Yet to come to Brazil, the new gen Renault Sandero is already on sale in Central Europe (above). * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 30 brands! * For the 6th time in the past 8 months, the Brazilian new car market is down year-one-year, although in…
Wuling Hongguang in Beijing * See the Top 348 All-models and Top 66 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the May sales figures in detail and focusing on the all-new models launched this month, we go through the year-to-date rankings to…
1 in every 2.5 cars sold in the Philippines this month is a Toyota. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Myk * The Pinoy new car market continues all guns blazing with another 23.5% year-on-year increase in May to 22,815 registrations, making 2014…
VW Santana * See the Top 327 All-local models and Top 64 brands by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of slowing down for the Chinese new car market, with May up another 8.5% to 1.91 million units across all segments, bringing the year-to-date total to 9.84 million units,…
The Chevrolet Spark is now #4 year-to-date in Mexico. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Pfew! In May, new car sales in Mexico are back to their traditional positiveness, albeit by just 0.8% to 88,244 registrations, with the year-to-date…
The Lincoln MKC is one of 3 all-new models to pop up in the US ranking this month. * See the Top 266 best-selling models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through May figures for the US we…
Renault Logan * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Russia accentuate their fall in May at -12% year-on-year to 201,487 registrations, now bringing the year-to-date total to 1,030,533 units, down 6% on 2013. The Lada Granta stays atop…
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,…
The 2nd generation Peugeot 308 already ranks as high as the 1st gen ever did! * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are up by the tiniest of margins in May at +0.1% year-on-year to…
The Fiat Palio is #1 in Argentina for the first time this month… * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The combined effect of a tax hike on imported models put in place on January 1 and the devaluation of the…
1966 ZAZ 966 - ZAZ dominated Ukrainian sales for almost 50 years. Historical info spanning the past five decades is now available for Ukraine on BSCB! For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Ukraine belonged to then, Lada models were selling strongly alongside the local ZAZ sedans we estimate were the…
Did you know the Seat Toledo was on sale in Mexico? * See the Top 252 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks B * For the first time in the history of BSCB I can finally give you a lot more detail on the annual models ranking in…
Geely MK (Russian model shown) * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * With the Crimean crisis still not resolved, the Ukrainian new car market falls deeper into recession: down a very depressing 70% year-on-year in April to just 7,765 registrations. That's an annualised rate…
The Nissan Patrol VVIP Special Edition is only available in the Gulf region. * See the Top 300 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. New car sales in the region are up a…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Saudi new car market is up 11% year-on-year in March to 69,015 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 194,479 units, up 5% on 2013. After the Hyundai 'hijack' from January (Hyundai Elantra #1…