Ford sales are up 41.5% year-on-year in November. New light vehicle sales in Turkiye advance 5.3% year-on-year to 121,094, a new record for the month. The year-to-date tally is now off -0.5% on the record pace of 2023 at 1,068,260. Fiat (-17.2%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date despite…
Turkiye is the only market in the world where the Peugeot 408 is successful. 97,274 new light vehicles hit Turkish roads in October, a -4% year-on-year decline but still the 2nd biggest October volume in history. As a result, the year-to-date volume is 947,166, off -1.2% on the same period…
Renault sales are up 247.8% in January. Pictured is the Taliant. It's yet another record in Turkiye with January sales up a whopping 56.6% year-on-year to 79,701, eclipsing the previous January best of 50,894 established just last year. Fiat (+18.8%) keeps the brands top spot but vastly trails the market…
The Togg T10X peaked at #3 overall in December. Consult 30 years of Turkish Historical Data here. It's an exceptional year for new light vehicle sales in Turkey. Every single month was at a record level as car buyers rush to purchase a vehicle in a high inflation context, hoping…
Whereas we traditionally test drive best-selling vehicles, we'll make an exception this time with the Peugeot 408. Since its launch in July 2022, it has sold just 6,448 units in France, well below its competitor the Renault Arkana. (even though Peugeot calls the 408 a cross berline vs. a SUV…
Haval sells a record 136.522 units in December. Only Volkswagen and Hyundai do better. * See the Top 75 China-made brands and Top 422 models by clicking on the title * If you thought all records that could possibly be broken already have in China this year, think again. Consumers take…
Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
UAZ Patriot sales are up 2% on March 2014. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title * The precarious state of the Russian new car market is reaching new lows in March: down 42.5% year-on-year to just 139,850 registrations, bringing the first…
The JAC Refine S3 outsells all foreign SUVs in China this month. * See the Top 343 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * New light vehicles sales are up 5% year-on-year in China to 1.775.300 units in November, and once again the entire market is single-handedly lifted by…
Peugeot 2008 at the Paris Auto Show 2014 * See the Full interview by clicking on the title! * After DS, I can now share with you an interview I had the privilege to conduct with Marc Bocqué, World Press and External Relation Manager for Peugeot. I last interviewed Marc…
VW Santana * See the Top 327 All-local models and Top 64 brands by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of slowing down for the Chinese new car market, with May up another 8.5% to 1.91 million units across all segments, bringing the year-to-date total to 9.84 million units,…
VW Polo takes the lead of Belorussian sales charts in 2014. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 models, Top 20 LCV & brands! Thanks Bad_q/Austin * * Check out 1970-2013 Belorussian Historical Data here! * The Belorussian new car market is up a fantastic 40% year-on-year in 2013 to…
The Chevrolet Cobalt ranks #26 in Russia in December. * See the Top 350 All-models ranking table by clicking on the title! Thanks Alexander * Very exciting times today! For the very first time on BSCB I can share with you a monthly all-models ranking for Russia. This is particularly…
The Opel Astra is extremely popular in Yekaterinburg. This is part 4 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now travelling a further 940 km East to Yekaterinburg, where the car landscape is once again very different from the…
Lada Zhiguli * See the Full Photo Report and my estimated Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * Over the last couple of weeks I have been backpacking my way along the Trans-Siberian railway, hopping on and off the train and discovering very different car landscapes along the…