The Peugeot 308 is up 61% year-on-year at home so far in 2015. * See the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the French new car market, stuck at two-decade-lows for the…
Mazda3 * See the Top 240 All-models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title * After the traditional monthly look at the Top 10 and a more detailed look at March sales earlier today, we now explore the First Quarter 2015 figures in Mexico to extract longer-term trends.…
Now within throwing distance of the overall #1 spot in Brazil: the Chevrolet Onix. * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * The Brazilian new car market is undergoing a severe correction in 2015, down 16% over the first quarter to…
The new model lifts VW Passat sales up 41% on 2014. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 324 models by clicking on the title * Still the engine of the European market despite the UK stepping up, the health of German sales has a large impact on…
VW Golf sales are up a whopping 533% year-on-year in Canada. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 35 brands & Top 260 models by clicking on the title * Nothing seems to be able to stop the Canadian new light vehicle market from moving forward year after year: after record…
The Datsun on-DO is an instant blockbuster in troubled Russia. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Catastrophic results for the Russian new car market, crumbling down over the effects of galloping inflation triggered by economic sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis.…
The Honda HR-V jumps to 7th place overall in Thailand this month. * See the Top 55 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * The recession is still not over for the new light vehicle market in Thailand: sales are down another 12% year-on-year both…
The reintroduction of the mid-sized Colorado is helping keep the US market in gear. * See the Top 274 All-models, Top 40 brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * It’s time for our Quarterly update of the US new light vehicle market. A lot of actors in the industry were…
200.000 Baojun 730 have found a buyer in less than 9 months. * See the Top 377 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed Chinese sales figures for March we explore the First Quarter volumes in order to…
Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
Kawei is bringing a bit of Beijing spontaneity to Shanghai. The moment you have all been waiting for has finally arrived. Now an annual tradition at BSCB, I give you the ranking of the Chinese carmakers that impressed me the most at Auto Shanghai 2015. If last year in Beijing…
VW Jetta taxi in front of the Changchun Railway Station From Shanghai we are now headed North, passing Beijing to land in Changchun, the capital city of the Jilin province. The city itself has 3.6 million inhabitants, but including the greater Changchun, this figure climbs to 8 million, or almost…
Shanghai Pudong street scenes After going through the highlights of Auto Shanghai 2015 and before I give you my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Show, it’s time to go wandering in the streets of Shanghai so I can share with you what the most popular cars…
Strong UK sales push the Opel/Vauxhall Corsa onto the European podium in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * It's official: the recession is over in Europe. Overall new car sales are up 11% year-on-year in March to an imposing 1.644.985…
The Renault Mégane is back up to #6 overall this month. * Now updated with the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands * French new car sales are finally getting a significant boost this month: up 9.5% year-on-year in March to 196,572 registrations, partly thanks to one more opening…