Skoda Rapid * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Czech Republic are up another cool 17% year-on-year to 17,498 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 60,491 units, also up 17% on 2013. Some welcome stability in the models ranking this…
The Geely Emgrand 7 is the 2nd most popular import in Iran. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 90 imported models, Top 25 imported brands and an exclusive estimated Top 30 models including the local production. Thanks Behta and Sandeep * Thanks to a tip from two BSCB readers, I can…
Kashgari man and Jonway UFO A380 After exploring the extraordinary pick-up landscape in Kashgar, some 3.400km away from Beijing in South-Western China, we now go into its overall car landscape. In Chinese classification, we have gone from first-tier city (Beijing), 2nd-tier (Chongqing), 3rd-tier (Ürümqi) and now with Kashgar we are at…
Chevrolet "Dabbabah" TFR * See the Top 147 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Egyptian market confirms it is on the road to recovery with sales up 34% year-on-year in March to 22,943 registrations, bringing the First Quarter result to 62,817 units, up 27% on…
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…
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…
Renault Scénic * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands and Top 317 All-models! * New car sales in Belgium are up 1% year-on-year in February to 46,140 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 95,724 units after two months, down 0.4% on 2013. Peugeot brilliantly becomes the best-selling carmaker this month…
Holden Captiva * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The New Zealand new car market does show any sign of slowing down... at all. It is up a further 14% year-on-year in February to 9,058 registrations, split between 6,491 new…
The Skoda Rapid lands directly at #3 for its first full year of sales. * See the Top 300 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After a 18 months hiatus, detailed Slovakian new car sales data is back on BSCB, just in time for the Full Year 2013…
The Hyundai ix35 is the third most popular model in Belgium this month. * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * My call for help on Belgium has been heard! Thanks to an anonymous BSCB admirer I can share with you today for the very…
Nissan Sunny * See the Top 144 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Egypt start the year on a good note: up 10% year-on-year in January to 19,201 registrations. The Chevrolet TFR Pick-up (a previous generation Isuzu D-Max) reclaims the models pole…
The new generation Hyundai i10 should launch in Angola in 2014. * See the Top 4 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Pal * Thanks to Pal I can share with you today very rare data for Angola as part of The Africa Project, the latest Angolan figures published on…
Mazda CX-5 * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market starts the year down 4% on 2013 in January to 20,214 registrations, and it's a very eventful month in the models ranking indeed. The Skoda Octavia…
Ford Focus * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Romanian new car sales lodge their second consecutive month in positive in January, up 15% year-on-year to 5,118 registrations. No surprises on top: the Dacia Logan is in pole position for…
The Nissan Almera breaks into the Russian Top 10 for the first time this month. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Third (and last!) Russian update today, with January figures now available. And it's an average start of 2014…