Dongfeng Motors (DFM) showroom on Baho Road, Yangon Now that we have explored in detail the (used) car landscape in Yangon and Bagan, we get back to Yangon to study a new phenomenon in Myanmar: new car showrooms. With the country loosening up its political situation and opening up to…
Renault Kangoo * See the Top 321 All-models by clicking on the title * Sales of new light vehicle in Belgium add up to 33,647 in November and 507,066 year-to-date, including Light Commercial Vehicles. Volkswagen manages an impressive 1-2 with the Golf in the lead both in November at 3.1%…
Suzuki SX4 * See the Top 244 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * 7,854 new light vehicles found a buyer in Slovakia in October (one month delay for Slovakian data), bringing the year-to-date total to 65,328 units. Surprise atop the models ranking this month: the Suzuki SX4 (previous…
Perodua Axia Advance and Standard G * See the Top 50 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Malaysia are up an encouraging 6% year-on-year in November to 55,309 deliveries, bringing the year-to-date total to 601,801 units, up 1% on 2013. Below the traditional leader…
Renault Logan * See the Top 162 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * The Egyptian new vehicle market continues to catch up on the backlog of missed sales it accumulated last year when the country was troubled by political unrest. Sales are up 59% year-on-year in November to…
Lamborghini Huracan * See the Top 40 brands and Top 174 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hong Kong are down 9% year-on-year in November to 3,992 deliveries, however the year-to-date total is still frankly in positive territory, up 10% on 2013 to 48,290 units…
The Mercedes C-Class is now leader year-to-date in its segment at home. * UPDATED See the Top 332 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Germany are down a disappointing 2% year-on-year in November to 250,082 registrations: the road to recovery still…
Opel Mokka * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title * 81.777 new cars were purchased by private buyers in Germany in November, a 32.7% Private Sales (PS) ratio, frankly below the year-to-date level of 36.4%. The podium is back to its year-to-date 100% Volkswagen self…
Peugeot Boxer * See the Top 30 brands and Top 160 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Bulgaria are down 5% year-on-year in November to an estimated 2,063 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 23,498 units, still up 6% on 2013. Brand-wise, Dacia reclaims the…
Jinbei Light Truck in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to data published by LMC Automotive, sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China are down an estimated 15% year-on-year to 393,582 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 4,440,284 deliveries…
Suzuki topples Chevrolet to become Uruguay's most popular manufacturer this month. * See the Top 40 best-selling brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Uruguay are down a steep 25% year-on-year in November to just 4,095 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 47,208 units, down 8%…
Iran Khodro Dena * See the Top 8 most produced models by clicking on the title. Thanks OD * As is the tradition on BSCB, I can share with you local Iranian production figures as sales data remains unavailable. For now this is a pretty accurate picture of what cars…
The new generation lifts the 308 nameplate to never-seen before heights in Europe. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Europe celebrate 15 consecutive months of year-on-year gains in November at +1.3% to 989,667 deliveries, the dynamism of…
The VW Golf has now been the best-selling model in Portugal for 4 straight months. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 208 All-models by clicking on the title * Portuguese new car sales are still on fire: up 33% year-on-year to 11,718 registrations and lifting the year-to-date total…
First incursion of the Honda CR-V on the Canadian podium. * See the Top 34 best-selling brands and Top 250 models by clicking on the title * It's (nearly) official: never before had Canadian consumers purchased as many light vehicles as in 2014: November sales are the highest in the history…