Kabul Afghanistan June 2014 Just a quick Photo Snapshot from around the world today: 3 pictures taken this week at very different locations. It's not all doom and gloom in Kabul, Afghanistan where 4 men somehow managing to fit on one motorbike can't…
Thanks to the Captur, Renault is up 16% in May. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 10 models and Top 25 brands! Click on title to see * If 2013 marked 6 consecutive years of decline and worst levels in 20 years for the European new car market, 2014 is…
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,…