BMW 5 Series * See the Top 179 All-models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hong Kong are up a fantastic 37% year-on-year in April to 4,174 registrations, sending the year-to-date total up 8% to 16,700 units. The Toyota Hiace continues to dominate…
The sedan variant boosts the Audi A3 to unheard-of heights in the UK. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK market shows no sign of decelerating, delivering an astounding 26th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at +8% in…
VW Up * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Now we're talking. New car sales in Croatia finally take off: up a huge 66% year-on-year to 4,665 registrations, by far the best month of the year so far. The year-to-date…
The Fiat 500L is up to #2 in 2014 at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 45 All-brands! * The Italian new car market is up a very shy 2% year-on-year in April to 119,803 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Wuling Hongguang in Ürümqi, China - April 2014 * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 5 models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to LMC Auto we have more detailed data for China, now including the all-important Light Commercial Vehicle sales. 555,111 LCVs found a new home…
Volvo XC60 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Sweden continue at full steam ahead: up another 14% year-on-year in April to 27,543 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 95,346 units, up 19% on 2013. Volvo…
The VW Golf is back to the year-to-date pole position in Norway * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models & Top 30 brands! Thanks Jan * Whereas the European market is slowly waking up from 6 years of lethargy, new car sales in Norway are down a surprisingly harsh…
The Geely Emgrand 7 is the 2nd most popular import in Iran. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 90 imported models, Top 25 imported brands and an exclusive estimated Top 30 models including the local production. Thanks Behta and Sandeep * Thanks to a tip from two BSCB readers, I can…
Dacia sales are up 40% in Belgium in March. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands and Top 320 All-models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Belgium are down 0.5% year-on-year in March to 52,808 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 148,532 units, down 0.4% on…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 260 All-models & Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks to Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new light vehicle market is down a harsh 31% year-on-year in March to just 47,581 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 115,272 units, down 24% on 2013. Brand-wise,…
Haval H6 Sport * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 334 All-models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into March data in detail we now go on to study the year-to-date rankings to extract some longer-term trends. The Chinese Passenger Car…
Lexus IS * See the Top 36 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore continue to recover: up 15% year-on-year in March to 1,997 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 5,962 units, up 11% on 2013. For the third time in the last 12…
The Citroen C4 Cactus is one of 3 all-new entrants in the March French ranking. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Mum & Dad * After exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in March,…
The Mazda3 is up to #15 this month in Switzerland. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market clearly hasn't caught up with the rest of Europe: it is still down a worrying 8% year-on-year in…
Ford Fiesta * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 30 best-selling models! * Today I give you Cyprus data, very rare but now about to become a monthly fixture on BSCB thanks to data provided by SEMO Cyprus / Analysis by INNOSOFT. Well you thought Greece, Spain or Portugal…