Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * As in neighbour Russia, new car sales in Ukraine hit the brakes in June: down 18% year-on-year to 16,534 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 104,276 units, down 5% on 2012.…
VW Lavida * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring the June sales charts in detail and looking at the all-new entrants in the ranking, I give you the 6 months summary for China. If the US market (our first 6 months update)…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling passenger car in China in June. Or is it really? * See the Top 306 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Passenger car sales are up 12% year-on-year in June to 1.29 million units, adding up to 8.18 million units halfway through…
The Hawtai Lusheng E70 is one of 50 all-new models in the Chinese ranking (#282). * See the Top 315 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored May sales in detail and focused on the 5 all-new models entering the Chinese ranking this month,…
The BYD e6 being offloaded at Southampton docks, UK on June 13, 2013. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As a follow-up to my articles World: How the Chinese are setting themselves up for success (Part 5: Mature markets) and UK: 50 electric BYD e6…
FAW V2. FAW is now among the Top 10 most popular brands in Uruguay. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * While writing my summary article about how Chinese carmakers are setting themselves up for success in Latin America, I realised I hadn't updated…
Toyota Corolla XI (Japanese version): still ahead worldwide. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that we have gone through the worldwide February ranking in detail, the year-to-date updates designed to extract longer-term trends are back! Like in 2012…
Great Wall Haval H6 * See the Top 308 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through April sales in detail for China, as is the tradition on BSCB we are now exploring the year-to-date ranking to try and extract longer-term trends. The two best-sellers continue to…
VW Polo (Russian model shown) * See the Top 120 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * Ukrainian new car sales are flamboyantly back into positive territory in April, up a whopping 33% year-on-year to 25,884 registrations which brings the year-to-date…
Honda CR-V * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 64 All-brands by clicking on the title! * CAAM data indicates that sales of all automobiles in China are up 13% year-on-year to 1,841,700 units in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,266,200 units. As is the tradition I give…
The Chery E5 could be just what the Chinese needed after all... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * It's no secret that apart from in the LCV segment, Chinese brands have been struggling at home for a while (see China February 2012: When will Chinese…
VW Lavida * NOW UPDATED with the Top 295 All-models and Top 65 All-brands! Click on title to see * In March the VW Lavida manages to top the Chinese models ranking for the third consecutive month thanks to 38,334 sales, up a massive 89% year-on-year, with the Ford Focus…
The BYD F3 is the best-selling Chinese Passenger Car in the world in 2012. * See the Top 60 best-selling Chinese cars by clicking on the title! * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 1000 is here Chinese cars are starting to get themselves noticed on the world scene:…
Nissan Tiida * See the Top 50 best-selling Compact cars by clicking on the title! * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 500 is here. The most popular Compact cars in the world in 2012 are actually the most popular cars in the world, period. The Toyota Corolla, Ford…
VW Lavida * See the Top 296 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored the best-sellers in China in February in detail, it's time to bring back the monthly year-to-date summaries. Over the first two months of 2013 the Chinese new car market is…