Mercedes now produces the AMG A-Class in China. Since February 2018, BSCB has been the only non-Chinese media to analyse complete retail sales data - or registrations - for China, as an additional monthly update to our years-long coverage of wholesales data, or factory shipments. The latter can be inflated by…
BMW scores its first #1 imported brand ranking in exactly a year in China. Sales of imported cars in China freefall -24.8% year-on-year in January to 81.906 units. BMW (-18.6%) ends 11 consecutive months of Lexus domination to reclaim the brands top spot like in January 2019. Lexus (+3.2%) is…
Hyundai sales are up 42.7% in January and the Tucson ranks #3. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan start the year in spectacular fashion, with January volumes up 20.5% year-on-year to 5.344. Hyundai (+42.7%) easily outpace the galloping market to secure a 5th consecutive monthly win at 21.3% share, not far…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in January. After impressive rebounds last September (+82.3%), October (+127.5%) and to December (+16.5%), the Turkish new light vehicle market confirms it is on the mend with January registrations up 89.7% year-on-year to 27.273 units. Given January 2019 was down 59%,…
Toyota sales surge 45.4% year-on-year in January in Slovakia. 06/04 update: Now with Top 10 models. New car sales in Slovakia drop -5.1% year-on-year in January to 6.733 registrations. Brand leaders Skoda (+16.9%) and Volkswagen (+24%) go completely against the grain and post fantastic double-digit gains leading them to 24.1%…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 6th time in the past 7 months. 3/03 update: Now with the Top 60 models. The Finnish new car market remains depressed in this start of 2020 with January registrations down another -8.3% to 10.672 units after January 2019 endured a…
Suzuki Ertiga sales surge 178.3% year-on-year in Indonesia in January. 09/06 update: Now with 135 All-models. New vehicle sales in Indonesia manage to contain their loss to -3% to 79.983 units. Toyota (-3.9%) follows the market to 30.2% share vs. 32.2% over the FY2019, as does Daihatsu (-4%) back to…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Hungary in January. Hungary is one of the rare European Union market to be in positive in January, edging up 4.1% year-on-year to 10.113 units (11.891 including LCVs), but the brands ranking gets completely reshuffled by the new emissions average EU rules.…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in January. The Ukrainian new car market shoots up 34.5% year-on-year in January to 7.072 units. Toyota (+91%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to easily step up to the brands pole position for the first time since last June with 17.1%…
Kia soars to #1 Passenger Car brand and #2 overall in 2019. Discover a decade's worth of Tunisian Historical Data here. 2/03 update: Now with the Top 40 PC brands and Top 50 PC models. New vehicle sales in Tunisia skid again in 2019 at -4.2% to 49.216 registrations. The market drop…
Tesla is back up to #6 in Hong Kong thanks to the launch of the Model 3. Discover one decade of Hong Kong historical data here. New car sales in Hong Kong sink -9.5% year-on-year in 2019 to 38.299 units, hampered by social movements in the territory that crippled dealership…
The Toyota RAV4 its the best-selling vehicle in Puerto Rico in 2019. Discover 30 years of Puerto Rican Historical Data here. New car sales in Puerto Rico an unincorporated state of the United States, are not accounted for in the U.S. updates and therefore are treated in separate articles in…
The Dacia Sandero repeats at #1 in Kosovo in 2019. Picture quattroruote.it. For the third year in a row we can share with you exclusive sales data for Kosovo, a market edging down -1.1% year-on-year in 2019 to 3.608. The two most popular nameplates are the same as in 2018:…
The Jeep Wrangler is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Today we welcome a new market on BSCB. The U.S. Virgin Islands is an unincorporated U.S. territory located east of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea and home to 107.000 inhabitants. It is not to be confused with…