Mercedes C-Class The Mercedes brand sold 162,746 vehicles worldwide in September, the best-ever month in its 88-year history and a 14 percent year-on-year increase. This enables Mercedes to pass Audi and rank #2 premium brand in the world below BMW for the month of September. Even though Audi sales are…
European sales of low-cost manufacturer Dacia are up 31% so far in 2014. * See the Top 60 brands and Top 340 models rankings by clicking on the title! * After detailed data for August, we now explore the year-to-date European sales charts to try and extract longer-term trends. If…
The VW Golf Sportsvan breaks into the European Top 30 this month. * See the Top 333 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after studying the Top 10 models and brands in Europe we now go into the…
First appearance of the new Jeep Cherokee in the South Korean rankings. * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Falkonz * 120,104 new cars were registered in South Korea in August. Brand-wise, below the 5 locals (Hyundai, Kia, GM-Chevrolet/Daewoo, SsangYong and Renault…
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…
Lexus NX * See the Top 175 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hong Kong are up a very robust 26% year-on-year in September to 5,335 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,678 units, up 14% on 2013. The models…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Switzerland are down again at -3% year-on-year in September to 21,878 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 219,136 units, also down 3% on 2013. The Top 4…
The new generation lifts the Chrysler 200 nameplate to its best-ever September figure. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 266 best-selling models! Click on the title to see * You can check out the September 2014 groups and brands rankings here. This is a new section on BSCB, detailing the models performance…
Buick Regal - Buick sales are up 111% year-on-year in September. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 254 models, Top 34 brands and Top 15 groups! * New light vehicle sales are up another very impressive 13% year-on-year in September to a record 168,090 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Potentially the sign of a longer-term recovery, sales of imported cars in Japan are up year-on-year for the first time since the April 2014 tax hike at +3% in September to 32.810 registrations,…
Hyundai i30. Hyundai places 3 models inside the Top 9 this month in Czech Republic. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market continues to evolve at records levels this year: up another 19% year-on-year in…
Mercedes GLA * NOW UPDATED with the Top 125 best-selling models and Top 33 brands! See title * In spite of the difficult economic situation currently affecting the country, new car sales in South Africa are actually up year-on-year in September and for the first time so far in 2014…
Volvo V60 * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Sweden are up another very satisfying 7% year-on-year in September to 26.142 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 222.636 units, up 15% on 2013. Brand-wise, after a…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 44 All-brands and Top 210 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Spanish car sales are back into frank growth territory: up a very encouraging 26% year-on-year in September to 57,177 registrations - the best September score since 2009. This brings the year-to-date…
First appearance in a monthly ranking of the Jeep Renegade, 'at home' in Italy. * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * As it has now been the tradition on BSCB for over a year, we now have access to more detailed data…