The Ford Focus soars 49.2% year-on-year to land at #3 in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market tumbles down 19.6% year-on-year in January to just 47.701 units, paying the price for last minute rushed sales in December before a January 1 change in taxation that is less advantageous for luxury…
Hyundai sales are up 227.9% in Singapore in January. New car sales in Singapore shoot up 48% year-on-year in January to 8.257 registrations, with Honda (+50.9%) outpacing the market to snap the brands top spot off Toyota (+49.8%) and Mercedes (+51.2%) rounding up the podium. Hyundai (+227.9%) posts the largest…
The Seat Ateca hits a record #8 and Volkswagen places 5 models in the Top 9. The Austrian new car market skids down 11.6% year-on-year in January to 25.257 units. Volkswagen (-15.6%) falls faster but holds onto a higher share at 17.4% vs. 15.8% in December and 16.7% over FY2018. Skoda…
The Renault Clio swims upstream in Turkey this month with a 19.8% uptick in a market tumbling down 59%. Turkish new light vehicle sales start 2019 the way they ended 2018: in hell. After imploding down 75% in September and 77% in October, Turkey seemed to have been on the mend…
The BMW X7 has now landed in Germany. Germany starts 2019 with a -1.3% drop in January to 265.702 registrations. Volkswagen (-6.5%) is up to 19.1% share, signing its best share and first single-digit drop since the WLTP implementation last September. Mercedes (-4.3%) steps back up to #2 with 9.5%…
The Kwid (+95.5%) helps Renault up 46.6% in Brazil in January. After gaining 13.7% over the Full Year 2018, new light vehicle sales in Brazil showcase a solid start of 2019 with January deliveries up 8.7% to 190.752, marking a 21st consecutive month of growth. Chevrolet (+6.8%) and Volkswagen (+6.5%)…
The Dacia Duster shoots up to a record 6th place in Italy in January. The Italian new car market starts 2019 in a rather paltry way: down 7.9% year-on-year in January to 165.536 units. New car sales in Italy this month offer a starkly contrasting picture: for once private sales…
The VW Tiguan is the best-selling SUV in Europe in 2018. Consult close to 50 years of European Historical Data here. October 2019 update: Now with Top 10 LCV brands and Top 40 models. February 2019 update: Now with Top 60 brands and Top 430 All- models. Thanks to our…
The Mercedes A-Class lodges a third European Top 10 finish in 4 months, helping Mercedes become the only gainer in the Top 12 brands. The Europe Full Year 2018 post has now been updated with the Top 60 brands and Top 415 models. The Europe November 2018 post has now…
The new generation Mitsubishi Triton has landed in Australia. The Australian new vehicle market is sinking deeper into recession as months go by, with January sales down another 7.4% year-on-year to 81.994 units, marking the 10th consecutive month of decline, a negative streak unseen this decade (the worst so far…
The Lada Granta gains 43.6% and the Renault Logan 31.1% in January in Russia. After being hit full frontal by Crimea-related sanctions, Russian new car sales had brilliantly rallied back, managing 16 consecutive months of double-digit gains between May 2017 and August 2018. Since then, the growth has petered out, with September…
The Mercedes A-Class is up 60.6% to #3 in Luxembourg this year. Consult 25 years of Luxembourg Historical Data here. New car sales in Luxembourg edge up 0.07% or just 36 units in 2018 to 52.811 registrations. Volkswagen (+3%) remains by far the most popular carmaker in the country, improving…
Honda is the #1 brand in Singapore in 2018. Consult 13 years of Singapore Historical Data here. After three years of growth, the Singaporean new car market hits the brakes in 2018 with a 11.9% drop to 81.001 registrations. For the second time in the past 3 years, Honda (-6%)…
Chinese luxury marque Hongqi is up 422% year-on-year in December partly thanks to the new H5. After covering December and Full Year 2018 wholesales data for China, it's now time for us to explore Chinese retail sales, a new monthly update on BSCB since February 2018 taking the marketing edge…
The Lexus ES is the most popular imported model in China in 2018. For the past year, BSCB has been able to offer you complete monthly China imports updates, this is exclusive to us as no media outside of China is reporting on these figures, and BSCB being the only…