The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in July. New car sales in Finland advance 9.4% year-on-year in August to 7,666 units, bringing the year-to-date volume up 9.3% to 60,076. Toyota (+10.9%) remains on top of the brands ranking albeit with a shy 14.8% share vs. 17.2% so…
Surprise: The MG ZS is the best-selling vehicle in Spain in August. The Spanish new car market is up 7.8% year-on-year in August to 55,957 units as holidays impact volumes as usual. This enthusiasm must be damped by the fact the market remains down -27% on pre-pandemic August 2019. The…
The MG HS is up to #5 in Taiwan in July. The Taiwanese new light vehicle market edges up 2.9% year-on-year in August to 35,421 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 13.4% to 312,637. Toyota (+8.5%) remains by far the most successful brand in the country with 27.9% share.…
Ferrari is inside the Monaco Top 10 brands in 2022. 3,232 new cars found a buyer in Monaco in 2022. Mercedes is the most popular carmaker by far with a 18.2% share. Porsche is up to 2nd place at 10.6% of the market, dislodging Audi at 8.8%. Land Rover advances…
Suzuki is ultra dominant in Mauritius. It's another update on Mauritius as we now have access to H1 2023 data. 6,957 new vehicles found a buyer in the country over the period, a splendid 15.4% year-on-year progression on a record 2022 score. Suzuki widens the gap with the rest of…
The Chevrolet S10 just misses out on the overall pole position. The Paraguayan new vehicle market is down a steep -13.8% year-on-year over the First Half of 2023 to 14,564 units. Toyota stays on top of the brands ranking at 16% share vs. 15.7% over the Full Year 2022. It…
The Kia Soluto is the best-selling car in Ecuador so far this year. Ecuador is a new monthly addition on BSCB. New vehicle sales in this country are down -6.5% year-on-year over in July to 10,826 units. Yet thanks to a strong start of the year, the 7-months total is…
Suzuki is the best-selling carmaker in Mauritius in 2022. New vehicle sales in Mauritius surge 28.4% year-on-year in 2022 to 12,271 units, a new all-time record volume eclipsing the previous best of 11,317 established in 2018. Suzuki (+92.4%) almost doubles its year-ago volume to snap the top spot with 19%…
The Skoda Scala hits a record 2nd place in Serbia. According to data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market falls -2.2% year-on-year to 2,965 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1.8% to 18,026 sales. The Skoda Octavia (-0.6%) stays atop the…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to #2 in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Bosnian new car market soaring 26.6% year-on-year in July to 1,086 sales. This brings the year-to-date volume up up 27.8% to 6,941. The Skoda Octavia (+64.3%) remains by far the…
The Kia Sportage is #1 in Moldova both in July and YTD. Based on data shared with us by our Central European market data partner CE Auto, the Moldovan new car market edges down -1% year-on-year in July to 742 sales. This is a strong result as July 2022 was up 24% on…
The Skoda Scala is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in July. According to data by our Eastern European partner CE Auto, new car sales in North Macedonia are stable in July at +0.8% year-on-year to 488 units. This is however a poor result given July 2022 was down -23.8% on the year…
The Chinese continue to add new brands to an already long list, with 8 additional marques bringing the total up to 199. Notice most of the brands launched this time belong to well known, large manufacturers. This time, additions are Aion - not a subbrand of GAC anymore, Cao Cao…
The Mazda CX-30 is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia again. The Colombian new car market continues to implode in July at -43.5% year-on-year to just 13,146 units, as low as 26 years ago in 1997 (13,427). This brings the year-to-date total to 104,015, off 29.3% over the same period last…
Skoda places five models in the Top 8. The Slovak new car market rallies back up 28.6% year-on-year in July to 8,001 sales, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 15.8% to 53,458. Skoda (+36.8%) outpaces the surging market to 19.4% share while Kia (+4.3%) is a lot more muted but…