Italian flair? Under Fiat supervision, the new Jeep Cherokee is up to #120 in Italy. * See the Top 170 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * Thanks to Paolo and Quattroruote, I can now share with you much more detail about the Italian models sales charts…
VW Amarok in Bondi Beach, Sydney - Australia Latest Australian car sales figures show that: 1. Jeep is one of the fastest growing mass manufacturers in the country at +26% over the First Quarter 2014: only Renault does better in the Top 20 at +29%. The Grand Cherokee is up 45%…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe, defined as the European Union ex-Malta + Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, deliver an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year growth in April, up 4% to 1,129,829 registrations…
The Nissan Qashqai II is already #16 in France. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in March, as is the tradition on BSCB we now dig a little…
Nissan Almera * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 58 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After seeming to plateau in March at just -0.4%, Russian new car sales are back in hell in April, potentially handicapped by the economic sanctions imposed on the country: down 8%…
RAM Pick-up sales are up 23% so far in 2014 in the US. * See the Top 263 models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * Every month on BSCB after going through US April sales we explore the year-to-date charts to try and extract longer-term trends. Thanks to…
Jeep is up 52% year-on-year in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 15 groups and Top 40 brands! * New light vehicle sales in the USA are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in April to 1,390,513 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,134,255 units, up 3% on…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 57 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in New Zealand are up 7% year-on-year in April to 8,729 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,553 units, up 13% on 2013. The Ford Ranger continues to…
Karakoram Highway at Bulong Lake (click on any image to enlarge) After Ürümqi and Kashgar, we continue on our adventure through the Xinjiang Uyghur, China's Westernmost autonomous region. Today we take the legendary Karakoram Highway on the Chinese side for 450km between Kashgar (altitude 1.260m) and the Khunjerab Pass on the…
Dacia sales are up 40% in Belgium in March. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands and Top 320 All-models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Belgium are down 0.5% year-on-year in March to 52,808 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 148,532 units, down 0.4% on…
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…
The BMW 2 Series is the most successful all-new model in Australia in 2014 so far. * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * You can check the www.carsales.com.au Twitter account for the latest car news from Australia. As is the tradition on…
Ram 1500 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 best-selling models and Top 40 brands! * Car makers worldwide can exhale a sigh of relief: after a very slow start of 2014 (-1% in both January and February), US sales are back to a more dynamic 6% year-on-year increase in…
VW Golf breaks the Quarterly sales record for an imported model in Japan. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * Like every quarter, I can share with you the most popular imported models in Japan, a relatively rare species although…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * Polish new car sales continue on their impressive upwards trend this year, up another 39% year-on-year in March to 39,527 registrations including LCV, bringing the first Quarter total to 107,165 units,…