Honda leads foreign carmakers in Malaysia in March. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * A new Goods & Service Tax (GST) implementation scheduled for April 1 resulted in a surge in forward purchases in Malaysia, pushing the market up 14% to 67,314 registrations,…
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.…
The Dodge Attitude is a rebadged Mitsubishi Attrage exclusive to Mexico. * See the Top 222 All-models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title * This month we have the opportunity to have a much more detailed look at the Mexican market. March figures for now, a full First…
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 Maruti Alto continues to dominate the Indian market. * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 70 models by clicking on the title * The Indian new car market is revving back into gear: up 2% year-on-year over the first quarter of 2015 to 675.858 units – note…
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…
Suzuki Lingyang taxi in Mudanjiang After Yanji in the Korean Autonomous Prefecture, we are now leaving the Jilin province, headed north to cross over to Mudanjiang in the Heilongjiang province, home to just under 1 million inhabitants. Mudanjiang does have an airport but it doesn’t have direct flights to either…
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…
The Honda HR-V posts a second consecutive month inside the Indonesian Top 5. * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Indonesian new car market continues to readjust: down 12% year-on-year in March to 99,406 registrations, which brings the 1st Quarter total to 284,682 units,…
Toyota hits its highest market share in Singapore in at least 3 years. * See the Top 32 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * Now that the price of Certificates of Entitlement (the right to register a car) are back down to more affordable levels, car sales in Singapore…
The Honda Civic is the best-selling nameplate in Quebec in 2014. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title * For the first time on BSCB I can share with you detailed data for the French-speaking state of Quebec in Canada. In 2014 the Quebec new light…