Toyota Corolla * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 232 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Israel are up 3% year-on-year in February to 21,850 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 55,480 units, up a very solid 14% on 2014. Down to a paltry…
The Seat Ibiza is back atop the Spanish models ranking. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 277 All-models by clicking on the title * Another spectacular month for new car sales in Spain with sales up 27% both in February to 87,192 registrations and year-to-date to 155,809 units,…
Runaway success: the Honda HR-V in Thailand. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 9 brands by clicking on the title * Sadly, the Thai new car market continues to sink deeper into recession with another harsh 13% year-on-year drop in January to just 59,721 registrations. Toyota remains…
The Dodge Vision (a rebadged Fiat Gran Siena) lands at #174 in Mexico. * See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands rankings here * I can now share with you All-models and All-brands rankings for Mexico for the Full Year 2014. Beyond the familiar Top 10 models there is…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 305 All-models by clicking on the title * Very strong results for the Slovak new car market in 2014, up 10% year-on-year to 78,107 registrations. In the models ranking, an immobile podium hides vastly different evolutions: the Skoda Octavia holds onto the pole position by…
The new generation propels the Mazda2 up to #8 in Switzerland this month. * See the Top 35 brands and Top 328 All-models by clicking on the title * Amidst the stock market turmoil created by the sudden increase in value of the swiss franc against the euro (+23% on…
Mercedes is the most popular brand in Singapore in January. * See the Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * Now that certificates of entitlement (COE - essentially the right to drive in Singapore) are back to more reasonable prices, the Singaporean market returns to its level of…
The Mazda Biante ranks just outside the Indonesian Top 50 in 2014. See the Full Year 2014 Top 95 best-selling models and Top 10 brands here For the first time on BSCB we are able to go beyond the traditional Top 20 models to extend the ranking to the Top…
The Mercedes B-Class is still far above the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer for now. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 271 models by clicking on the title * New car sales start the year in positive in Germany at +3% in January to 211.337 registrations. Market leader Volkswagen is particularly…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling model in Israel in January. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 244 All-models by clicking on the title * The Israeli new car market starts 2015 nicely: up 24% year-on-year in January to 33,630 registrations. The brands ranking, usually relatively stable in Israel, is…
Chevrolet Matiz * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and Top 15 models by clicking on the title * After missing out on an all-time record year by a mere 4.310 units last year, the Mexican new car market is on track to smash all its records in 2015, with…
The Holden Commodore is up to #2 in New Zealand in January. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Kiwi new car market starts the new year the way it ended the past one: at record levels. January sales are…
The Mazda3 starts the 2015 race in front. * UPDATED - Discover the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 47 All brands * New car sales in Australia are steady in January at -0.2% to 82,116 registrations, however this masks greatly varying behaviours by segments: passenger cars are down 4% while SUVs…
Luxgen U6 Turbo * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 60 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Taiwan are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in January to 47,986 registrations, the best January score since 2011. Toyota is above 30% share thanks to 14,571…
2nd shock in 3 months: the Hyundai Solaris is the best-selling car in Russia in January. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Russian customers 'rushed' to purchase 2014 models in December (+2%) to avoid the inflation-induced price increase in…