The VW Golf is the best-seller in Portugal in August. * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Portugal are up by another very robust 26% year-on-year in August to 7,743 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The locomotive of European new car sales, Germany is still not frankly on the road to recovery with a market down down 0.4% year-on-year in August to 213,092 registrations. This brings…
Switzerland is the first country in the world to allow the Mercedes GLA in the Top 10. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market is not quite there yet: down 6% year-on-year in August to…
Norway is the only country in the world to welcome the BMW i3 among its 10 best-sellers. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models and All-brands! Thanks Jan * Norwegian new car sales are down 2% year-on-year in August to 11,444 registrations, however the year-to-date total remains in positive…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 175 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Netherlands are down a worrying 9% year-on-year to 25,722 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 254,450 units, down 6% on 2013. Volkswagen remains the most popular…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 47 brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market is moving the right way again in August at +13% to 45,497 registrations, however if last July was the best since 2009, this August is the…
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…
BMW is under attack from Audi and Mercedes, with all 3 manufacturers breaking records. Worldwide results are in for the first 7 months of the year for German premium brands and according to Automotive News it looks like BMW's crown is starting to be in danger from Audi and Mercedes. But let's…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because by definition: are counted as private the cars sold to private buyers. Demo cars, rental cars and long-term leases are not counted as private along with cars sold…
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 VW Polo is the most popular vehicle in South Africa for the 2nd month running. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 manufacturers by clicking on the title! * In spite of high levels of industrial action, rising inflation and interest rates, new car sales in South…
Can the Seat Leon beat the Ibiza to finish the year in pole position at home? * See the Top 230 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * Spanish new car sales hit a new high in July, confirming they are definitely on the mend:…
Renault Captur * See the Top 320 All-models and Top 50 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * Including commercial vehicles, 47,780 new cars found a buyer in Belgium in June, adding up to 318,746 halfway through 2014. The Belgian models ranking is once again rather unique this month: the…
First Top 100 ranking for the Ford Ecosport in Italy. * See the Top 160 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * As is the tradition on BSCB we now have access to more detailed data for Italy. A few adjustments inside the Top 50 first now…
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…