Suzuki Celerio * See the Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Uruguayan new car market is down a harsh 17% year-on-year in May to 3.834 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total into negative territory at 21.201 units, down 1% on 2014. Suzuki cements its newfound leadership thanks…
Kia Rio * See the Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Chilean new car market is still in difficulty in May: down a harsh 16% year-on-year to 21.184 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 107.861 units after 5 months, down 23% on 2014 which was already…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 27 All-manufacturers and Top 10 models by clicking on the title * Mexican car buyers are snapping up more new vehicles than ever before this year: May marks the 5th consecutive record month with a best-ever 101.982 registrations, up a fantastic 16% on 2014…
Jeep sets an all-time volume record in May at 79.652 units. * Now updated with the Top 20 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 275 models * Whereas the totality of analysts had predicted a slight year-on-year decline due to less selling days in May this year than in 2014, the…
Dodge Forza * See the Top 8 best-selling brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * In an environment totally unfavourable to the sale of new cars - the Venezuelan government prevents car makers to repatriate earnings out of the country back to the mother company’s country - the Venezuelan…
Never had the Ford Ka nameplate managed to rank that high in Brazil. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 120 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Brazil take another harsh beating in May, down 26% year-on-year to 204.978 registrations, pulling the year-to-date total…
The new generation Renault Sandero has just launched in Argentina. * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 183 All-models by clicking on the title * By losing just 7% in March and 4% in April, the Argentinean new car market seemed to be slowly stabilising - granted, at levels roughly…
Hyundai Sonata * Now updated with the Top 53 local models, Top 140 foreigners & Top 40 All-brands * The April post has now been updated with all foreign models data. Sales of new local models in South Korea edge past their level of a year ago in May at +0.2% to…
The Chery QQ is the best-selling vehicle in Laos. Picture: Flickr * See the Top 25 brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * Thanks to Proliance, for the first time on BSCB we can share with you official new car sales data for Laos. In 2014 15.636 new…
The Toyota Vios has now been the best-selling model in Brunei for at least 4 years. * Now updated with the Top 40 All-brands and Top 20 models * Thanks to Proliance I can now share with you a lot more detail about the Brunei new light vehicle market for 2014. Sales are…
Uruguay is the first country in the world to crown the Suzuki Celerio * Now updated with the Top 10 best-selling models * * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title * The Uruguayan new car market struggles in 2014, down 8% year-on-year…
Chevrolet Aveo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Based on data communicated by Central Europe specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, the Moldovan new car market is down a harsh 18% year-on-year in April to 346 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1.109 units, down an even more depressing…
The Toyota Corolla could be the best-seller in Georgia in 2014. Today we get a more detailed insight into the car parc of Georgia, an ex-USSR state located in Caucasus with Russia to the north, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan to the south and the Black Sea to the west. Thanks…
Lindsay Chappell this week published a fascinating article on Automotive News USA about the growing power of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market. I summarise it below, you can read the full article here: "Sales to Hispanics outpacing the market" What's the weight of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market? 54 million Hispanics…
For the first time since November 2013, Egyptian new vehicle sales decline year-on-year at -3% in April to 21.742 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up by a dynamic 10% to 93.935 units. Chevrolet remains king of the castle by far despite sales down 9% on a year ago…