The VW ID.7 scores its first Top 10 finish in the world in Sweden. 25,725 new cars found a buyer in Sweden in September, a -8.6% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date volume is now down -7.9% to 193,391 units. EV sales are off -7.7% year-on-year to 11,535 and 44.8% share vs.…
The Tesla Model Y is back atop the Swedish charts. It's another difficult month for Swedish new car sales, off -20.3% year-on-year in August to 19,036 units. This brings the year-to-date volume to -7.8% and 167,667 registrations. Rechargeable cars hold a 56% market share this month, vs. 60.1% in August…
The Renault Megane E-Tech signs its first ever monthly win in the word. The Danish new car market is up a splendid 27% year-on-year in April to 15,323 sales, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +0.4% and 52,244 units. Peugeot (+743.2%) spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking, up…
The Citroen C3 is up to #6 year-to-date. The Belgium new car market continues on its fantastic run with a 25.4% year-on-year lift in September to 38,906. The year-to-date volume is now up 31.8% to 374,848. We are still 14.7% below the pre-pandemic result for the first 9 months of…
The Dongfeng Glory is by far the most popular vehicle in Ethiopia. For the first time ever on BSCB we have access to official sales data for Ethiopia, over the first 9 months of 2022. The models ranking is quite unique with a strong Chinese presence. By far the best-seller…
The Renault Clio V is the best-selling vehicle in France in April. 13/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands and Top 286 All-models. New car sales in France are up 568.8% year-on-year in April to 140.426 units, reflecting the strict national lockdown in place in April 2020 and lifting the…
Italy was under a nationwide lockdown during all of April. 26/06 update: Now with Top 120 YTD models. As we anticipated last week, the Italian new car market has ground to an almost complete halt in April as the country was under one of the world's strictest COVID-19 lockdowns during…
Peugeot sports the slimmest drop among the Top 13 brands. The closure of non-essential businesses across Ireland from March 13 as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus means Irish new car sales fall -63% year-on-year in March to just 6.173 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -20.4%…
The Peugeot 2008 II breaks into its home Top 5 for the first time in February. 19/03 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. The French new car market records a second consecutive month in negative in February at a much more palatable -2.7% year-on-year to 167.785 units, leading to…
The Isuzu D-Max snaps its first win in Thailand since last April. 17/03 update: Now with the Top 13 models and official sales for 50 models. The Thai new vehicle market skids down -8.2% year-on-year in January to 71.688 registrations. Toyota (-24.4%) freefalls to 28.2% share vs. 32.9% over the…
The Peugeot 208 hits a record 7% share in January, 1 in 4 sold being the e-208. 11/02 update: Now with Top 270 All-models. 4/02 update: Now with Top 10 EV models. After an artificially bloated December (+27.7%), French January sales logically fall back -13.4% to 134.232 units, the weakest…
The Sandero (+12%) helps Dacia hit a record 6th place in Spain in August. The Spanish new car market logically falls -29% year-on-year in August because one year ago the market was artificially boosted up 49% by pre-WLTP stock clearing registrations. A better comparison set is August 2017, and this…
The Peugeot 208 and Citroen C3 are the best-selling models in France in July. 27/08/2019 update: Now with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 353 All-models. If the June -8.4% fall appeared higher than it really was due to two less selling days vs. June 2018, the situation is reversed…
The Mercedes E-Class is the best-selling foreign nameplate in South Korea in 2018. The South Korea Full Year 2018 article has now been updated with the Top 100 foreign models ranking. It shows the Mercedes E-Class (+9.6%) cementing its lead and edging past 35.500 sales, now over 12.000 units above its…
The Fiat Egea has now been the #1 vehicle in Turkey for 3 consecutive years. Consult 25 years of Turkish Historical Data here. It's a year to forget for new light vehicle sales in Turkey. In August, inflation reached 18% – a 15-year high – and the Turkish lira had…