Suzuki Lingyang taxi in Mudanjiang After Yanji in the Korean Autonomous Prefecture, we are now leaving the Jilin province, headed north to cross over to Mudanjiang in the Heilongjiang province, home to just under 1 million inhabitants. Mudanjiang does have an airport but it doesn’t have direct flights to either…
Toyota hits its highest market share in Singapore in at least 3 years. * See the Top 32 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * Now that the price of Certificates of Entitlement (the right to register a car) are back down to more affordable levels, car sales in Singapore…
The Active Tourer variant lifts the BMW 2 Series to its first European Top 50 ranking. * See the Top 330 All-models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data is now available with the traditional one month-delay, confirming the 8% year-on-year increase announced earlier at…
The Mazda2 now leads its segment in Australia. * See the Top 295 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition every quarter on BSCB, I can now share with you an All-models ranking for Australia. A very dynamic market up 4% year-on-year to 277,594 registrations over the…
The CMC Veryca is up to 5th place overall in March. * See the Top 12 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Taiwan are down slightly year-on-year in March at -1% to 33,892 registrations, however first quarter results are frankly…
The Audi A3 is very close to the Hong Kong #1 spot this month thanks to the sedan variant. * See the Top 39 All-brands and Top 168 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hong Kong are up a splendid 24% year-on-year in March to 5,424…
UAZ Patriot sales are up 2% on March 2014. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title * The precarious state of the Russian new car market is reaching new lows in March: down 42.5% year-on-year to just 139,850 registrations, bringing the first…
The Fiat 500X now ranks 19th at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with Top 50 models actuals and Top 45 All-brands * New car sales in Italy accelerate their growth in March: up 15% to 162,369 registrations after +13% in February and +11% in January. The year-to-date total now stands at…
The Ford Focus is the 5th best-selling nameplate in Spain in March. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 282 All-models by clicking on the title * Lifted by scrappage scheme and a recovering economy, Spanish new car sales are up by a very sizeable 41% year-on-year in March to…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Singapore for the first time since 2006. * See the Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title * The main development in the 2014 Singaporean new car market is the lowering of prices of Certificates of Entitlements (the right to register a new car)…
The Jaguar F-Type cracks the Top 150 at home over the period. * See the Top 360 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * We are catching up on lost time with UK sales data: today I can give you a Top 360 All-models ranking for the first 9 months…
Honda just launched the Mobilio in Singapore. * See the Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title * Certificates of Registration (COE) prices back down have unleashed new car sales in Singapore: up 55% year-on-year in February (after climbing 38% a year ago) to 2,903 units, bringing the year-to-date…
Mercedes S-Class (Maybach variant pictured) * See the Top 29 All-brands and Top 179 All-models by clicking on the title * With the usual one month-delay we now have access to detailed data for South Korea including imported vehicles. Mercedes jumps to the front of the foreign brand queue in…
Back to basics: the Lada 4x4 bucks the trend, up 20% year-on-year in February. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market situation is rapidly escalating to become catastrophic: -38% year-on-year in February to just 128,298 registrations…
The BMW 2 Series is up to #16 in February at home in Germany. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 308 models by clicking on the title * Germany, Europe's largest new car market, is up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in February to 223,254 registrations, bringing…