The Triton (+37.2%) helps Mitsubishi up 22.9% in NZ. We at BSCB wish to express our most sincere condolences to the victims of the recent shooting in New Zealand. The New Zealand new vehicle market edges up 1.5% year-on-year in February to 11.699 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now…
Citroen is the fastest grower among the top carmakers in Greece this month. New car sales in Greece continue on an excellent start of 2019 with February up 10.6% to 7.561 leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.7% to 16.771. Toyota (+6.7%) and Peugeot (+17.8%) keep control of the brands ranking…
The Hyundai Kona is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in February. Thanks to our partnership with SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT, we can share with you today February data for Cyprus, but the news are ghastly: -19.6% year-on-year to 871 registrations, pulling the year-to-date volume down 17.8% to just 1.876 units. The…
The VW T-Roc climbs onto the Dutch podium for the first time in February. Picture courtesy www.autokopen.nl. New car sales in the Netherlands continue to drop painfully at -15.4% to 29.947 in February, with the year-to-date tally now down 18% to 77.236 units. Volkswagen (+38.8%) blissfully ignores the surrounding gloom, and…
The Tesla Model 3 has finally landed in the home of EVs: Norway. Breaking with the rest of Scandinavia, in February Norwegian new car sales manage their first year-on-year gain since last September at a very sturdy +9% to 11.106 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 3.7% to 20.110. Volkswagen…
Hyundai-Kia is the only Top 10 group to manage a double-digit gain in February. Canadian new light vehicle sales celebrate a sad milestone in February: a full year, or 12 consecutive months, of year-on-year declines at -2.1% to 123.341 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 3.8% to 234.465. According to local…
The Fiat Egea hits a record 10.6% share in February. No improvement in sight for the Turkish new car market, with February sales continue to freefall at -47.1% to 24.875 including light commercials, after a -59% drop in January, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down 52.2% to 39.248. Thanks to…
The VW T-Roc now ranks 5th year-to-date in Germany. The German new car market edges back into positive territory for the first time since pre-WLTP-boosted August with February up 2.7% to 268.867 registrations, enough to also tilt the YTD tally into positive at +0.6% 534.569. Instrumental to this return to growth…
The Toyota Hilux remains the most popular nameplate in the GCC in 2018. Consult 15 years of Gulf Cooperation Council Historical Data here. The Gulf Cooperation Council is an economic union including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. New car sales in the region continue…
The VW T-Roc scores its first ever podium finish in Croatia in February. New car sales in Croatia continue on a downward spiral at -7.6% to 3.547 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 5.9% to 7.098 registrations. Volkswagen (-7%) comfortably holds onto the top spot at 15.4% share, that's…
The Jeep Compass scores its 2nd ever podium finish in Italy. It's a 5th decline in the past 6 months for new car sales in Italy in February at -3.2% to 177.847 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down 5.4% or almost 20.000 sales to 343.758. Encouragingly, this decline is occurring…
The Karoq (+137.5%) helps Skoda up 3.5% in January in Ireland. January is traditionally the strongest month of the year in Ireland as it corresponds to a bi-annual license plate change. Irish license plate feature the year of registration. But this year is off to a wobbly start, with new…
Sales of Peugeot 308 in Greece are up 12-fold year-on-year in January. Solid start of the year for Greek new car sales at +3.7% to 9.210 units. Brand leader Toyota (-5.4%) isn't surfing on the positive wave but remains in the lead at 12.5%, even though Peugeot (+10.6%), Opel (+10.3%)…
The Toyota Hilux tops 6 out of 8 Australian States in 2018, a record. For the 8th year on BSCB we can share with you the best-selling brands (Top 15) and models (Top 50) in each Australian State/Territory. This is exclusive data you won’t find anywhere else on the web. Uncontested…
Discounts on the outgoing generation and demo sales of the new one (pictured) means the Triton outsells the Hilux in January. Signalling that the streak of 5 consecutive record years New Zealand has enjoyed may be coming to an end, January sales recede 6% to 13.938 units, with passenger cars…