VW Transporter * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down a painful 21% year-on-year in the Netherlands in June to just 4,207 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 28,517 units, down 14% on 2012. For the first time…
Chevrolet Sail * NOW UPDATED with the Top 62 All-brands and Top 70 best-selling models! Click on title to see. Many thanks to Juan Felipe * Thanks to Juan Felipe we can go on our biannual update of the Colombian new car market, down 13% year-on-year over the first 6 months…
Skoda Octavia * NOW UPDATED with the 6 months 2013 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * For the first time on BSCB I can share with you an All-models ranking for Finland! Thanks Alex for the tip. New car sales in Finland are up 15% year-on-year in June…
Toyota Avanza in Manila, Philippines April 2013 * See the Top 20 all-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * CAMPI reported a record 87,226 sales for the carmakers they cover after 6 months in 2013, up 20% on 2012 and including 28,035 Passenger Cars, up 28% year-on-year. AVID reported sales…
The Renault Clio IV-Peugeot 208 duel has well and truly started in France... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * Still a pretty grim outlook for the French new car market, after losing 14% at the same time last year,…
The Ford F-Series is on track for a second consecutive record year in Canada. * See the Top 260 All-models and Top 38 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * New light vehicle sales are up 2% year-on-year halfway through 2013 in Canada to 884,618 registrations. Even more so than…
The Lada Granta has replaced the Zhiguli in the hearts of Russian consumers. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Those who hoped the Russian new car market would cross the 3 million annual-unit mark in 2013 to become the…
Only 27 units separate the Honda Civic from the Hyundai Elantra in June... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 250 All-models & Top 36 All-brands! Clicking on title to see * New light vehicle sales in Canada are up 1% year-on-year in June to 171,825 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Can the Renault Clio beat its year-end European ranking record in 2013? * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * We know since yesterday that the European market is down 6% year-on-year in June to its lowest level for the month in 20 years at 1,175,363…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down a painful 8% year-on-year halfway through 2013 to 1,502,630 registrations, meaning it is now the #5 market in the world, passed by Brazil. The…
The Honda N-One is the best performing all-new model in Japan, all categories combined. * See the Top 45 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * This article has now been updated with an exclusive Top 50 brands ranking * After a somewhat artificial boost at…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * If you have read the last articles on Armenia and Ukraine you will know that the new generation Renault Symbol and Logan have been rationalised into one single model. As a result, countries that…
The Gleagle Panda GX2 is/was sold in Taiwan as the Tobe W'Car * See the entire photo album by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rutger van der Maar who recently travelled to Taiwan, I can share with you a Photo Album of the car landscape there. This is…
Kia Forte * See the Top 192 All-models and Top 26 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Roberto * Once again, as the mainland US market continues to be very dynamic at +9% in June, Puerto Rican sales are down 2% year-on-year to 9,388 registrations. The year-to-date total is however…
Ford European sales are up 7% year-on-year in June. * See the Top 25 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * June new car sales are down 6% year-on-year in Europe to 1,175,363 registrations, once again the weakest June result in 20 years. This brings the 6 months 2013…