Subaru Forester * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 13 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The Japanese new car market continues to perform better than expected after government incentives expired in September. Some analysts predicted a 20% year-on-year drop, but sales of regular cars (ex-Kei) are down…
Toyota Hiace in Hong Kong. Picture by Jeremy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 150 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * In October 3,712 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 35,145. Surprise on top: this month the Toyota Hiace is…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'regular' new vehicles are down 9% year-on-year in October in Japan to 225,543 units, all-in-all a softer drop than expected given the end of the government's incentive program for eco-friendly cars. The year-to-date…
Sales of Nissan X-Trail are up 25% year-on-year in Australia * NOW UPDATED with the Top 293 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * Thanks to Autoblog Español and David I can now share with you the sales figures for absolutely all models sold in Australia over the first 9 months…
VW Golf * See the Top 156 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a tip from Austin, I can already share with you September figures for Hong Kong (China). 3,773 new vehicles were sold in Hong Kong in September, bringing the year-to-date total to 31,444 units.…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Richard * Although part of China, Hong Kong has a dedicated section on BSCB because its car market is radically different from the mainland - with absolutely no Chinese brands on sale in…
Nissan Note * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After being in negative for 12 consecutive months from September 2010 to August 2011, then in positive for 12 months in a row also from September 2011 to August 2012, the Japanese market is down…
Toyota Porte and Spade * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that government subsidies are running out, the explosive grow the Japanese new car market has experienced in the last few months is coming to an end, but there is no crash landing…
The VW Polo Vivo is a face lifted previous generation Polo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South African new car market is up a healthy 9% year-on-year in August to 56,253 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 411,804 units, up 11%…
Toyota Corolla Axio * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Japanese new car market is up another massive 36% year-on-year to 328,543 registrations, once again due to the combined effects of government subsidies and a lower, tsunami-affected base in 2011. Subaru (+65%) and…
Dodge Grand Caravan * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * For the first time in 2012, new car sales are down year-on-year in Canada at -1% to 168,871. The year-to-date total is up a very healthy 7% to 862,830 units, making Canada the…
The Chevrolet Sonic is the best-performing all-new model over the period * See the Top 269 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Before I give you more detail on the June US best-sellers, let's explore together the year-to-date ranking halfway through the year. It has been a very…
Mazda CX-5 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 317,152 units, Japanese passenger car sales are up 41% year-on-year in June, still off a low based as June 2011 sales were still disrupted by the after-effects of the tsunami that hit the country…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the Top 257 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * At +26% year-on-year, chances are the US car market will grow faster than China this month! Yep, this is rare enough to be bolded in my article... So it looks like the American consumer…
Toyota Aqua * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Japan are up a massive 66% year-on-year in May to 236,366 registrations, the combined effect of government subsidies on environmentally friendly cars and a low May 2011 based linked to the…