Two generations of VW Santana in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur - China May 2014. * See the Top 352 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring in detail June sales in China we now look at the year-to-date ranking to try…
Fiat Strada * See the Top 46 All-brands by clicking on the title! * 4,623 new light vehicles found a buyer in Uruguay in June, adding up to 26,050 year-to-date. Shock in pole position: in a market dominated by Chevrolet for years, Fiat becomes the most popular manufacturer in the…
The Audi Q3 is up 63% year-on-year in June in China. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 318 models and Top 64 brands! Click on title to see * According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, light vehicle sales in China are up a sturdy 11% year-on-year both in June…
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…
Chevrolet Silverado * See the Top 267 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through US June figures we now explore year-to-date data to try and extract longer-term trends. Halfway through 2014, the US light vehicle market is up a…
The Skoda Rapid makes its first appearance inside the Russian Top 20 this month. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * The new car market situation is fast deteriorating in Russia with June sales down a horrid 17% year-on-year to…
Nissan Versa * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * In June the Mexican new car market is up a shy 0.5% year-on-year to 84,127 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to just above half a million units at 500,360, down 0.3%…
Hyundai i20 * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! * Another very satisfying month for new car sales in Greece, up 41% year-on-year in June to 7,964 units, the highest monthly result since January 2012! The year-to-date total halfway through 2014…
Kia Picanto * See the Top 238 All-models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks www.cartube.co.il * The Israeli new car market is up 29% year-on-year in June to 23,088 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 135,511 units, up 21% on 2013. All very good results for this part of the…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * The Soccer World Cup definitely has had a noxious effect on new car sales in Brazil so far: June sales are down a painful 17% year-on-year to 250,655 registrations, bringing the…
Kia Carnival * See the Top 50 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * Sales of locally produced models in South Korea are up 7% year-on-year in June to 121,221 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 707,343 units, up 5% on 2013. The Hyundai Sonata remains on top…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * The Argentinean new car market continues to crash and burn after a tax increase was implemented on January 1. In June it is down 31% year-on-year to 51,540 registrations, bringing the…
Chevrolet Optra * NOW UPDATED with the Top 15 brands and Top 150 All-models! Thanks Ldman * The Egyptian new car market is up a cool 22% year-on-year in May to 23,566 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 108,806 units, up 26% on 2013. The Hyundai Verna edges back past…
The Ford Escort is the best-selling Passenger Car in the US in 1987 and 1988. Thanks to an avid reader of BSCB, I have now added full models ranking for the USA for each year between 1985 and 1991, slowly but surely filling up the holes in US Historical Data on…
The Suzuki Alto 800 is on sale in Uruguay, imported from India * See the Top 47 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * New car sales in Uruguay are down 10% year-on-year to 4,635 registrations in May, bringing the year-to-date total into negative at 21,427 units,…