VW Up! * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Every quarter we have access to sales of imported vehicles in Japan, reported by a different organisation, the Japan Automobile Importers Association. Note that from now…
Fiat 500 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Danish new car sales are down a worrying 30% year-on-year in December, however the Full Year 2012 still reaches a record 170,763 units, up 0.4% on…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK new car market is the only one in Europe's Top 5 to gain ground year-on-year in 2012, up a shiny 5% to 2,044,609 registrations, the highest annual tally since 2008.…
Volvo V70 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 best-selling models! Click on title to see, thanks Øystein * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * New car sales in Norway are down a painful 19% year-on-year in December to 9,369 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total into negative…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * December closes a difficult year for the French new car market at -15% year-on-year to 160,426 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 1,898,872 registrations,…
Lexus ES sales are up 33% so far in the US in 2012 * See the Premium brands US sales over the last 3 years by clicking on the title! * Yesterday Mark Rechtin from Automotive News wrote a very interesting article about Lexus' potential worldwide, so I thought I'd…
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * 10th month of year-on-year growth in the UK so far in 2012 with November up a brilliant 11% to 149,191 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,921,052 units, up 5% on 2011.…
Dacia Duster in Morocco. Picture courtesy of Top Gear, all rights reserved. * See the entire article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Audrey & Fordcs * * There is now a Top 20 brands ranking for October 2012! Click here to see - thanks Ismael * In November…
VW Up! Picture by Borsen.dk, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Danish new car sales continue to impress amidst a gloomy European environment: up 8% year-on-year in November to 16,334 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 160,050 units, up…
The BYD F3 could reclaim the title of Chinese best-selling passenger car in the world next month. * See the Top 180 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 150 most popular cars around the…
Toyota Hiace in Hong Kong. Picture by Jeremy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 150 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * In October 3,712 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 35,145. Surprise on top: this month the Toyota Hiace is…
2013 Renault Fluence * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual we are getting Turkish sales figures with one month delay, and September is up a very encouraging 24% year-on-year to 49,360 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 379,617 units, down 8% on…
Only 5% of VW Passat sold in Italy in October were not Station Wagons... * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Italians are one of the last consumers in the world with the Swedish and Slovak to continue to love Station Wagons (SW). This is why there is a…
3 Aston Martin One-77 were sold in the UK over the period * See the Top 370 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have gone through the UK All-models ranking for September, let's have a look at the 9 months 2012 year-to-date figures to extract longer-term…
Ford Focus * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most September data now in, it’s time for our much anticipated monthly rendezvous: the World roundup, now in its 7th instalment. Last month the Subaru XV made the headlines by toppling the VW Golf in Switzerland. In…