Mercedes hit an all-time high 10.3% share in Germany in November. * See the Top 50 brands, Top 380 models and Top 30 private sales by clicking on the title * Check out 70 years worth of German Historical data here The German new car market posts a third consecutive year of gains…
The VW Tiguan is up 13 spots on June to #5 in July. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 315 models by clicking on the title * The German new car market marks a pause in July with sales down 4% year-on-year to 278.866 units but the year-to-date…
Volkswagen is counting on the Tiguan to return to growth at home over the remainder of 2016. * See the Top 50 brands, Top 370 All-model and Top 30 private sales by clicking on the title * It's a very robust First Half of the year for new car sales in Germany, up…
The Opel Astra ranks #3 in Germany in June. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 275 All-models by clicking on the title * The German new car market gains a robust 8% year-on-year in June to 339.563 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total up 7% or 116.000 additional sales to…
Volkswagen and Audi are going in opposite directions in Germany. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 307 All-models by clicking on the title * The German new car market is up an encouraging 12% or 30.000 units year-on-year in May to 286.931 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally up…
The VW Polo is up 22% year-on-year in Germany in April. * See the Top 48 brands and Top 305 models by clicking on the title * April sales in Germany are up by a very robust 8% year-on-year to 315.921 units, lifting the year-to-date total up 6% to 1.107.345.…
Volkswagen sales drop 9% at home in January. * See the Top 48 All-brands and Top 300 All-models by clicking on the title * The German new car market starts 2016 in a very healthy way: up 3% 218.365 registrations in January. After resisting fairly well over the past few…
The Hyundai Tucson is an instant blockbuster in Europe's largest market. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 300 models by clicking on the title * If the German auto industry is still reeling from the Volkswagen AG diesel scandal, new car sales in the country are up 4% year-on-year…
Mark Langenbrinck, President of Mercedes-Benz France ast of the German brand interviews at the Frankfurt Auto Show, we now speak with Mark Langenbrinck, President of Mercedes-Benz France. As it was the case with Arnaud Barral at Volkswagen, a relaxed interviewee took my questions with bonne humeur and honesty. BSCB: The…
Hitting the Chinese market's soft spot: the Baojun 560. * See the Top 365 All-local models and Top 65 All-local brands by clicking on the title * The Chinese light vehicle market endures its third consecutive month of year-on-year decline in August at -3.4% to 1.44 million registrations, pulling the…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…
The Ram Pickup is now just 1,421 sales (0.35%) off the Toyota Camry and a YTD podium ranking... * See the Top 279 models, Top 40 brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after detailed November results, we now zoom in…
The Hero in Town: the Kia Soul * Now updated with official sales data and dealer interviews * * See the Full 30 Photo-Report by clicking on the title and click on any photo to enlarge! * You can follow all US Coast to Coast Reports here We have arrived…
Suzuki S-Cross * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Paolo and Quattroruote I can share with you the Top 150 best-selling models in Italy for December, just in time before the January 2014 figures. Highlights beyond the Top 50 (which we covered…
Mercedes A-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB I share with you today detailed Private Sales (PS) data for Germany. As you know these rankings are always a little controversial because of the definition of ‘private’…