Skoda Octavia * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * 19,639 new vehicles changed hands in Ukraine in August, bringing the year-to-date total to 131,018 units. After a historical month of July that saw a Chinese model, the Geely CK, climb…
The Hyundai Verna is the biggest gainer in the Chinese Top 10 * See the Top 283 All-models Ranking by clicking on the title! * After the USA, we are now focusing on the year-to-date models ranking in the biggest car market in the world, China. With August sales up…
Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 277 All-models Ranking! Click on title to see * For only the second time ever after last June, the Ford Focus takes the lead of the Passenger Cars ranking in China with 25,627 sales and is now up two spots to #5…
Chevrolet Sail * Click on title to see the Top 10 best-selling models & Top 40 best-selling brands! * Over the first 3 months of 2012, the Chilean new car market is down 6% year-on-year to 102,773 registrations, and today I can share with you a very rare Top 10…
Peugeot 504 Station Wagon in the background. Picture by Liki Fumei, all rights reserved. * Click on title for more street scenes and videos! * In 2011, 7,350 new cars were imported into Senegal, making it the biggest market in Western Africa. 585 of these were then re-exported in the…
The Chery QQ3 could be the 2nd Chinese model to rank #1 in an export market * Many thanks to Myk for digging out this information! * Up until now I had found it very hard to find even a little bit of information on the new car market in…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 280 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As it is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring this month’s models ranking in China, we now put the spotlight on year-to-date sales to extract longer-term trends. Over the first 7 months of 2012,…
Hyundai Elantra Langdong * See the Top 274 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the second time in the last 3 months, the Chevrolet Sail is the most popular passenger car in China, selling 23,643 units in July. It reinforces its second position in the 2012 year-to-date…
Renault Duster * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Juan Felipe * After a record year in 2011, the Colombian new car market is stable over the first 6 months of 2012 at 150,149 registrations, down 1% on 2011. But beyond this…
Buick Excelle - China is the only country in the world where a Buick is #1 * See the Top 277 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The biggest car market in the world has seen its models ranking completely reorganised in the last year. The big and very…
Ford Focus * See the Top 269 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The year 2012 is the year of firsts in China: after the VW Passat in January and the Chevrolet Sail in May, a third model holds the pole position for the very first time this month: the…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * 20,146 new cars changed hands in Ukraine in June, bringing the year-to-date total to 89,379 units. After 4 consecutive months of domination by the Skoda Octavia, the Ukrainian models ranking has…
Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Given we are now halfway through 2012, I will write a specific post exploring the year-to-date models ranking and their year-on-year evolution for the Top 10 biggest car markets in the world. First one to…
The Kia K2 is the best-performing all-new model in China over the period * See the Top 273 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Like we did for the US a week ago and after exploring Chinese May 2012 sales in detail, I thought we could pause on…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 264 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Reshuffle atop the Chinese models ranking in May: for the first time ever, the Chevrolet Sail is the best-selling model in the country with 30,163 sales, 27,579 of which are the sedan version. This pole…