Chongqing. China is set to be the first market to ever break the 20 million annual new vehicle sales mark. * See the worldwide Top 20 biggest new car markets by clicking on the title! * Now that almost all June 2013 data has come through, I will start taking…
Renault Clio IV * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models/Top 46 All-brands! See title * 18th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for the Italian new car market, down 5% in June to 122,555 registrations. Halfway through the year, new car sales in Italy are down 10% on 2012 to…
BMW 3 Series Touring * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, before we explore the overall Italian new car market we first have a look at the station wagons (SW) segment as it displays some very interesting trends.…
Skoda Octavia. Skoda managed to place all its 7 models inside the Czech Top 10 this month... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Finally the much anticipated Worldwide May 2013 Roundup is here! First a bit of (great) news: thanks to Irina at AKAB we…
Dacia Logan. Dacia is the best-performing major brand in Europe so far in 2013. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * (Note models data will be added as soon as available) New car sales in Europe are not getting better, and far from it. In…
Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models and Top 46 All-brands! See title * Italian new car sales are down year-on-year for the 17th consecutive month at -8% to 136,711 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 611,689 units, down 11% on 2012. Now this…
Renault Clio Station Wagon * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * We are still following the station wagon (SW) market in Italy even though it has been in free-fall for a couple of years, simply because Italy is one of the last markets in…
Citroen C3 Picasso * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands! See title * New car sales in Italy endure their 16th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in April, down 11% to 117,625 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 474,308 units, down 12% on…
Chevrolet Cruze Station Wagon * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The station wagon (SW) market in Italy slows down its fall at -14% year-on-year in April to 7,736 registrations. After a wild month of March, the ranking is back to a little bit…
The Nissan Qashqai strikes again... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday it's a fast turnaround to give you the World March roundup. In February the Nissan Qashqai was the worldwide star of the month, and in March, well don't take this the…
Nissan Qashqai. Picture by justinvg, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Better late than never I hear you say and you would be correct. Here come the much awaited February Roundup, albeit in a slightly more succinct version, with the March Roundup…
Fiat 500L * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models/Top 45 brands! Click on title to see * The Italian new car market slows down its fall in March to just -5% year-on-year at 132,353 registrations, still the 15th consecutive month in negative. Year-to-date, sales are down 13% to…
BMW 3 Series Touring * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new station wagons (SW) in Italy are down 26% year-on-year in March to 8,774 registrations, bringing the SW market share down from 8.6% in March 2012 to 6.6% this month. The…
Fiat 500L * See my previous article about the Fiat 500L by clicking on the title! * When Fiat launched the 500L last summer it was a bit of a bet: instead of renewing the Punto which needs it badly, instead they decided to build on the worldwide success of…
VW Golf * NOW UPDATED with actuals! Click on title to see the Top 50 models and All-brands * No recovery in sight for the Italian new car market, and far from it. As the country was preparing for national elections, at 109,213 registrations new car sales are down 17% on February 2012…