VW Polo * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * All top 5 European markets registered year-on-year gains in September, enabling European sales to grow for the 13th straight month at +6% to 1.272.559 sales, bringing the year-to-date total to 9.9 million units,…
DS Divine Concept Car The Paris Auto Show kicked off a little over a week ago. I had the privilege to attend it and interview marketing reps from most French manufacturers. This is the first in a series of articles dedicated to the Paris Auto Show. We start with DS,…
The VW Passat is inside the Europe Top 10 for the first time since November 2012. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * In spite of sales down in Germany (-0.4%) and France (-3%), the European new car market is up 3%…
The Seat Leon is up two spots in the European year-to-date ranking at #24. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As the year progresses, the European best-selling models sales charts cements itself and less changes are visible at the top of the ranking. This month we…
The Peugeot 308 continues to climb up the European ranking: #14 in July. * See the Top 333 best-selling models and Top 52 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into the Top 10 models and brands we get to explore into…
General Motors crashed Chevrolet down in Europe. A good thing? On paper yes, in practice no. In December 2013, General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet brand in Europe to concentrate on ailing Opel and its UK sister brand Vauxhall. A reshuffling of priorities that made sense given Opel racked up…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * European new car sales mark an 11th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in July at 1,081,195 registrations, up 5.4%. The year-to-date total now stands at 7,917,269 units after 7 months, up 5.8% on…
The Audi A3 reaches its highest ever year-to-date ranking in Europe at #9. * See the Top 356 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * Check also: China First Half 2014: Santana makes it 4 Volkswagens in Top 6 USA First Half 2014: Top two…
The Renault Mégane is up 20 spots on May to #12 this month in Europe. * See the Top 340 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after going through the June Top 10 where the main event was the…
The Renault Captur is up to an all-time high 7th place in Europe this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 25 brands! Click on title to see * The European new car market celebrates a 10th consecutive month on year-on-year growth in June at…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
Thanks to the Captur, Renault is up 16% in May. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 10 models and Top 25 brands! Click on title to see * If 2013 marked 6 consecutive years of decline and worst levels in 20 years for the European new car market, 2014 is…
Fiat Abarth 500 (US model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 models and Top 60 brands! Click on title to see * Now that we have explored in detail the European models ranking for April we look into the evolution of the year-to-date sales charts to extract longer-term…
The VW Tiguan is up to a best-ever #12 in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 models and Top 55 brands! Click on title to see * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the April Top 10 we now have access to much more detailed…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe, defined as the European Union ex-Malta + Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, deliver an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year growth in April, up 4% to 1,129,829 registrations…