Chana Taurustar, Chana Star & Wuling Hongguang in Chongqing – April 2014 * See the Top 30 best-selling vehicles (PC and LCV) by clicking on the title! * Now that the Top 10 most popular Light Commercial Vehicles in China are known, I can give you the Top 30 best-selling…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Based on data communicated by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 404 new cars were sold in the FYR of Macedonia in March, bringing the First Quarter total to 966 units. The Dacia Duster is the…
Yes the valiant Daewoo Matiz is still on sale in some countries... * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 482 new cars found a buyer in Moldova in March, adding up to 1,135 units over the First Quarter 2014.…
Chana Star in Dongsi hutong The legendary Beijing hutongs are tiny, charming alleyways formed by lines of traditional courtyard residences. An endangered species, the real Beijing lives and breathes in hutongs where a warm sense of community and hospitality survives. I was lucky enough to spend some time visiting hutongs during…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 260 All-models & Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks to Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new light vehicle market is down a harsh 31% year-on-year in March to just 47,581 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 115,272 units, down 24% on 2013. Brand-wise,…
Skoda Octavia in Bourke, NSW Australia This Part 2 of my Photo Report on the Australian Outback, you can check Part 1 here. Now that we've described how utes are extremely well represented in Outback Australia, let's weigh the pros and cons of the AU$34,690 1.8l TSI Skoda Octavia Elegance…
Like this fennec fox, Chinese carmakers have been walking against the wind in Africa. And it's worked. With the Beijing Auto show approaching fast, I though it would be timely to publish an updated version of my 5 Part strategy study of how successful Chinese manufacturers are abroad. Part 1 is…
Hyundai Accent is the best-selling model in Algeria. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Algerian new car market is definitely going through a tough time in 2014: down 30% year-on-year over the First Quarter to just 85,000 registrations, and this…
Hyundai Santa Fe * NOW UPDATED with Top 248 All-models and Top 32 brands! * New car sales in Canada are up a tiny 0.3% year-on-year in March to 157,228 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 358,857 units, up 0.9% on 2013. Ford keeps the lead of the brands ranking…
Haval H6 Sport * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 334 All-models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into March data in detail we now go on to study the year-to-date rankings to extract some longer-term trends. The Chinese Passenger Car…
Lexus IS * See the Top 36 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore continue to recover: up 15% year-on-year in March to 1,997 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 5,962 units, up 11% on 2013. For the third time in the last 12…
Is it the end of explosive growth in China? Not so fast... Before going through March brands and models detailed data in the next couple of days, a little taste of things to come in China: according to the state- backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, sales of Passenger Cars in…
Datsun Go * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in India are down 5% year-on-year in March to 232,423 registrations (ex-Commercial Vehicles), bringing the First Quarter total to 660,328 units, down 4% on 2013. We have been…
Audi A3 sales are up 67% in Europe so far in 2014. * See the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 58 brands by clicking on the title! * Today we inaugurate a new series on BSCB: on top of the US and Chinese market, I will now analyse the…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is now among Russia's Top 10 most popular vehicles. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 57 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Has the Russian new car market finally reached a plateau? In March, after losing ground for 11 of the last 12…