The Saipa Tiba/Saina has taken control of the Iranian car market. Saina Pictured. * See the Top 15 local brands, Top 10 cars, pickups and imports by clicking on the title * Consult 50 years of Iran Historical Data here Thanks to our partnership with CE Auto we can share with you…
Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
The Stepway variant accounts for 80% of Renault Sandero sales in Belarus. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 36 All-brands by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Belarus are up 3% year-on-year in 2014 to reach an all-time record 29,552 registrations - including…
After just 8 months, the Wuling Hongguang has already broken the all-time Passenger Car annual sales record it set in 2013... * See the Top 366 All-local PCs and Top 50 All-local models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the monthly ranking…
* See the Top 319 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB we pay special attention to the all-new models making their first appearance in China each month. And August 2014 has been the busiest month since we started this new monthly…
The Peugeot 301 is climbing up the Chinese sales charts fast. #71 after 7 months. * See the Top 356 All-local models and Top 66 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring in detail Chinese July sales we now look at the year-to-date ranking…
The Citroen C4 Cactus is knocking on the French Top 100's door this month. * See the Top 300 models & Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Mum+Dad * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in…
Haima S5 Today we resume a BSCB tradition: after going through detailed sales for April, I spend a bit more time acknowledging the all-new entrants in the models ranking. 4 new models make their very first appearance this month, led by the Haima S5 landing directly in 139th position with…
Chana Star in Dongsi hutong The legendary Beijing hutongs are tiny, charming alleyways formed by lines of traditional courtyard residences. An endangered species, the real Beijing lives and breathes in hutongs where a warm sense of community and hospitality survives. I was lucky enough to spend some time visiting hutongs during…
Buick Excelle GT * See the Top 323 All-models and Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring in detail Chinese February sales figures it is now time to look at the year-to-date ranking to extract longer term trends. First observation is the podium is unchanged year-on-year, with…
VW Santana * NOW UPDATED with the Top 309 All-models and Top 66 All-brands rankings! * The Chinese market is up an insolent 18% year-on-year in February to 1.6 million units, brushing off all suggestions that it may slow down in 2014… Below the traditional Wuling Hongguang (65,129 sales), VW…
The Great Wall M4 ranks #68 for its first year in market in Algeria. * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 20 brands here! * Thanks to Austin, today I can share with you for the very first time on BSCB an All-models ranking for Algeria! This covers the…
Honda Crider * See the Top 324 All-local models by clicking on the title! * * The Full Year 2013 Report is here! * Thanks to over 2 million vehicles sold in December, up 18% year-on-year, China confirms its status of biggest car market in the world and finishes 2013…
The Wuling Hongguang just passed the VW Lavida to become #1 year-to-date in 2013. * See the Top 345 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we've gone through November data by models and brands, it's time to study the year-to-date models ranking in China to extract…
The VW Lavida is #1 in 2013 thanks to the Gran Lavida... * See the Top 339 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking at the October best-sellers in China, we delve into the year-to-date models ranking a little deeper to…