Norway is the only country in the world to welcome the BMW i3 among its 10 best-sellers. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models and All-brands! Thanks Jan * Norwegian new car sales are down 2% year-on-year in August to 11,444 registrations, however the year-to-date total remains in positive…
Up to a record 13th place in August: the Opel Mokka. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models and Top 44 brands - see title * The good news is the Italian new car market is stable year-on-year in August at 53,697 registrations. The bad news is August…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 175 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Netherlands are down a worrying 9% year-on-year to 25,722 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 254,450 units, down 6% on 2013. Volkswagen remains the most popular…
The Peugeot 308 continues to climb up the European ranking: #14 in July. * See the Top 333 best-selling models and Top 52 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into the Top 10 models and brands we get to explore into…
The new gen Peugeot 308 SW is off to a great start at home. * See the Full Snapshot by clicking on the title! * After Barcelona we go to France where I spent a large part of the past month between the Nice area and Paris. I'm calling this update…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 30 brands and Top 163 All-models by clicking on the title! Thanks Kalo * New car sales in Bulgaria are down 2% year-on-year in July to 1,974 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up on 2013 at an estimated 15,104 units, up 10%.…
The e-Up electric variant pushes the VW Up onto the Norwegian podium this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models and Top 35 brands! Thanks Jan * The Norwegian new car market is up 3% both in July to 11,690 registrations and year-to-date at 84,075 units. Tremendous month…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * Another month in negative for the Dutch new car market, down 2% year-on-year in July to 29,867 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 228,856 units, down 5% on 2013. Down…
First Top 20 ranking in the world for the Citroen C4 Cactus at #20 at home in France. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Now updated with final Citroen C4 Cactus sales The French new car market is definitely…
Toyota Aygo * See the Top 130 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Shock, horror: for the first time in years, the Danish new car market is down year-on-year, granted by a tiny 0.4% to 14,267 registrations in July. Rest assured the year-to-date tally is still very much…
The Audi A3 reaches its highest ever year-to-date ranking in Europe at #9. * See the Top 356 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * Check also: China First Half 2014: Santana makes it 4 Volkswagens in Top 6 USA First Half 2014: Top two…
The Renault Mégane is up 20 spots on May to #12 this month in Europe. * See the Top 340 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after going through the June Top 10 where the main event was the…
Renault Captur * See the Top 320 All-models and Top 50 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * Including commercial vehicles, 47,780 new cars found a buyer in Belgium in June, adding up to 318,746 halfway through 2014. The Belgian models ranking is once again rather unique this month: the…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
Dacia Logan MCV * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * Euphoric times for new car sales in Romania, now up 75% year-on-year in June to 6,947 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 31,225 units, up 27% on 2013. The…