The Dacia Duster is the most popular foreign model in the Czech Republic this month. It's an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in the Czech Republic in April at -5.5% to 22.921 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.4% to 82.537. Homegrown brand leader…
Peugeot sales soar 21.3% year-on-year in a depleted market. No sign of improvement for new car sales in Finland with April marking the 7th double-digit year-on-year drop in the past 8 months at -12.3% to 9.538 units, leading to a YTD tally down -14.8% to 38.276. Toyota (-15.9%) falls faster…
The Opel Grandland X makes its first appearance inside the Croatian Top 20 and Top 10 in April. The Croatian new car market spectacularly bounces back up 22.5% year-on-year in April to 8.633 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now down just -0.5% at 20.772. Renault (+29.9%) steps up to…
The Dacia Duster holds 8.6% of the New Caledonian market in April. New light vehicle sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, gain 7.1% year-on-year in April to 637 units, meaning the YTD tally is now down -4.9% to 2.421. Toyota (+33.3%) remains the most popular…
Audi is up to equal #3 with BMW in March in Luxembourg. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. The Luxembourg new car market gains 4.5% year-on-year in March to 5.621 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 4% to 14.867. Volkswagen remains the unattainable brands lead at…
The Subaru Forester scores its only podium finish in the U.S. here in Alaska. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, after exploring Full Year 2018 State by State sales in the U.S., we zoom in on the most significant States. Its size, isolation from the “lower 49” and peculiar transport network –…
Ram 1500 sales soar 14.3% year-on-year in Texas in 2018. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, after exploring Full Year 2017 State by State sales in the U.S., we continue on our zoom in on the largest American States with Texas for our second ever BSCB update dedicated to this State.…
The Chevrolet Equinox cements its domination in Michigan. Thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, after exploring Full Year 2018 State by State sales in the U.S., we delve into the detail of the largest American States. We'll start with Michigan, the 10th most populous State and with its largest city Detroit…
The Kia Cerato breaks its ranking and share records this month. Picture exhaustnotes.com.au It's a 13th straight month of decline for new vehicle sales in Australia, down a painful -8.9% year-on-year to 75.500 units, the weakest April volume since 2011. Year-to-date, the market is now down -8.1% to 344.088 units,…
The Dacia Duster climbs on the Italian podium for the very first time. In April, new car sales in Italy register their third year-on-year gain in the past 12 months after last July and December at a shy +1.2% to 174.940 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains firmly set in…
The Seat Leon is by far the most popular vehicle in Spain in April. Spanish new car sales cut short a painful streak of 7 consecutive months of declines in April with a sturdy +5.9% year-on-year uptick to 123.833 units, the largest result for the month since 2006 (129.468). The…
The Renault Kwid has landed in Colombia. New vehicle sales in Colombia are up for the 2nd straight month in March at +3.1% to 20.184 units, tilting the YTD tally into positive territory at +0.5% to 54.635. Renault (+3.7%) knocks Chevrolet (-1.1%) down to score its 5th win in the past…
Renault is the #1 brand in 54 French departments in 2018. For the first time in the history of BSCB we can share with you the Top 20 best-selling brands in France by department, for all 100 of them, over the Full Year 2018 but also 2017 for comparison. This…
The Toyota RAV4 wins 7 States in 2018 vs. just 5 in 2017. For the fifth year in a row and thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, we can share with you today separate rankings of the Top 5 best-selling vehicles for each U.S. State over the Full Year 2018.…
The Toyota Hilux holds 8.9% of the South African market in March. New vehicle sales in South Africa drop -3.1% year-on-year in March to 47.718 units, with passenger cars down -5.6% to 30.348 while light commercials gain 1.9% to 14.994. The rest of the market goes to medium and heavy…