Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 3 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Zsolt * New passenger car sales in Hungary are up a solid 14% year-on-year in August to 4,797 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 43,926 units, up 20% on 2013. However…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 47 brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market is moving the right way again in August at +13% to 45,497 registrations, however if last July was the best since 2009, this August is the…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are up a fantastic 32% year-on-year in August to 4,873 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 89,279 units, up an equally impressive 38% on 2013. Granted,…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Finnish new car market is down 2% year-on-year in August to 7,468 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 73,996 units, up 3% on 2013. After a couple of very strong months from…
The VW Golf holds 7.1% of the Swedish market in August: like in Germany in July! * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * The first cab off the rank for full August 2014 sales in Sweden, and we start with…
The new gen Peugeot 308 SW is off to a great start at home. * See the Full Snapshot by clicking on the title! * After Barcelona we go to France where I spent a large part of the past month between the Nice area and Paris. I'm calling this update…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * After a two month-hiatus due to the summer holidays, the French weekly updates are back on BSCB! Bad news: the French new car market continues to be very wobbly, and August traditionally being…
Seat Ibiza in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain - August 2014 Over the past few days I had the honour of visiting Barcelona in Spain, and this is a great opportunity to share with you my impressions on the car landscape in the capital of the Catalunya region. Remember to click on…
Hyundai Verna in Ürümqi (click on any picture to enlarge) This is Part 2 of my Ürümqi Photo Report, you can check out Part 1 about the surprising strength of budget Chinese brands here. Yesterday I reported on how the Shanghai Englon SC7, SC3 and SC6, Dongfeng Fengshen S30 and H30 Cross…
The Toyota Tacoma is #1 in Hawaii. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Finally! Thanks to Business Insider I can share with you the best-selling models in each State of the USA during the January-August 2013 period. They are all summarised in one nicely done…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Skoda120 * New car sales figures for Slovakia always have a bit of delay, and today I can share with you the August models ranking. The Slovak new car market is down a…
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…
Ford Transit * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * Very rare data for you today, thanks to the hard work for Rutger: a Top 10 ranking by model for Light Commercial Vehicles in the UK. The last (and only!) time…
Namibian Toyota Hilux. Picture courtesy of zenseas, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * The Namibian new car market has been hitting record levels over the past few months: the 1,463 sales registered in June (+12% year-on-year) were an all-time…
Ford Transit Custom * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are down a harsh 25% year-on-year in August in the Netherlands to just 3,412 registrations. The year-to-date total looks a little better at 35,871 units, down 16% on…