The Dodge Vision (a rebadged Fiat Gran Siena) lands at #174 in Mexico. * See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands rankings here * I can now share with you All-models and All-brands rankings for Mexico for the Full Year 2014. Beyond the familiar Top 10 models there is…
HR-V effect? Honda is the #1 foreign brand in Malaysia in January. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales are up 1% year-on-year in Malaysia in January to 50,602 registrations, continuing a record-breaking run that has now lasted over two…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 15 best-selling local models by clicking on the title * The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association communicates each month the sales of locally produced models, which is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular new cars in the country as imports are still relatively limited. And its a…
The Mazda Biante ranks just outside the Indonesian Top 50 in 2014. See the Full Year 2014 Top 95 best-selling models and Top 10 brands here For the first time on BSCB we are able to go beyond the traditional Top 20 models to extend the ranking to the Top…
Toyota Yaris (Chinese model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 193 All-models and Top 40 All-brands * Catastrophic year for new car sales in Thailand: as soon as the government's "first car" incentive program was ditched in mid-2013, the market has fallen back to 2011 levels. If a very strong first…
Perodua Axia - Perodua holds just under 30% of its home market in 2014. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Malaysian new car market is up 1.6% year-on-year to lodge a third consecutive record year at 666,465 registrations. By…
Toyota Vios * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * Vietnamese new vehicle sales display a stunning 43% growth rate in 2014 to 157,810 registrations. Of these, 57,371 (+42%) are trucks and 100,439 (+43%) are passenger cars. Toyota dominates the brands…
Honda Grace After a very turbulent year the Japanese auto market ends 2014 on a positive note, ending 5 consecutive months of YOY declines up 2% in December. Kei sales are pulling the market up at a massive +18.5% in December. In the "traditional" models ranking, the big news this month…
The VW Vento jumps to #4 in Mexico this year. * UPDATED - See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands by clicking on the title * * Check out 10 years worth of Mexican archived data here * Exactly as I predicted last month, the Mexican new car…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling nameplate in Australia for the 2nd year running. * UPDATE - See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 310 All-models by clicking on the title * * Check out 66 years worth of Australia archive data here * The Australian new car market is down 2%…
Nissan X-Trail * See the Top 292 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB I can now share with you our quarterly All-models ranking for Australia. If the Top 4 is unchanged on last quarter and the Full Year 2014 ranking (Corolla-3-Hilux-i30), the…
The Datsun GO sold 13,079 units in 10 months in India. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * After surprisingly halting by -7% in 2013, the Indian new car market is back in positive territory in 2014, up 3% to 2,540,750…
Nissan Navara * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * As the demise of the Thai new vehicle market is approaching its one year anniversary, logically the year-on-year declines become smaller: from -35% in July to -31% in August, -26% in…
For its 2nd month in market the Maruti Ciaz breaks into the Indian Top 10. * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * The Dusshera and Diwali festivals is traditionally an auspicious season a lot of car buyers wait until to make…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 195 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * Yet another depressing month for new vehicle sales in Argentina, down a horrible 42% year-on-year in October to 47,608 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 605,168 units, down 27% on…