The Buick Encore is now the best-selling all-new model in 2013. * See the Top 276 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After going through the September sales data, let’s try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. In spite of a 4% year-on-year drop…
Mercedes CLA-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Like every Quarter, I can share with you the most popular imported models in Japan, a very rare species although it is getting more common these days: imports are up 10% year-to-date to 257,873 registrations…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The great health of the UK new car market is starting to look a little indecent compared to the hell Continental Europe is going through at the moment: 19th consecutive…
Nissan Tiida * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * The Taiwanese new car market is up a fantastic 32% year-on-year in September to 28,941 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 272,542 units, now down just 0.7% on 2012. The changover…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Finnish new car sales are up 3% year-on-year in September to 8,139 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to 9% at 79,999 units. For the third time in the last 4 months, the Skoda…
Audi A3 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Once again I ask: what better way to finish one month and start a new one than going through our traditional World Roundup? I don't think there is any! Before we start, don't forget to catch the…
Hyundai i30 and Australian Toyota Corolla hatchback * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored in detail the July worldwide sales charts, it's time to go through the year-to-date rankings to extract longer-term trends. The fight for the title of…
The Peugeot 508 is #7 in Franche-Comté where Peugeot has its main manufacturing plant. * See the Top 20 best-selling models in 22 French regions by clicking on the title! * See a map of all French regions here From the goldmine of data I found at the CCFA in Paris,…
Ferrari F12. Picture by Raphael Belly, all rights reserved. * See the Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to John * You can also check out my Monaco August 2013: Millions on display Photo Report here. Twice a year I can share with you exclusive sales…
The BMW 3 Series has never ranked so high in the overall European ranking... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 10 models and Top 30 brands! Click on title to see * New car sales in Europe are down 5% both in August at 686,526 registrations and year-to-date at 8,178,716 units…
The first Peugeot 308 II were delivered to French dealerships this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 300 models and Top 50 All-brands! Click on title to see * Definitive figures are now available for France, with the monthly total corrected to a slightly better 85,953 registrations, down 10% year-on-year. The…
The Kia K3 is now the best-performing all-new model so far in 2013. * See the Top 326 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after going through the monthly sales charts and focusing on the all-new models entering the ranking, we…
Great Wall Haval H6 * See the Top 309 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * * See the Top 53 All-brands ranking (in Chinese) here * The new Passenger Car market gains a very healthy 11% year-on-year in August to 1.35 million units, according to the China Association of…
BMW 5 Series * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore are down 11% year-on-year in August to 1,747 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 15,138 units, down a tough 20% on 2012. Down to #5 last month, BMW is…
Audi Nanuk Concept This is Part 4 of a 5-part series dedicated to the Frankfurt Motor Show. You can read Part 1 about Tesla here, Part 2 on Maserati and the Frankfurt car landscape here and Part 3 with my Top 30 photos here. At the show I had the…