Dacia Duster * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Based on data communicated by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 404 new cars were sold in the FYR of Macedonia in March, bringing the First Quarter total to 966 units. The Dacia Duster is the…
Yes the valiant Daewoo Matiz is still on sale in some countries... * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 482 new cars found a buyer in Moldova in March, adding up to 1,135 units over the First Quarter 2014.…
The Citroen C3 starts the month well at home. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales are up 3.5% year-on-year in France over the first 9 days of April, and as is the tradition Renault starts weakly (#3 brand)…
TagAz has been manufacturing the Chery Tiggo in Russia - rebranded Vortex Tingo. * This is Part 3 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * As illustrated in Africa and Latin America, Chinese manufacturers have been working extra-hard…
Fiat 500 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * The good news keep pouring in (at last!) for the European new car market: up 10% year-on-year in March to deliver a 7th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at 1,489,796 units.…
Hyundai Accent is the best-selling model in Algeria. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Algerian new car market is definitely going through a tough time in 2014: down 30% year-on-year over the First Quarter to just 85,000 registrations, and this…
Yesterday Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia announced the one millionth Duster produced in its Curitiba, Brazil plant, only 4 years after its original launch. This announcement was made as pictures of a Duster rescuing a Porsche Macan in distress were doing the rounds on the net (see below). A…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling car in Bulgaria this month. * See the Top 160 All-models and Top 28 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Kalo * New car sales in Bulgaria are up a splendid 25% year-on-year to an estimated 2,354 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Audi A3 sales are up 67% in Europe so far in 2014. * See the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 58 brands by clicking on the title! * Today we inaugurate a new series on BSCB: on top of the US and Chinese market, I will now analyse the…
Dacia Dokker * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * Now we're talking. Romanian new car sales are up a mammoth 38% year-on-year in March to 4,577 registrations, that's the 4th consecutive month of year-on-year gain and the third double-digit gain…
At +75% the Citroen C4 Picasso delivers the biggest year-on-year gain in the Top 50 this month. * See the Top 343 All-models & Top 58 brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring the Top 10 models and Top 30 brands for February, a couple of weeks of wait…
Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 30 models and Top 32 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * * See the overall France March 2014 update here * Finally! The New Caledonian new car market is in positive in March, something that had not happened in at least…
The Renault Clio is #2 in Northern Ireland, #4 in Scotland and #7 in Wales this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can share with you the best-sellers for each nation in the UK in March,…
The VW Golf is up 32% in March to a record 13,032 sales. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 43 brands by clicking on the title! * The UK new car market continues to astound and for the changeover month to new 14-plates, it delivers the highest…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Zsolt * New car sales in Hungary are up a splendid 22% year-on-year in March to 6,208 registrations, bringing the 1st Quarter total to 15,633 units, up 24% on 2013. The Skoda Octavia continues to…