Dacia Sandero * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Another very robust month for new car sales in Ireland, up 20% year-on-year to 9,466 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 73,996 units, up 28% on 2014. The Top 3 manufacturers…
Hyundai Tucson * Now updated with Top 140 foreign models, Top 53 local models & Top 30 All-brands * This time South Korea is the first cab off the April sales rank. Sales of local models are up 3% year-on-year in South Korea this month to 133,935 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
The Peugeot 308 is up 61% year-on-year at home so far in 2015. * See the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the French new car market, stuck at two-decade-lows for the…
VW Golf sales are up a whopping 533% year-on-year in Canada. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 35 brands & Top 260 models by clicking on the title * Nothing seems to be able to stop the Canadian new light vehicle market from moving forward year after year: after record…
The Datsun on-DO is an instant blockbuster in troubled Russia. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Catastrophic results for the Russian new car market, crumbling down over the effects of galloping inflation triggered by economic sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis…
The reintroduction of the mid-sized Colorado is helping keep the US market in gear. * See the Top 274 All-models, Top 40 brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * It’s time for our Quarterly update of the US new light vehicle market. A lot of actors in the industry were…
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…