Kia Morning * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South Korean new car market is up a shy 2% year-on-year over the first 6 months of 2013 to 745,181 registrations (including imports). It's always fascinating to realise that South Korean brands have a…
VW Lavida * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring the June sales charts in detail and looking at the all-new entrants in the ranking, I give you the 6 months summary for China. If the US market (our first 6 months update)…
The Hawtai Lusheng E70 is one of 50 all-new models in the Chinese ranking (#282). * See the Top 315 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored May sales in detail and focused on the 5 all-new models entering the Chinese ranking this month,…
Ford Ecosport * NOW UPDATED with the Top 304 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * New Passenger Car sales in China are up 9% year-on-year to 1,419,700 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,261,600 units, up an impressive 15% on 2012. As it gets bigger the Chinese market seems…
Toyota Corolla XI (Japanese version): still ahead worldwide. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that we have gone through the worldwide February ranking in detail, the year-to-date updates designed to extract longer-term trends are back! Like in 2012…
Great Wall Haval H6 * See the Top 308 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through April sales in detail for China, as is the tradition on BSCB we are now exploring the year-to-date ranking to try and extract longer-term trends. The two best-sellers continue to…
Kia Morning * See the Top 50 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models in South Korea are down 2% year-on-year in March to 118,217 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 321,420 units, also down 2% on 2012. For only the third time in the…
Kia Rio * See the Top 40 best-selling Korean models by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 1000 is here We continue on our exploration of the worldwide best-sellers in 2012 and this time I give you the best-selling Korean models. As…
Nissan Tiida * See the Top 50 best-selling Compact cars by clicking on the title! * The original World Full Year 2012 Top 500 is here. The most popular Compact cars in the world in 2012 are actually the most popular cars in the world, period. The Toyota Corolla, Ford…
VW Lavida * See the Top 296 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored the best-sellers in China in February in detail, it's time to bring back the monthly year-to-date summaries. Over the first two months of 2013 the Chinese new car market is…
SsangYong Korando Turismo * See the Top 50 All-local models and Top 5 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models are down 12% year-on-year in South Korea in February to 98,826 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 203,203 units, down 2% on 2012. The Hyundai Grandeur…
2013 Hyundai Grandeur * See the Top 50 All-local models and Top 5 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local models are up a healthy 8% year-on-year in January in South Korea to 104,377 registrations. It only took a slight facelift (hint: its grill now has…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 185 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In spite of leading the monthly ranking for the third consecutive month in November, the Ford Focus still lags behind the Toyota Corolla year-to-date after 11 months in 2012 with 929,751 sales vs. 1,022,996. The…
Ford Focus * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that November figures are all in, I can share with you the Top 150 most popular cars around the planet. Please note these are November figures, not December yet which will be published…
VW Jetta * See the Top 286 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * It is now a fact: the Ford Focus is the most popular Passenger Car in China, topping the monthly ranking by far for the 5th month in a…