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,…
First Top 30 ranking at home for the second generation Citroen C1. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 47 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Thanks to my correspondents in the place (thanks Patricia and Christian) and L'Argus I can now share with you actuals for…
Citroen C4 Cactus * See the Top 50 models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * The recovery continues for new car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia: up another 10% year-on-year in September to 811 registrations which brings the year-to-date…
Renault Twingo III * NOW UPDATED with the Top 300 best-selling models & Top 47 brands! Click on title to see * On paper the French new car market looks like it's sparkling into action at +6% in September to 151.101 registrations, however this is mainly due to one additional working…
The Toyota Yaris is up to a historical 7th place this month in France! * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 60 models and Top 15 brands - Thanks Marie-Dominique * While the rest of Europe is enjoying a slow but steady recovery, the French new car market is stuck…
Citroen C4 Cactus * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * Encouraging results for new car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia: up year-on-year for the 2nd consecutive month at +11% to 841 registrations, which…
Peugeot Boxer * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in France are down 4% year-on-year in August to 17,373 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 237,894 units, now up by only 120 sales or…
The new gen Peugeot 308 SW is off to a great start at home. * See the Full Snapshot by clicking on the title! * After Barcelona we go to France where I spent a large part of the past month between the Nice area and Paris. I'm calling this update…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * After a two month-hiatus due to the summer holidays, the French weekly updates are back on BSCB! Bad news: the French new car market continues to be very wobbly, and August traditionally being…
Citroen C1 II * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now have access to a much more detailed models ranking for France thanks to data published by L’Argus magazine. The most spectacular change…
First Top 20 ranking in the world for the Citroen C4 Cactus at #20 at home in France. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Now updated with final Citroen C4 Cactus sales The French new car market is definitely…
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,…
Renault Trafic * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 12 brands by clicking on the title! * With one less working day than July 2013, the French Light Commercial Vehicle market is down 5% year-on-year (but stable in annually adjusted figures) to 29,705 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Renault Zoe sales are down 42% year-on-year in France so far this year. We now have access to a little more detail on the French new car market over the first half of 2014 with data by alimentation. Quite a few interesting (and counter-intuitive) developments in the market over the…
The Peugeot 108 lands at #71 for its first month in the French sales charts. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in…