The BMW 7 Series is inside the Top 10 imports in China in June. Chinese imports drop -3.1% year-on-year in June to 87.391 units, leading to a H1 2021 tally up 13.6% to 492.728. Lexus (-2.9%) almost exactly follows the market to remain in the lead of the imported brands…
The Peugeot 2008 is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in January. The Portuguese new car market sinks -30.5% year-on-year in January to just 10.029 units. Peugeot (-15.6%) and Mercedes (-16.3%) both manage to roughly cut the market drop rate in two to take the lead of the brands ranking while…
Mazda CX-9 sales are up 21.6% year-on-year in January. The Canadian new light vehicle market skids down -17.4% year-on-year in January to 90.890 units according to DesRosiers Automotive, as many parts of the country were under lockdown during the month. The three main automotive groups still reporting sales monthly all…
Baojun RS-3. In November, the Chinese market is key in reducing the global market fall to just -2.1%. LMC Automotive has released Global Light Vehicle sales data for November 2020, showing a moderate -2.1% year-on-year drop to 7.571.242 units. The year-to-date volume is now down -15.6% to 69.328.916 vs. 82.142.553…
The Cupra Formentor cracks the Top 100 at home. As the country goes through a second wave of Covid-19 infections and restrictions, the Spanish new car market remains at a level well below a year ago, with November sales off -18.7% to 75.708 units leading to a year-to-date volume down…
25 Army registrations are enough to push the Toyota Land Cruiser to #1. Ireland was under a COVID-19 lockdown for the entire month of April, and as a result new car sales implode -96.1% year-on-year to just 344 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -30.7% to 50.626. If similar year-on-year…
The Hyundai Venue is now among the 10 best-selling vehicles in India. The nightmare continues for new cars wholesales in India with June marking the third consecutive month of double-digit loss at -17.6% to 224.095 units. Brand leader Maruti (-17.2%) almost matches the market decline to reach 49.5% share, but it's…
Hyundai sales gain 65% year-on-year in Singapore in November. New car sales in Singapore endure another month of decline in November at -11.9% to 6.769 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down 9.2% to 74.297. Toyota (-23%) manages to remain on top of the brands ranking with 17.7% and despite a hefty…
Geely Vision SUV in Jiayuguan, Gansu province This is Part 8 of our 2018 China exploration. You can check out Part 1: The cars of Beijing and using the Didi app here, Part 2: Renting a car in China here, Part 3: The cars of Yinchuan, Ningxia province here, Part 4: The cars…
First Top 10 ranking at home for the Lada XRAY. Picture courtesy zr.ru * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The signs the Russian new car market may have now bottomed out are clearer this month. At +9.4% on a depressed…
Spectacular sunset over North Cape. This is Part 3 of our North Cape to Gibraltar series, click here to check out Part 1: Stockholm and Central Sweden and Part 2: Kustvägen to Finland, a succession of impossibly stunning fishing villages. Today is the big day: the road to North Cape - Nordkapp in…
Haval is the No.1 SUV brand in China. Can it tackle the Australian Outback then? If you are a regular BSCB reader, you will already be familiar with the Chinese brand Haval. It has been the best-selling SUV brand in China for the past 13 consecutive years, previously known as…
The VW Golf sold 414,132 units in Germany in 1992 - a record year. * Click on the title for the Top 40 best-selling nameplates & Top 40 foreign nameplates * We can now share with you an updated ranking of the the best-selling nameplates in Germany, ranked based on their record…
Suzuki Hustler * See the Top 33 models and Top 8 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen* Sales of new Kei cars in Japan are down a harsh 15% year-on-year in August to 126,865 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up by a healthy 9% on 2013 to…
Urumqi street scene (Click on any image to enlarge) After Beijing and Chongqing, we now travel to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region at the extreme West of China. As described in my previous article The cars of Chongqing - Central China, the Chinese hinterland is going to absorb most…