The Skoda Kodiaq is up to a record 2nd place in Moldova in February. According to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, new car sales in Moldova drop -5.7% year-on-year in February to 397, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.6% to 839. The Dacia Logan (-35%) reclaims the top…
Mercedes places 3 nameplates in the February Top 9, including the GLC. Retail sales of our selection of vehicles in China in February post a very similar evolution compared with wholesales figures: -79.2% to 204.089 units which brings the year-to-date volume down -46.2% to 1.909.262. For the past two years, BSCB…
Porsche manages the best hold among all mass imported brands in February. Retail sales of imported cars in China fall -78.4% in February to 10.512 units, in line with the rest of the market and pulling the year-to-date tally down -41.4% to 92.418. The brands podium is reversed compared to…
Ram breaks into the Mexican Top 10 brands in February. 25/03/20 update: Now with actuals for Top 40 All-brands and Top 300 All-models. In February new vehicle sales in Mexico manage their first "true" year-on-year uptick in almost 3 years (since May 2017) at a shy +0.3% to 104.328. Indeed…
Brazil (+12.9%) is the biggest gainer among the Top 20 global auto markets. A lot earlier than last year, we can share with you today 2019 Annual Volumes for 164 markets worldwide, including Passenger Cars + Commercial Vehicles. As such, these figures can surpass the ones we have reported in our…
Perodua hits its 2nd highest ever market share at 46.8%. Image paultan.org The Malaysian new car market edges up 1.4% year-on-year in February to 40.403 registrations, however due to a weak result in January (-12%), the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -5.9% to 83.055. Perodua (+9.8%) is boosted…
Strict confinement measures enacted in France on March 15 to stem the spread of the coronavirus have triggered the closure of all car dealerships. However deliveries of pre-ordered vehicles are authorised and according to weekly sales data shared by Autoways and relayed by local outlet Autoactu, new car sales have…
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 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…