* NOW UPDATED with the Top 30 All-brands, Top 55 All-local models and Top 140 foreigners * Sales of local nameplates in South Korea are down 0.3% year-on-year in November to 164.172 units, a drop solely attributable to the poor performance of foreign brands (-19%) just as local manufacturers gain…
VW C-Trek * See the Top 72 China-made brands and Top 415 models by clicking here * After nine all-new locally produced nameplates entered the Chinese market both in September and October, the November class is a little more limited with five new entrants, including four SUVs. 1. VW C-Trek (#142 – 5.602 sales) The C-Trek is the…
Dongfeng Fengxing SX6 * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 400 models by clicking here * Like in September, the October class of all-new nameplates amount to nine, including six above 1.000 units. Once again, SUVs dominate new launches with 5 of them this month vs. 2 sedans and 2 MPVs. 1.…
Leaning towards the American market: Australia. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 285 All-models - click on title to see * October sales in Australia are disappointing: down 1% year-on-year to 93.357 units, however the year-to-date tally is still at all-time record heights, up 2.4% on 2015 to…
It's a Samsung invasion in South Korea. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 30 All-brands, Top 55 All-local models and Top 130 foreigners * 147.271 cars found a buyer in South Korea in October - a paltry 10% year-on-year drop - with the slump in local fares (-13%) partly compensated by foreigners…
Mandatory selfie with Renault's Design guru Laurens Van Den Acker. After the Beijing Auto Show last April, we meet again with Laurens Van Den Acker, Head of Design at Renault since 2009, this time in Paris. Despite his prestigious title, Laurens once again strikes with his self-depreciating humour and is…
The Renault Koleos is sold as the Samsung QM6 in South Korea. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 30 All-brands, Top 57 All-local models & Top 133 foreigners * New car sales in South Korea are down a harsh 14% year-on-year in September to 127.811 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is…
The Toyota Corolla is now #1 year-to-date in Australia. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 285 All-models * The Australian new car market sees no respite in 2016: up another 1.3% year-on-year in September to an all-time high 102.696 sales, lifting the year-to-date tally up 2.8% or…
Chengdu street scene This is the 7th instalment in our 2016 Chinese adventures after Beijing, Xining in the Qinghai province, the Chinese car dealerships of Xining, Tongren, Xiahe in the Gansu province and the mountain road back from Xiahe to Xining. We are now flying south-east to Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province and home to…
BSCB interviewed Laurens van den Acker at the Beijing Auto Show last April. At the Beijing Auto Show 2016, I had the privilege of interviewing Laurens van den Acker, Senior Vice President of Renault Corporate Design since 2009. Laurens is responsible for all the latest Renault designs, including the Kwid, Twingo, Clio, Captur, Megane,…
Dongfeng A9 at the Beijing Auto Show 2016 It's finally here! Auto China 2016, the largest Auto Show in the world, alternates between Shanghai and Beijing and this year it's the turn of the "Capital of the North" - as its name literally means in Mandarin - to host this gigantic event.…
My interview in French newspaper Le Parisien / Aujourd'hui-en-France This week I am in Beijing for the much anticipated Beijing Auto Show 2016. As it was the case for Shanghai last year and Beijing two years ago, I will publish a complete coverage of the Show including BSCB's now traditional ranking of…
The BMW X5 is the best-selling imported vehicle in China in 2015, displacing the Toyota Prado. * See the Top 310 All-imported models Ranking Table by clicking on the title * This is it. If a couple of days ago we reported on the U.S. last frontier, Alaska, Chinese imports…
The BMW X5 is the 2nd best-selling imported vehicle in China in September. Photo auto.sohu.com * See the Top 259 All-imports Ranking Table by clicking on the title * At BSCB we are nicely settling into a monthly and exclusive China imported models reporting, occurring roughly 70 days after the…
Happy Audi fan at the Guangzhou Auto Show - November 2015. ** Click on any image to enlarge it ** An ever more precise coverage of the Chinese auto market goes hand-in-hand with BSCB's attendance at the local Auto Shows, a little off the beaten tracks. For the first time…