Dongfeng Joyear X5. MPVs are up 66% in July. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 318 All-models and Top 64 All-brands! Click on title to see * New light vehicle sales in China are up a solid 10% year-on-year in July to 1.3578 million, bringing the year-to-date total to 10.992…
Kia Sorento * See the Top 50 models and Top 35 brands by clicking on eth title! Thanks Stéphane * Finally a month of frank year-on-year growth for the new car market in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia: up a magnificent 22% in July to 1,086 registrations,…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 93 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks JF * Thanks to Juan Felipe I can now share with you brands data for the first half of 2014 in Colombia, when the market grew 3% year-on-year to 143,900 units. Hopefully models data will…
Down 32% year-on-year but back on the podium: the Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to LMC Automotive I can now share with you more detail about the Chinese car market, including the Top 10 best-selling Light Commercial Vehicles which is a…
Wuling Hongguang in Beijing * See the Top 348 All-models and Top 66 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the May sales figures in detail and focusing on the all-new models launched this month, we go through the year-to-date rankings to…
Great Wall Wingle This is Part 3 of my special Strategy series about Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks) here, Part 2 (Small, Medium & Large Buses and Light Trucks) here and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary and MPVs) here. We are exploring the…
Yutong School Buses This is part 2 of my special Strategy series about how Chinese carmakers can achieve a better market share in their home market. You can check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks) here, Part 3 (Pick-ups, Mini Trucks and Minivans) here and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary…
Shanghai Englon SC7 in Ürürmqi, Xinjiang Uyghur - April 2014 This is Part 1 of my special Strategy series on Chinese manufacturers at home. You can also check out Part 2 (Medium & Large Buses, Small Buses and Light Trucks), Part 3 (Pick-ups, Mini Trucks and Minivans) and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary…
Renault Twingo * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia, are back into negative in April: down 8% year-on-year to 761 registrations which brings the year-to-date total…
Could the Dongfeng Fengguang be the best-selling vehicle in Kuqa? (Click to enlarge) This is Part 10 of my China 2014 Photo Report series, you can see all previous Reports here. After crossing the Taklamakan Desert, we now arrive in Kuqa (pronounced 'Kootcher') on the Northern Silk Road. Kuga is 715…
VW Santana in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur - May 2014 * See the Top 339 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring detailed sales for April and focusing on the all-new models for the month, we now go into the year-to-date charts…
The Civetchi Pick-up is also known as the Dongfeng Rich * See the Top 15 best-selling models and Top 12 All-brands by clicking on the title! * No sign of improvement for the Venezuelan new car market, muzzled by the current political trouble in the country and down another 90% year-on-year…
Wuling Hongguang in Ürümqi, China - April 2014 * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 5 models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to LMC Auto we have more detailed data for China, now including the all-important Light Commercial Vehicle sales. 555,111 LCVs found a new home…
Guarding his Chana pick-up with pride. (Click on any photo to enlarge) After Beijing, Chongqing and Ürümqi, as promised we are now headed 1.080km South-West to the hinterland of the hinterland: Kashgar, China's westernmost city and predominantly populated by Muslim Uyghurs. To give you a rough idea of what Kashgar looks like, the…
Hyundai Verna in Ürümqi (click on any picture to enlarge) This is Part 2 of my Ürümqi Photo Report, you can check out Part 1 about the surprising strength of budget Chinese brands here. Yesterday I reported on how the Shanghai Englon SC7, SC3 and SC6, Dongfeng Fengshen S30 and H30 Cross…