A V-shaped recovery for worldwide new car sales is fast becoming untenable. During this difficult and volatile period, we at BSCB will refrain from publishing constantly changing short-term forecasts which only add to the ton of alarmist updates we are all getting on an hourly basis. The spread of the…
The COVID-19 crisis has suddenly taken a turn for the worse in the US, with the number of confirmed cases going from 6.000 to 35.000 in the space of just 5 days (data as of 5am ET 23/03/20). More States are announcing business shutdowns and shelter-at-home orders each day, meaning…
The Mitsubishi L200 is the #1 vehicle in Ivory Coast so far in 2020. We are now able to share with you more frequent updates for the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) market. Over the first two months of 2020, the Ivorian market is up 6.6% year-on-year to 2.397 registrations including…
The VW Transporter surges 20 spots to #2 in 2019. Discover a decade worth of Liechtenstein Historical Data here. New car sales in Liechtenstein gain a solid 5.6% year-on-year in 2019 to 1.953 registrations. Volkswagen (+28.8%) stuns with the largest gain among the Top 6 brands, soaring from 12% to 14.6% share.…
The Toyota Rush is now inside the Malawi Top 10. New vehicle sales in Malawi gain 3.2% year-on-year in 2019 to 1.830 units. Toyota (+16%) tightens its suffocating grip on the market even further this year, improving to 56.8% share. In contrast, Nissan (-7.2%), Ford (-8.7%), Tata (-16.4%), Kia (-22%)…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Kenya in 2019. The Kenyan new vehicle market takes a breather in 2019 at -7.3% to 12.981 units. Isuzu (+12.1%) swims upstream with the largest gain in the Top 6, resulting in a much improved share at 38.4%, albeit this is mainly…
Citroen C3 sales surge 25.4% year-on-year in February. The Greek new car market defies the surrounding European gloom for the second straight month in February at +4% to 7.862 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 5.2% to 17.647. Strikingly, the Top 5 best-selling brands all post double-digit gains, led by…
The Kia Rio is the best-selling model in Cyprus in February. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today new car sales figures for Cyprus, one of the rare European markets in frank positive at +16.2% to 1.012 registrations for February and +16.1% to…
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought the Chinese market to its knees. In line with our expectations earlier in the month, as a result of the country effectively shutting down in February, wholesales of China-made light vehicles drop -79.1% year-on-year this month to 310.000 units. Passenger Vehicles are down -81.7% to…
The Peugeot 2008 II breaks into its home Top 5 for the first time in February. 19/03 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. The French new car market records a second consecutive month in negative in February at a much more palatable -2.7% year-on-year to 167.785 units, leading to…
The Chevrolet Menlo has landed in China. As a teaser to our upcoming February wholesales update, we can detail today the new locally-produced launches for the month, a very peculiar time in China when the entire automotive industry shut down. As such it's even surprising that we have two launches in…
Jetour appears in its first market outside China. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market sinks -10.7% year-on-year in February to 2.795 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.4% to 5.778 units. Renault (-14.1%) threepeats in the brands pole position at 15.5% share, this despite a steep fall. The Top 5…
The Renault 4 is the most popular vehicle in Colombian automotive history. March 2020 update: Historical info spanning 1970 to 1986 added, as well as complete monthly and annual Top 30 brands for 2012. Historical Data spanning exactly five decades is now available for Colombia on BestSellingCarsBlog. In the 1970s,…
The Renault Logan is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in February. The Colombian new vehicle market soars 11.1% year-on-year in February to 20.547 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.1% to 38.974. In the brands ranking, Renault (+20.8%) continues to widen the gap with its archenemy Chevrolet (+3.3%) while…
As of March 6, South Korea is the 2nd country in the world most affected by the coronavirus. 17/03 update: Now with Top 10 foreign models. The coronavirus outbreak, which has infected 6.284 South Koreans (the most in any nation outside China) and killed 40 as of March 6, has…