The Peugeot 108 lands at #71 for its first month in the French sales charts. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in…
Two generations of VW Santana in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur - China May 2014. * See the Top 352 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring in detail June sales in China we now look at the year-to-date ranking to try…
The Citroen C4 Cactus is already #36 in Portugal. * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * New car sales in Portugal are up another splendid 24% year-on-year in June, definitely on the mend and adding up to 75,780 units (+38%)…
2014 BMW X6 * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris * The Latvian new car market is up a robust 13% year-on-year in June to 1,308 registrations, bringing the half-year total to 7,277 units, up 20% on 2013. Sales…
Lexus IS * See the Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore are up a robust 10% year-on-year in June to 2,414 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,311 units, up 5% on 2013. Toyota/Lexus remains the most popular manufacturer in the country…
Audi A3 Sedan * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 56 brands! Thanks Stephen * New car imports are the most affected by the April 1 tax increase in Japan with sales down 16% year-on-year in June to 24,364 registrations but still up 8% year-on-year over…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
Chevrolet Silverado * See the Top 267 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through US June figures we now explore year-to-date data to try and extract longer-term trends. Halfway through 2014, the US light vehicle market is up a…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Switzerland are not getting the lift witnessed in most of Western Europe: at 27,819 registrations, June 2014 is down 6% on June 2013 which was itself down…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because of its definition in this country: are counted as private the cars sold to private buyers. Demo cars, rental cars and long-term leases are not counted as…
The 2014 VW Passat has just been unveiled. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down 2% year-on-year in June to 277,614 registrations, and as the biggest market in the continent, this means the…
Ford Courier * See the Top 259 All-models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Yarım Debriyaj * The new light vehicle market in Turkey is in distress: down 19% year-on-year in June to just 60,163 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 286,861 units, down 25% on 2013. After…
First appearance of the Peugeot 108 in the Danish sales charts this month. * See the Top 130 best-selling models and Top 34 brands by clicking on the title! * Danish new car sales are up a meagre 0.1% year-on-year in June to 17,572 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
The Toyota Aygo shoots up to 5th place in Wales in June. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can now unveil the 10 best-sellers for each nation in the UK in June, all in one update. Keep in mind…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market gains a beautiful 25% year-on-year in June to 18,171 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 94,058 units, up 16% on 2013. Below the Skoda Octavia still head and shoulders above…