The Seat Ibiza outsells the Leon this month and year-to-date. * See the Top 47 All-brands and Top 283 All-models by clicking on the title * Now that the government has decided to extend the scrappage scheme that was originally planned to stop at the end of April, new car sales in…
1958-1968 Wheels magazine covers featuring Japanese models1960 Holden and Ford Falcon Australia has now become one of the most complete Historical Data countries on BSCB, covering over 75 years in detail with official data going back as far as 1946. There is now official annual models rankings for the past 42…
Seat Alhambra * See the Top 33 best-selling brands and Top 30 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Liechtenstein are down 6% year-on-year in 2014 to 1.800 registrations. Volkswagen (17.6%) and Audi (10.7%) maintain their grip on the market, followed by BMW, Mercedes and Toyota…
Surprise surprise: the Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Guatemala in 2014. * See the Top 20 All-brands for Pickup, SUV and hatchback by clicking on the title * For the first time on BSCB I can share with you official sales data for Guatemala, albeit for the first quarter of…
Renault Duster * See the Top 94 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * Thanks to registrations up a solid 12% on 2013, the Colombian new vehicle market hits a new all-time record in 2014 at 328.529 units, edging past the previous record of 2011 (324.570). Chevrolet…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling car in Israel in April. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 240 All-models by clicking on the title * The Israeli new car market is down 4% year-on-year in April to 17.674 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 97.674 units, up 8% on…
First Top 25 ranking in Russia for the Nissan Terrano, a Renault Duster rebadge. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian market is stuck in hell: -41.5% year-on-year in April to 132.456 registrations, the lowest April score in over…
Chevrolet D-Max sales are up 73% in 2014 thanks to the new model. * See the Top 65 All-brands and Top 12 models by clicking on the title * 2014 marks a return into positive territory for new vehicle sales in Ecuador, up 5.5% year-on-year to 120.060 registrations. Chevrolet literally…
Honda StepWGN * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular vehicles and Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * This Japan update was prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The big news in Japan in April is the tax rate hike on kei cars to align them with the…
Mazda holds 5.1% of the Chilean new car market in April. * See the Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Chile slow down their fall in April at -13.5% to 23.084 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 86.677 deliveries, still down a…
The HR-V helps push Honda up 1314% year-on-year in Singapore * See the Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * Unlocked by a sharp fall in Certificates of Entitlement prices, Singapore new car sales are up a whopping 115% year-on-year to 3.758 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Polish new light vehicle market is up an encouraging 5% in April to 32.586 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 136.209 units, still down 2% on 2014. Brand-wise, Skoda remains…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * New Zealand vehicle sales are not slowing down, continuing at their record pace. 6.373 passenger car were registered in April, up 4% year-on-year and the best April figure since 1989, while for commercial…
Opel Karl * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 320 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Germany are up a robust 6% year-on-year in April to 291.395 registrations, bringing the 2015 total after 4 months to 1.049.025 deliveries, also up 6% on 2014.…
Mazda sales are up 61% year-on-year in Mexico in April. * See the Top 27 best-selling brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title * The Mexican new car market is very consistent at very high year-on-year gains in 2015: up another 23% in April to 94.796 registrations,…