The Toyota Hilux holds over 20% of the Malawi market so far in 2015. * See the Top 5 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * 302 new light vehicles found a buyer in Malawi over the First Quarter of 2015, and the market is still overwhelmingly…
Fiat 500 * See the Top 3 brands and models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Lithuania are up a splendid 13% year-on-year over the First Quarter of 2015 to 4.340 registrations (3.761 PC and 579 LCV), with Skoda brilliantly taking the lead of the…
The Dodge Attitude is only 115 units off a Top 20 ranking in Mexico this month. * See the Top 220 All-models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title * For the 2nd second month in a row I can share with you detailed sales figures for Mexico, giving…
First Italian Top 100 ranking for the new Suzuki Vitara. * See the Top 170 best-selling models by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, we can now share with you more detail about the best-selling nameplates in Italy, starting with official splits for the Mini and…
The Toyota Avanza could be the best-seller in Ethiopia - imported straight from Dubai? The Ethiopian new car market has transformed completely since we last covered it on BSCB in March 2012, helped by an annual GDP growth rate stuck at 7% for the past 5 years and for the…
Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 25 brands by clicking on the title * * NOW UPDATED with the Top 95 best-selling models for January-April 2015 * The Thai new auto market is sinking further into recession in April with sales down another 27% year-on-year to…
Can the Peugeot 308 finish the month in pole position at home? * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The French new car market is up a very shy 3% year-on-year so far in May but could end the month in negative…
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…
Lithuania is the only country in the world to crown the Fiat 500. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The Lithuanian new car market is up 3% year-on-year in 2014 to 14.461 registrations. Boosted by the Fiat 500, best-selling nameplate in…
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…
Suzuki Vitara * See the Top 236 All-models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Slovakia are up by a splendid 12% year-on-year in April to 7.192 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 25.260 units, up 3% on 2014. As expected Skoda keeps…
Prepare for blood... Discover the Top 8 trends currently affecting the Chinese market below. China's new vehicle market growth is smoothing out. The perception out there is that the entire market is slowing down, whereas only its growth is for now - a big difference. Some analysts say this is the beginning of…
Which one looks more expensive? The Tesla Model S is without a doubt one of the most impressive success stories of the past 24 months. It ranked #1 in Norway not once, but 3 times: in September 2013, December 2013 and March 2014, totalling 22.000 worldwide sales in 2013, up to…
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…
Perodua Axia * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * Paying for the pull-forward sales of March (+14%) in anticipation of the GST implementation, the Malaysian new car market crashes down 23% year-on-year in April to just 45.187 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total in negative…