The VW ID.3 is the best-selling vehicle in the Netherlands for the second month running. Picture autoweek.nl New car sales in the Netherlands drop -14.3% year-on-year in November to 33.499 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.3% to 313.501. Volkswagen (-12%) easily remains the most popular carmaker in the…
The Kia Niro is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in August. Starting off a high comparison base as August 2019 was the second largest ever score for the month, new car sales in Sweden drop -13.4% year-on-year this month to 25.522 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -21.3% to…
Kia (+26.3%) posts the largest gain in the Top 20 in July. The Swedish new car market manages to drastically reduce its fall in July to just -4% year-on-year at 22.718 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.5% to 148.403. Helping a lot are sales of rechargeable vehicles (EV…
The Geely Binyue is above 10.000 sales for its first appearance in Chinese charts. After exploring November China wholesales, we now shed some light on all the new locally produced launches hitting dealerships for the month so you are up-to-date on the fastest-evolving market in the world. Note these updates remain…
The Chevrolet Spark is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in January. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Colombian new car market is down 4.6% year-on-year in January to 16.447 registrations, its lowest January level since 2010 (14.788). Leader…
The Holden Commodore sold a record 94.642 units in Australia in 1998. * See the Top 65 most successful nameplates in Australia by clicking on the title * This ranking has now been updated with 2015 figures and official data spanning the past 30 years. In 2015, no less than…
The Mazda2 now leads its segment in Australia. * See the Top 295 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition every quarter on BSCB, I can now share with you an All-models ranking for Australia. A very dynamic market up 4% year-on-year to 277,594 registrations over the…
Runaway success: the Honda HR-V in Thailand. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 9 brands by clicking on the title * Sadly, the Thai new car market continues to sink deeper into recession with another harsh 13% year-on-year drop in January to just 59,721 registrations. Toyota remains…
The new generation propels the Mazda2 up to #8 in Switzerland this month. * See the Top 35 brands and Top 328 All-models by clicking on the title * Amidst the stock market turmoil created by the sudden increase in value of the swiss franc against the euro (+23% on…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling model in Israel in January. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 244 All-models by clicking on the title * The Israeli new car market starts 2015 nicely: up 24% year-on-year in January to 33,630 registrations. The brands ranking, usually relatively stable in Israel, is…
The Chinese Chevrolet Cruze now looks very different to the rest of the world. * See the Top 362 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * Surprise surge of new car sales in China in December: up 12% to 2.41 million units, a new monthly volume record in China.…
The Toyota Harrier is up to #8 at home this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling models and All-local brands by clicking on the title! * Note this article also contains KEI cars data below the jump. Thanks Stephen. Another month in the red for new passenger car sales…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 234 All-models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks www.cartube.co.il * New car sales in Israel are down 7% year-on-year in August to 18,236 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still frankly in positive territory: up 14% on 2013 to 173,810 units. Brand-wise, in…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to data provided by SEMO Cyprus and analysed by INNOSOFT, I can share with you the models ranking for Cyprus over the first 6 months of 2014. Over the period new car sales are up 17%…
Urumqi street scene (Click on any image to enlarge) After Beijing and Chongqing, we now travel to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region at the extreme West of China. As described in my previous article The cars of Chongqing - Central China, the Chinese hinterland is going to absorb most…