The successful launch of the F7 enables Haval to post the largest gain in the Top 13. There are clear signs of recovery when looking at Retail sales in China over the First Quarter 2019, down just -0.6% to 5.116.711 for our selection of models including some LCVs such as…
The Jaguar i-Pace ranks 6th overall in Norway in April. Now that last month's Tesla Model 3-related freak event is over, Norway new car sales return to their dismal form at a ghastly -19.9% to just 11.255 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up just +3.9% to 49.740. Volkswagen (-2.2%)…
The Dacia Duster is the most popular foreign model in the Czech Republic this month. It's an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in the Czech Republic in April at -5.5% to 22.921 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.4% to 82.537. Homegrown brand leader…
Toyota sales surge 66.4% year-on-year in Israel in April. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli April brands data, as models data is a quarterly occurrence. The market leaps up 16.7% year-on-year to 22.751 units, tilting the YTD volume into positive at +0.9% to 114.869. Toyota…
The Dacia Duster holds 8.6% of the New Caledonian market in April. New light vehicle sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, gain 7.1% year-on-year in April to 637 units, meaning the YTD tally is now down -4.9% to 2.421. Toyota (+33.3%) remains the most popular…
Volvo posts the only double-digit gain in the Top 15 in March in Belgium. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Belgium skid down 6.1% year-on-year in March to 54.873 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 5.9% to 155.866. Brand leader Volkswagen (-10.4%)…
The Kia Cerato breaks its ranking and share records this month. Picture exhaustnotes.com.au It's a 13th straight month of decline for new vehicle sales in Australia, down a painful -8.9% year-on-year to 75.500 units, the weakest April volume since 2011. Year-to-date, the market is now down -8.1% to 344.088 units,…
The Seat Leon is by far the most popular vehicle in Spain in April. Spanish new car sales cut short a painful streak of 7 consecutive months of declines in April with a sturdy +5.9% year-on-year uptick to 123.833 units, the largest result for the month since 2006 (129.468). The…
The Toyota Camry returns to pole position in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh new vehicle market confirms it is on a roll in this start of 2019 with March registrations up 15.3% year-on-year to 4.916, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 17% to 13.764. In the brands ranking, Lada (+21.4%), Toyota (+53.7%)…
The Dacia Duster takes the lead both in March and YTD in Moldova. Thanks to our partnership with Eastern European data specialist CE Auto, we can share with you today March sales for Moldova, a market down -14.9% year-on-year to 486 units, leading to a Q1 volume edging up 1.3%…
Renault is the #1 brand in 54 French departments in 2018. For the first time in the history of BSCB we can share with you the Top 20 best-selling brands in France by department, for all 100 of them, over the Full Year 2018 but also 2017 for comparison. This…
Fiat Tipo in Tirana, Albania in August 2018. One of the 10 countries we dashed through in 10 days last August with a Dacia Logan was Albania, for which there has never been any official new car sales data published. I have to admit one of the motivations for conducting…
Volkswagen is the #1 brand in Belgium, with the Golf topping the models charts. Consult 30 years of Belgian Historical Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 290 All-models. New car sales in Belgium edge up 0.7% in 2018 to 549.632 registrations. Volkswagen (+4.5%) drives past Renault (-1.4%)…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the most popular vehicle with Icelandic private buyers in 2018. Consult over 15 years of Iceland Historica Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 100 models. Iceland is back on BSCB after a two-year hiatus, but the market suffers a harsh drop in…
Volkswagen sales shoot up 35.5% year-on-year in Guadeloupe. New passenger car sales in Guadeloupe, a French overseas archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea home to 398,000 inhabitants step up 5.6% year-on-year in 2018 to 17.620. Peugeot (+3%) remains comfortably in the lead with 16.6% share while Renault (-1.8%) skids down to…