The lift of the ban on driver's licences for Saudi women has boosted new car sales spectacularly this year. Picture Saudi Information Ministry via AP. The time has finally come! After imploding 53.2% between 2015 and 2018, including a painful 23.4% last year, new light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia have bottomed…
Chana CX70 in Lijiang After Shanghai, Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia and Kunming and Dali in Yunnan, we proceed on our Chinese exploration following the Shanghai Auto Show. Next stop is Lijiang, still in Yunnan province, roughly 200km north of Dali, and then we push a further 100km north to the famous…
Volkswagen has now sold over 1 million vehicles in China in 2018. The Lavida is #1 in April. * See the Top 80 China-made brands and Top 435 models (wholesales) by clicking on the title * Based on wholesales data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new light…
The renewed Hyundai ix35 is up 7-fold on the previous model a year ago. * See the Top 78 China-made brands and Top 433 models (wholesales) by clicking on the title * According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese new vehicle market is back…
The Lynk & Co brand has now launched in China. As is the tradition on BSCB, after covering December sales in detail, we now focus on the all-new locally produced launches so you can stay up-to-date on the fastest-evolving automobile market in the world. The December 2017 class has a…
The Baojun 310 is one of nine new Chinese-made nameplates to enter the Chinese market. * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 400 models by clicking here * In September the Chinese market was up a whopping 29% and this dynamism is partly due to the large amount - and success -…
The GAC Trumpchi GS4 breaks into the overall Top 5 for the first time in July. * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 393 models by clicking on the title * The Chinese new car market manages a third consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in July and…
Chengdu street scene This is the 7th instalment in our 2016 Chinese adventures after Beijing, Xining in the Qinghai province, the Chinese car dealerships of Xining, Tongren, Xiahe in the Gansu province and the mountain road back from Xiahe to Xining. We are now flying south-east to Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province and home to…
Launched in April, the Changan CX70 sells 10.058 units in June. * See the Top 70 All China-made brands and Top 393 All models by clicking on the title * A year ago, the Chinese light vehicle market was going through its first monthly year-on-year decline in over 6 years. June 2016…
A new crossover-looking variant helps lift the Wuling Hongguang back to #1 in May. * See the Top 70 All-China made brands and Top 396 All-models by clicking on the title * The Chinese light vehicle market manages a double-digit year-on-year gain for the second time in three months in…
Over 320.000 Baojun 730 found a new Chinese home in 2015, 440.000 since launch. * Now updated with full analysis & Top 20 brands incl. imports and CV * * See the Top 73 best-selling local brands and Top 470 All-local models by clicking on the title * * See the…
The VW Jetta is #1 in six Chinese provinces in 2014, including Jilin (above). Today and for the first time on BSCB we are able to share with you the five best-selling nameplates for each and every one of China's 31 provinces. As detailed during my various travels across the…
The Hyundai Santa Fe accounts for almost 1 in every 4 new vehicles imported into Iran. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * Today we can share with you exclusive data for Iranian imports. This is only the second time ever BSCB…
The Haval H6 leaps to third place overall so far in 2015. * See the Top 391 All-local models by clicking on the title * * NOW UPDATED with the Top 10 best-selling Light Commercials * If over the period the Chinese new light vehicle market is still up by…
The VW Lavida outsells the Wuling Hongguang to #1 for the first time in two years. * See the Top 368 All-local models by clicking on the title * Light vehicles sales are up just 1.2% year-on-year in May in China, with passenger cars up 3.8% to 1.57 million units…