Honda Shuttle * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * Japan report prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Sales of new vehicles in Japan are down 8% year-on-year in May to 335.644 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2.234.004…
Opel Astra * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Croatia are back into positive territory in May at +2% year-on-year to a suspiciously round 5.000 registrations, lifting the year-to-date almost level with a year ago at 16.850…
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Norwegian new car market continues to evolve at slightly lower levels than a year ago: down 2% in May to 12.036 registrations and down 1% year-to-date to 60.185 units. Once…
Hyundai Sonata * Now updated with the Top 53 local models, Top 140 foreigners & Top 40 All-brands * The April post has now been updated with all foreign models data. Sales of new local models in South Korea edge past their level of a year ago in May at +0.2% to…
The Peugeot 308 and VW Golf are #1 and #2 respectively in the Netherlands. * See the Top 35 best-selling brands and Top 250 All-models by clicking on the title * The Dutch new car market is stuck in negative territory: another harsh -9% year-on-year in May to 28.049 registrations, bringing…
The Ford Focus ranks 5th in Finland in May. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales return to negative territory in May at -10% year-on-year to 9.017 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 47.593 units, down 4% on…
The Captur helps Renault lift 16% year-on-year in Luxembourg. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Luxembourg are up a reassuring 7% year-on-year in 2014 to 49,793 registrations, and Volkswagen keeps the lead of the brands ranking with…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 322 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * The Belgian new car market including Commercials is down 1% year-on-year in April to 58.194 registrations, shifting the year-to-date total into negative territory at -0.07% on 2014 to 222.852 units. The VW Golf is back in…
Montenegro is the only country in the world to crown the Dacia Sandero in 2014. * See the Top 42 All-brands and Top 200 All-models by clicking on the title * For the first time on BSCB and thanks to Siniša Bulatović and Montenegrin publication Autoshop Magazin, I can share with…
Seat Alhambra * See the Top 33 best-selling brands and Top 30 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Liechtenstein are down 6% year-on-year in 2014 to 1.800 registrations. Volkswagen (17.6%) and Audi (10.7%) maintain their grip on the market, followed by BMW, Mercedes and Toyota…
Volkswagen holds 17.3% of the San Marino market in 2014. * See the Top 34 best-selling brands by clicking on the title * After a 18% drop in 2012 and a further 14% in 2013, new car sales in San Marino stabilise in 2014: down just 3% to 1.051 registrations.…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling car in Israel in April. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 240 All-models by clicking on the title * The Israeli new car market is down 4% year-on-year in April to 17.674 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 97.674 units, up 8% on…
VW Polo * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Greek new car market is up a fantastic 43% year-on-year in April to 7.801 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 25.072 units, up 14% on 2014. Volkswagen holds the right end…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 205 All-models by clicking on the title * The Portuguese new car market confirms it is on the mend with April sales up a very vigorous 22% year-on-year to 15.014 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 61.242 units, up 32% on…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…