Honda CR-V * NOW UPDATED with the Top 367 models, Top 38 brands and Top 15 groups * U.S. light vehicle sales have settled into a very dynamic groove, up another 6% year-on-year both in October to 1.28 million units and year-to-date at 13.72 million units. Crossovers and pickup trucks fuelled…
The Hero in Town: the Kia Soul * Now updated with official sales data and dealer interviews * * See the Full 30 Photo-Report by clicking on the title and click on any photo to enlarge! * You can follow all US Coast to Coast Reports here We have arrived…
GMC Sierra. General Motors sales are up 19% year-on-year in September. * See the Top 40 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * The US new light vehicle market shoots up a very satisfying 9% year-on-year in September to 1.246.006 registrations, meaning the year-to-date total is now up 5.5%…
* See the Top 319 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB we pay special attention to the all-new models making their first appearance in China each month. And August 2014 has been the busiest month since we started this new monthly…
General Motors crashed Chevrolet down in Europe. A good thing? On paper yes, in practice no. In December 2013, General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet brand in Europe to concentrate on ailing Opel and its UK sister brand Vauxhall. A reshuffling of priorities that made sense given Opel racked up…
The Toyota RAV4 delivers its highest ever monthly volume in the US in July. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 40 brands & Top 15 groups! * The US light vehicle market delivers another very solid month in July: up 9% year-on-year to 1.435 million vehicles, which…
The Macan lifts Porsche Canada sales up 66% in June. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 250 All-models and Top 33 brands! Click on title to see * The new car market in Canada is up 2% year-on-year in June to an excellent 175,682 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Hyundai Genesis - Hyundai delivers its biggest monthly volume since the brand landed in the US in February 1986. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 258 models, Top 38 brands & Top 15 groups! * May light vehicle sales in the US are up a massive 11% to 1.608.693 registrations,…
Chana Star in Dongsi hutong The legendary Beijing hutongs are tiny, charming alleyways formed by lines of traditional courtyard residences. An endangered species, the real Beijing lives and breathes in hutongs where a warm sense of community and hospitality survives. I was lucky enough to spend some time visiting hutongs during…
Never before had Americans bought that many BMW3 Series in a single month... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 255 All-models, Top 37 brands and Top 15 groups! * After kicking goals for most of 2013, new light vehicle sales in the US finish the year up only 0.3% in…
Mazda3 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 250 models and Top 35 All-brands! Click on title to see * New light vehicles sales in Canada are up a shiny 6% year-on-year in November to 134,018 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,631,953 units, up 4% on 2012. Only pick-up trucks…
The Jeep Cherokee sold over 10,000 units for its first full month in market. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 256 All-models and Top 38 All-brands! Click on title to see * If going through European car sales updates depresses you, I have one cure: follow the US market! It's another…
Honda Airwave This is Part 8 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 855km East to Irkutsk, which is 80 km off Lake Baikal. And here again a fascinating car landscape awaits… From roughly 30% of…
Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse - grille This post is sponsored by Deal4yourwheels. This is Part 3 in a 5-part series dedicated to the Frankfurt Auto Show. You can read Part 1 about Tesla here and Part 2 about Maserati and the Frankfurt car landscape here. The last two articles, about Peugeot and…
The SRT Viper is #255 with 381 units sold so far this year. * See the Top 274 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the August sales data, let's try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. The US market is…