At +18%, the Nissan Juke is one of only five models in the Top 30 to see its sales increase. Picture Stefan Solakov, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After Brazil, it's the turn of France to have its half-year models…
Dacia Lodgy * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 110 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The French car market is holding rather well in June at -1% year-on-year to 208,225 registrations, meaning halfway through the year sales are down 14% on 2011 to 1,048,298. While it held…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I wish I could bring you good news about Spanish new car sales in June but it is not the case: at -12% year-on-year, the market totals only 73,352 units, the first June below 80,000…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 110 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * From -2% year-on-year over the first 28 days of May, the French market drops to -16% over the full month to 165,776 registrations, with 3 less working days than May 2011. Still a disappointing…
The Ferrari 458 Italia sold 153 units in Europe in April. Picture by DLMphotos, all rights reserved. * See the Top 322 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With a bit of delay I am now able to share with you a Full All-models Top 322 Ranking for…
Renault Grand Scenic * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is down 6% year-on-year over the first 18 days of June at 98,278 registrations. Renault has reclaimed the brand leadership with 16.6% share (-6%) ahead of Peugeot at 16%…
The Hyundai Accent is #1 in 5 countries across the world * See the full list by clicking on the title! * Now that most official sales data is in for the first 5 months of the year we can start looking at the #1 models around the world in…
Chevrolet Sail * Click on the title to see the full article! * Now that most May sales figures have come through, I welcome you to BSCB's third World Roundup after March and April 2012. This month the focus is on General Motors, reporting its highest US monthly sales in…
Dacia Duster. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Poland are up again in May at +4% year-on-year, bringing the year-to-date total to 142,375 units, up 10% on 2011. Like last month the models…
Peugeot 405. Picture by kamshots. * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As usual for Iran only models rankings by production (not sales) are available but they are a good reflection of car sales in the country as high import duties limit sales…
Algerian sales of Renault Clio Campus are up 160% over the first 5 months of 2012. * See the sales of Renault models by clicking on the title! * My traditional source for Algerian sales has dried up and hasn't been updated since January so my coverage of Algeria has…
Great Wall Steed - Bulgarians have embraced Great Wall's vehicles * See the Top 50 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kalo * 2012 will stay in the history of automobile as the year the Chinese started manufacturing cars in Europe. The Great Wall factory opened in…
Renault Scenic * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After going through all best-sellers in France from 1949 to 2011 I am now able to share with you France's latest weekly sales figures. In the first 11 days of the month 53,153 new cars were…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Slovakia are down 9% year-on-year in May to 5,948 registrations, brining the year-to-date total to 28,340 units, up 2% on 2011. As usual the Skoda Octavia and Fabia dominate sales, respectively…
Dacia Logan MCV. Picture by t-zajac, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Romanian new car market is definitely see-sawing this year: After gaining 86% in January, 27% in February, 29% in March but losing 13% in April, it is down another 9% in…