The Amaze adds almost 6.000 units to Honda's volume year-on-year. The bad news keep piling up for Indian wholesales with April marking the 8th year-on-year drop in the past 10 months and the steepest so far at a scary -16.4% to 248.717 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -5.4%…
The Hyundai Tucson breaks into the UK Top 10 for the first time this month. The UK new car market recedes again in April at -4.1% to 161.064 units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -2.7% to 862.100. This month fleet sales (+2.9%) are the only channel staying afloat at 90.016…
The successful launch of the F7 enables Haval to post the largest gain in the Top 13. There are clear signs of recovery when looking at Retail sales in China over the First Quarter 2019, down just -0.6% to 5.116.711 for our selection of models including some LCVs such as…
The CR-V (+897.2%) helps Honda up 30.5% this month. Now that the turbulence of the Lunar New Year holiday has passed, retail sales in China drop a very subdued -5.3% year-on-year in March to 1.567.709 for our set of vehicles including some light commercials and pickups. A pre-holiday rush in…
The BYD e5 is the best-selling New Energy vehicle in China in March. Retail sales of New Energy vehicles in China including EVs, PHEVs and hybrids shoot up 111.5% year-on-year in March to 109.604 units, leading to a Q1 tally up an equally impressive 115.9% to 261.992. BYD (+337.9%) is…
The Tesla Model 3 has landed in China. Just as we are seeing flashes of recovery on the retail side of the Chinese market, imports drastically slow down their fall in March to just -2.7% at 94.304 units, leading to a Q1 volume down -10.4% to 252.781. Lexus (+13.9%) continues to…
The Dacia Duster is the most popular foreign model in the Czech Republic this month. It's an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in the Czech Republic in April at -5.5% to 22.921 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -10.4% to 82.537. Homegrown brand leader…
Peugeot sales soar 21.3% year-on-year in a depleted market. No sign of improvement for new car sales in Finland with April marking the 7th double-digit year-on-year drop in the past 8 months at -12.3% to 9.538 units, leading to a YTD tally down -14.8% to 38.276. Toyota (-15.9%) falls faster…
Toyota sales surge 66.4% year-on-year in Israel in April. Thanks to our partnership with cartube.co.il, we can share with you today Israeli April brands data, as models data is a quarterly occurrence. The market leaps up 16.7% year-on-year to 22.751 units, tilting the YTD volume into positive at +0.9% to 114.869. Toyota…
Volvo posts the only double-digit gain in the Top 15 in March in Belgium. This article has been updated with the Top 10 models. New car sales in Belgium skid down 6.1% year-on-year in March to 54.873 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down 5.9% to 155.866. Brand leader Volkswagen (-10.4%)…
The Kia Cerato breaks its ranking and share records this month. Picture exhaustnotes.com.au It's a 13th straight month of decline for new vehicle sales in Australia, down a painful -8.9% year-on-year to 75.500 units, the weakest April volume since 2011. Year-to-date, the market is now down -8.1% to 344.088 units,…
The Seat Leon is by far the most popular vehicle in Spain in April. Spanish new car sales cut short a painful streak of 7 consecutive months of declines in April with a sturdy +5.9% year-on-year uptick to 123.833 units, the largest result for the month since 2006 (129.468). The…
Renault is the #1 brand in 54 French departments in 2018. For the first time in the history of BSCB we can share with you the Top 20 best-selling brands in France by department, for all 100 of them, over the Full Year 2018 but also 2017 for comparison. This…
Fiat Tipo in Tirana, Albania in August 2018. One of the 10 countries we dashed through in 10 days last August with a Dacia Logan was Albania, for which there has never been any official new car sales data published. I have to admit one of the motivations for conducting…
The Dacia Sandero is estimated to be the best-selling vehicle in Andorra in 2018. My recent Peugeot 3008 test drive took me to the Principality of Andorra between France and Spain and it was a great opportunity to estimate the best-sellers in one of the tiniest countries in Europe. Quite…