Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
VW Jetta taxi in front of the Changchun Railway Station From Shanghai we are now headed North, passing Beijing to land in Changchun, the capital city of the Jilin province. The city itself has 3.6 million inhabitants, but including the greater Changchun, this figure climbs to 8 million, or almost…
Audi hasn't lost any of its charm in China. If in 2014 Beijing brought me back to what Auto Shows should have remained: enthusiastic, exciting and plain and simply fun, Auto Shanghai 2015 is more about business, fending off the competition and graduating to the world stage. Has the Chinese…
The Ford Escort is now among China's Top 10 most popular nameplates. * See the Top 356 All-local models by clicking on the title * The Chinese new light vehicle market is up 9% year-on-year in March to 1.87 million units, once again boosted by surges in the SUV (+54%) and…
Nissan X-Trail * NOW UPDATED with the Q1 2015 Top 20 models and March Top 60 All-brands * No sign of recovery for the Chilean new car market, down another 23% year-on-year in March to 21,469 registrations, bringing the first quarter total to 63,593, down a harsh 27% on 2014. Chevrolet cements its leadership…
The VW Lamando found 10,153 buyers in China this month. * See the Top 350 All-local models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in China remain robust in February despite the Lunar New Year holiday (Feb. 18-24), up 6% year-on-year to 1.4 million, once again lifted…
Instant blockbuster: the Ford Escort soars to 18,810 sales for its 2nd month in market. * UPDATED - See the Top 353 All-local models by clicking on the title * Auto sales in China are up 10% year-on-year in January to 2 million units, boosted by SUV sales up 51% to 487.300 and…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title * After spending the last 4 months of 2014 in negative territory and finishing the year at -10%, the Chilean new market gets knocked out in January: down 30% year-on-year to just 23,891 registrations. Hyundai spectacularly snaps…
Emperor of China: the Wuling Hongguang clocked up a record 750,000 sales in 2014. * See the Top 402 locally produced models, Top 10 LCVs and Top 66 brands * One of the main news items in the 2014 automotive world is the cooling down of the Chinese new vehicle market's…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 65 All-brands by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales are down a harsh 11% year-on-year in Chile to 337,594 registrations, and local manufacturers association predicts an even worse 2015 down 18% to just 275,000 units. Chevrolet remains the most popular marque…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 260 All-models by clicking on the title * After an excruciating 6 consecutive years of decline taking it from 279,554 registrations in 2007 to just 58,694 in 2013, the Greek new car market finally is on the rebound in 2014: up…
The Kia Rio outsold the Lada Granta to rank #1 in November. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 63 All-brands by clicking on the title * There is now a Top 434 All-models ranking available here Economic sanctions on the back of the Ukraine situation coupled with rising inflation…
The JAC Refine S3 outsells all foreign SUVs in China this month. * See the Top 343 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * New light vehicles sales are up 5% year-on-year in China to 1.775.300 units in November, and once again the entire market is single-handedly lifted by…
Chevrolet Spark GT * See the Top 22 best-selling models and Top 63 brands by clicking on the title * After delivering an all-time record year in 2013, new car sales in Chile are down a harsh 19% year-on-year in October to 25,459 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 279,144…
Haval H6 Sport * See the Top 379 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after detailing October sales and focusing on the all-new models entering the ranking this month, we explore the year-to-date ranking in China to try and extract longer-term trends.…