Citroen C3: the bright spot in a dark Greek market. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very shy month for new car sales in Greece, down 42% in July both year-on-year to 5,757 registrations and…
Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down 11% year-on-year in July to 23,736 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 192,589 units, still up 4% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Skoda Octavia resists…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe are down a worrying 8% year-on-year in July to 970,271 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,035,439 units, down 5% on 2011. There are only two models in the Top…
Peugeot 301 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 327 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * I have now uploaded all 327 models sold in France in July 2012. You can check the original July 2012 post here. Interesting movements further down the ranking include the Citroen C-Zero up to a…
Ford C-Max in Lake of Menteith, Scotland August 2012. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * My exploration of Scottish roads continues, driving Scotland's best-selling car (for July), the Ford Fiesta, from Edinburgh to Loch Lomond. And while the Opel Astra has generally disappointed since…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 327 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Thanks to STAC I can now share with you actuals for July 2012 in France and there is a big change in store for you! The sky is getting darker for…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 280 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As it is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring this month’s models ranking in China, we now put the spotlight on year-to-date sales to extract longer-term trends. Over the first 7 months of 2012,…
Hyundai Elantra Langdong * See the Top 274 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the second time in the last 3 months, the Chevrolet Sail is the most popular passenger car in China, selling 23,643 units in July. It reinforces its second position in the 2012 year-to-date…
Subaru XV * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Switzerland stand at 24,998 units in July, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,308 registrations. The top 2 best-sellers are unchanged compared to last month and the 2012 year-to-date, however they evolve at…
Renault Duster * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very solid month for new car sales in Russia, up 14% year-on-year both in July at 255,560 registrations and year-to-date at 1,669,455 units. The Lada Kalina is now the uncontested leader of the models…
Sales of Jeep Grand Cherokee are up 36% over the period in the US. * NOW UPDATED with complete 7 months 2011 figures for comparison * * See the Top 273 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Let's now get in the habit of detailing the evolution of…
Renault Scenic * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Slovenian car sales stay at a level way inferior as last year in July, down 13% year-on-year to 4,105 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 32,432 units, down 14% on 2011. Big surprise on…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Solid month for new car sales in Slovakia, up 12% year-on-year in July to 6,252 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 40,568 units, up 2% on 2011. Interestingly, neither the Skoda Octavia, #1 at 9.9%…
The Dacia Logan celebrates its 95th consecutive month in the Romanian pole position. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales are starting to get really shaky in Romania, down 29% year-on-year in July to just 6,005 registrations, which brings the year-to-date…
Audi A4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 4% year-on-year in July to 28,268 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 215,226 units, down 1% on 2011. The Volkswagen group continues to totally dominate the Austrian car…