Global light vehicle sales have fallen to their lowest in over 20 years in annualised terms. Picture Flash90. LMC Automotive released its internal Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales for April 2020 and as expected the picture is dire, with a year-on-year drop of -44.8% to just 3.967.406 units vs. 7.193.464…
France ended its national lockdown on May 11, with inhabitants now able to get out without having to fill a movement certificate. Business and school reopening are less strict in "Green" departments, whereas "Red" departments remain relatively constrained (see map below). So how have new car sales performed over the…
French new car sales fall to their lowest April tally since 1950. 8/05 update: Now with Top 220 All-models. 5/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands. As we anticipated a week ago, French new car sales stall -88.8% year-on-year in April to just 20.997 registrations as the country was under…
The Jaguar i-Pace ranks #2 in the UK in April. Picture carmagazine.co.uk 8/06 update: Now with 2020 YTD Top 130 models. As we predicted a month ago based on COVID-19 infection rates, the nation-wide lockdown, implemented later than most European nations (on March 23), was extended and covered the entire…
India is under a nationwide lockdown since March 23. The entire 1.3 billion population of India is currently under the world's strictest COVID-19 lockdown since March 23 and until at least May 18. All automotive factories have stopped production and all dealerships in the country are closed, and as a…
After January 2019 (world car market) and April 2019 (Chinese market), BSCB and I are featured for the third time in French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. The article, published in yesterday's edition (dated March 23) explores how different…
We have reorganised our Live COVID-19 Dashboard so it is now easier to read. You can access it at any time on the top left tile of our website as well as this tailored url: bestsellingcarsblog.com/covid19 Make sure you bookmark this page to stay up-to-date on the latest COVID-19 impacted automotive…
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Chinese car sales are up year-on-year. According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), new passenger car sales in China have spectacularly bounced back up 14% year-on-year over the week of April 7-12, marking the first…
Pakistan is under a national partial lockdown since March 23 in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Confirmed cases jumped from 2.039 as of March 31 to 5.374 as of April 12, meaning the lockdown, originally scheduled to last until March 31 but already extended to…
Chevrolet Silverado sales are up 25.7% in Q1 in a market down -11.9%. 11/04 update: Now with Mercedes, Jaguar and Land Rover data. March is the month the coronavirus pandemic upended the US economy. From just 100 confirmed cases as of March 1, the number of infected US citizens surged…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended car markets globally. This is our Coronavirus portal, updated live with all relevant sales data and forecast information, which you can find below. BSCB will support you throughout the COVID-19 crisis in a variety of ways. We are accelerating the pace of our publications (March…
France has been under strict lockdown since March 17. 09/04 update: Now with Top 305 All-models. 07/04 update: Now with model info for private and business channels. 01/04 update: Now with Top 80 models. First European March results are here and as expected the losses are heavy, impacted by coronavirus…
A V-shaped recovery for worldwide new car sales is fast becoming untenable. During this difficult and volatile period, we at BSCB will refrain from publishing constantly changing short-term forecasts which only add to the ton of alarmist updates we are all getting on an hourly basis. The spread of the…
The COVID-19 crisis has suddenly taken a turn for the worse in the US, with the number of confirmed cases going from 6.000 to 35.000 in the space of just 5 days (data as of 5am ET 23/03/20). More States are announcing business shutdowns and shelter-at-home orders each day, meaning…
These are unprecedented and unpredictable times. Here at BSCB I will continue to provide you with the most up-to-date automotive sales data information, including forecasts of COVID-19 market impacts when I deem the estimates to be reliable. As a 100% online company, our day-to-day operations thankfully remain unaffected by government…