Dacia Sandero * See the Top 44 All-brands and Top 210 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Spanish car sales are back into frank growth territory: up a very encouraging 26% year-on-year in September to 57,177 registrations - the best September score since 2009. This brings the year-to-date…
The VW Golf is the best-seller in Portugal in August. * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Portugal are up by another very robust 26% year-on-year in August to 7,743 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The locomotive of European new car sales, Germany is still not frankly on the road to recovery with a market down down 0.4% year-on-year in August to 213,092 registrations. This brings…
2015 Skoda Fabia * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are worryingly down again at -8% year-on-year in August to 21,121 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 212,500 units, down 5% on 2013. Brand-wise, Volkswagen is down…
Seat Leon in Cologne, Germany - August 2014 After France and Spain (Barcelona), we continue on our quick snapshot tour of Europe and our last stop is Cologne in Germany. I was only in town for a few days so once again this is not meant to be exact science,…
The Seat Leon is up two spots in the European year-to-date ranking at #24. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As the year progresses, the European best-selling models sales charts cements itself and less changes are visible at the top of the ranking. This month we…
The Peugeot 308 continues to climb up the European ranking: #14 in July. * See the Top 333 best-selling models and Top 52 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into the Top 10 models and brands we get to explore into…
2015 Skoda Fabia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 1,899 new cars found a buyer in Serbia in July, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,693 units. Amazingly, as the third generation just got unveiled, the Skoda Fabia…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to data communicated by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu 386 new cars found a buyer in July, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,499 units. Getting back in pole position this month with 22 sales and…
Finally 2013 German sales of the Citroen C4 Picasso are known. * See the Top 350 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Although it has improved somewhat in 2014 with the VAG Group finally sharing some splits (Golf, Leon, A6…), one of the most…
Seat Ibiza in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain - August 2014 Over the past few days I had the honour of visiting Barcelona in Spain, and this is a great opportunity to share with you my impressions on the car landscape in the capital of the Catalunya region. Remember to click on…
VW Polo * See the Top 210 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * +31% in July: the Portuguese new car market is definitely in recovery mode, bringing the year-to-date total to 89,949 units or a 37% improvement over the same period last year… Similarly…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * When Germany sneezes, the European market catches a cold, and reversely when the German new car market is up 7% year-on-year to 270,249 registrations like it is the case in July,…
The Mazda3 is up to to #23 this month in Poland. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is up by a very satisfying 6% year-on-year in July to 29,253 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Czech Republic are up a great 22% year-on-year in July to 17,700 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 111,758 units, up 17% on 2013. Brand-wise, Skoda accounts…