The Peugeot 2008 is now among Europe's Top 20 best-sellers in 2014. * See the Top 346 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * As is now the (new) tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed monthly figures for March we explore the year-to-date rankings…
VW Tiguan * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * It's not quite full-on recovery territory for Germany yet with sales down 4% year-on-year in April to 274,097 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 985,850 units, up 3% on 2013. Below the…
The Fiat 500L is up to #2 in 2014 at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 45 All-brands! * The Italian new car market is up a very shy 2% year-on-year in April to 119,803 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
The Peugeot 308 II reaches a best-ever 6th place at home this month. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is lazily letting himself back into positive territory (how's that for a French image?) with…
Fiat Ducato * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 12 brands by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales in France are up 2% year-on-year in April to 33,454 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 124,472 units, down 0.6% on 2013. Spring suits the Fiat…
The VW Golf is back to the year-to-date pole position in Norway * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models & Top 30 brands! Thanks Jan * Whereas the European market is slowly waking up from 6 years of lethargy, new car sales in Norway are down a surprisingly harsh…
The Citroen C3 starts the month well at home. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales are up 3.5% year-on-year in France over the first 9 days of April, and as is the tradition Renault starts weakly (#3 brand)…
Audi A3 sales are up 67% in Europe so far in 2014. * See the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 58 brands by clicking on the title! * Today we inaugurate a new series on BSCB: on top of the US and Chinese market, I will now analyse the…
At +75% the Citroen C4 Picasso delivers the biggest year-on-year gain in the Top 50 this month. * See the Top 343 All-models & Top 58 brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring the Top 10 models and Top 30 brands for February, a couple of weeks of wait…
Peugeot 2008 * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 16 brands by clicking on the title! * Very encouraging figures for new car sales in France in March: up 9% year-on-year to 179,871 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 446,615 units, up 3% on 2013. However because of…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Would the French new car market finally see the light at the end of a stagnation tunnel? Sales are up a very healthy 11% year-on-year over the first 19 days of March and…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #2 at home in France so far in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year over the first 12 days of March, bringing the year-to-date total…
Mercedes A-Class * See the Top 191 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * Another heart-warming month for the Portuguese new car market: February is up 40% year-on-year to 10,546 registrations, the 8th consecutive month of year-on-year gain, bringing the year-to-date total to 19,807…
Peugeot 308 II in Cannes, France. I'm taking advantage of a short stay in the South of France to update you all quickly on the French car landscape. Last time I was here was in September 2013, and I then saw "a surprising amount of Peugeot 2008 but not as…
VW Tiguan * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market continues to display outstanding health in this early 2014: up a fantastic 33% year-on-year to 35,573 registrations including LCVs. Skoda (13.8%), Volkswagen (10.7%) and Toyota (8.4%)…