I predict the Peugeot 208 will be the best-selling car in France in 2013, but just. * See my forecast for the Top 10 best-selling models in 2013 by clicking on the title! * After Australia where I live, I will now venture a 2013 best-selling models forecast for France…
Mitsubishi i-MiEV * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rainer * Thanks to Rainer and data published by Estonian website Maanteeamet, it looks like Estonia will now become a monthly rendezvous on BSCB! New car sales are down 8% year-on-year in November at…
The Suzuki SX4 has been #1 in Latvia for the last 2 months. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Latvia are back into positive territory in October at +3% year-on-year to 1,003 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,996…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Slovenian new car market suffers once again in October at -18% year-on-year to 3,738 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 42,445 units, down 17% on 2011. For the third consecutive month and the 8th…
Renault Clio IV. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 160 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in France are down 8% year-on-year in October to 162,411 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,593,920 units, down 13% on 2011. Note…
Citroen C4. Picture courtesy of L'Argus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * October is shaping up to be quite an unusual month for new car sales in France. Over the first 3 weeks, the market is down a drastic…
Nissan Juke. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the first time in 2012, the Latvian new car market is down year-on-year in September at 744 registrations (-20%), bringing the year-to-date total to 7,995 units, up…
Renault Clio 4. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 200 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The French new car market is now behaving dangerously similarly to the Italian and Spanish ones, down 18% year-on-year in September to 136,859 registrations, the biggest fall…
Nissan Juke. Picture by eneade, all rights reserved. * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Over the first 8 months of 2012, the Latvian new passenger car market is up 6% year-on-year to 7,251 registrations, including 894 in August (+4%). The battle for the…
Peugeot 208. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is down by 'just' 7% over the period, thanks to good performances of Peugeot (+26%), Citroen (+11%), Toyota (+5%), #2 foreign brand behind Volkswagen…
Nearly one third of Citroen DS5 sold in France are hybrids. * See the Top 4 best-selling hybrids by clicking on the title! * Up until now, the hybrid technology had not really made its mark in the French market. With the first deliveries of the Toyota Yaris Hybrid, things look…
Peugeot 5008 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Over the first 6 months of 2012, new car sales in Latvia are up 7% compared to the same period in 2011 at 5,462 registrations. While the Nissan Juke had managed to grab the pole…
Renault Megane * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of recovery for the Spanish car market: sales are down 8% year-on-year in May to 72,514 registrations, the second worst month of May in the last 20 years after the 71,168 units…
Dacia Duster. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish car market continues on its excellent run, up 7% year-on-year in April to 27,291 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 115,200 units, up 11% on 2011.…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with actuals! See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French car market significantly slows down its fall in April at just -1.6% year-on-year to 166,632 registrations, now that the comparison with a scrappage scheme-boosted Q1 2011 is over. The…