Kia Sportage * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * UK new car sales markedly slow down their growth in April at just +2% to 189.505 registrations, still the best April score in over a decade - since 2003 when 194.312…
The new Fiat Tipo is getting closer to a first Top 10 ranking at home. * Now updated with actuals for the Top 45 brands and Top 180 models - see title * The March 2016 post has now been updated with the Top 180 models The Italian new car market posts a…
The XE lifts Jaguar European sales up 97% so far in 2016, and the F-Pace effect is still to come. * See the Top 54 brands and Top 335 models by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after the Top 10 brands and Top 20 models…
The Dacia Sandero is the favourite nameplate with French private buyers this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 300 All-models - see title * The French new car market posts another robust month - at least on paper - with sales up 6.5% year-on-year to hit 181.830…
Kia Niro * Now updated with the Top 30 All-brands, Top 55 All-local models & Top 140 foreigners * The South Korean new car market is up 4% year-on-year to 157.762 registrations with local manufacturers pulling the entire market gain at +4% and 139.617 sales whereas foreign carmakers are stable at 18.145…
Ford Focus sales are up 166% year-on-year in Finland this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is up a very solid 15.5% year-on-year in April to 10.964 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total up 13.5% to…
Never before had that many Ford F-Series found a buyer in a single month in Canada. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 35 brands and Top 255 models by clicking on the title * An unending thirst for new light vehicles: that's what has characterised Canadian customers for the…
#2 in March, the Skoda Octavia remains #1 year-to-date in Switzerland. * See the Top 38 best-selling brands and Top 340 All-models by clicking on the title * Switzerland is one of only a handful of European markets to lose ground year-on-year in March at -8% to 29.099 registrations, pulling…
The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling nameplate in Ireland in March * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 209 All-models by clicking on the title * The Irish new car market continues all guns blazing this year with a further 13% gain in March to 21.521 registrations, lifting the…
Dongfeng A9 at the Beijing Auto Show 2016 It's finally here! Auto China 2016, the largest Auto Show in the world, alternates between Shanghai and Beijing and this year it's the turn of the "Capital of the North" - as its name literally means in Mandarin - to host this gigantic event.…
Not so broken after all: Volkswagen Group The much talked-about emissions scandal that has been plaguing Volkswagen since last September prevented it to claim its very first worldwide sales crown in 2015, ending the year at 9.9 million sales vs. 10.15 for Toyota and 9.8 for General Motors. But First…
The new generation pushes the Opel Astra up 30% year-to-date in Europe. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * March sales data in Europe is always biased by a bumper month in the UK where the bi-annual license-plate change traditionally…
The Hyundai Tucson sells 4.105 units in 3 months in Israel * See the Top 43 All-brands and Top 265 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to a partnership with cartube.co.il we can update you today on models data for the Israeli new car market, now a quarterly occurrence.…
The Nissan Qashqai is #1 in Bulgaria in March. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 165 All-models by clicking on the title * The Bulgarian new car market is up 7% year-on-year both in March to an estimated 2.871 registrations and year-to-date at 6.944 units. This month French carmaker Renault (+30%) overtakes its low-cost…
The Hyundai Tucson is up to a stunning 2nd place overall in March. * See the Top 350 All-models by clicking on the title * The Belgian new car market is up by a shy 2% year-on-year in March to 63.043 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total to 169.155 units over…