The Dacia Sandero is the favourite nameplate with French private buyers this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 300 All-models - see title * The French new car market posts another robust month - at least on paper - with sales up 6.5% year-on-year to hit 181.830…
The Dacia Duster is #1 in the Republic of Macedonia so far in 2016. * See the Top 10 best-selling cars by clicking on the title * Thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu we can share with you official March and Q1 data for the Republic of Macedonia. Note Mazda,…
VW Golf sales are up 45% year-on-year in Spain in April, helping the brand back to #1. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 275 All-models by clicking on the title * After ending 30 consecutive months of year-on-year gains in March with a 0.6% drop, the Spanish new…
The Lexus RX misses out on a Top 10 ranking in Taiwan by just 150 sales this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 65 models by clicking on the title * The Taiwanese new car market is up 3% year-on-year in April to 34.953 registrations, lifting…
Kia Niro * Now updated with the Top 30 All-brands, Top 55 All-local models & Top 140 foreigners * The South Korean new car market is up 4% year-on-year to 157.762 registrations with local manufacturers pulling the entire market gain at +4% and 139.617 sales whereas foreign carmakers are stable at 18.145…
Another victorious month for the Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 70 models by clicking on the title * Yet another month of decline for new car sales in Thailand, albeit limited to -2% in March at 72.646 registrations, pulling the First Quarter total down a depressing…
#2 in March, the Skoda Octavia remains #1 year-to-date in Switzerland. * See the Top 38 best-selling brands and Top 340 All-models by clicking on the title * Switzerland is one of only a handful of European markets to lose ground year-on-year in March at -8% to 29.099 registrations, pulling…
The Nissan Qashqai is the best-selling nameplate in Ireland in March * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 209 All-models by clicking on the title * The Irish new car market continues all guns blazing this year with a further 13% gain in March to 21.521 registrations, lifting the…
Gotta like orange... Foton Gratour ix7 The wait is over. As is now the tradition at BSCB, I give you the ranking of the Chinese carmakers that impressed me the most at this year's Auto China 2016 in Beijing. Now in its third iteration, this ranking is getting tuned each…
Dongfeng A9 at the Beijing Auto Show 2016 It's finally here! Auto China 2016, the largest Auto Show in the world, alternates between Shanghai and Beijing and this year it's the turn of the "Capital of the North" - as its name literally means in Mandarin - to host this gigantic event.…
The Nissan Versa confirms it is now Mexico's most popular nameplate. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * The Mexican new car market posts an incredible 15th consecutive record month in March with sales up a cool 11% year-on-year to 116.870 units, an…
Not so broken after all: Volkswagen Group The much talked-about emissions scandal that has been plaguing Volkswagen since last September prevented it to claim its very first worldwide sales crown in 2015, ending the year at 9.9 million sales vs. 10.15 for Toyota and 9.8 for General Motors. But First…
The Japan-made Honda Vezel is the best-selling new vehicle in Singapore this year. Thanks to BSCB reader Richard Hsu we can share with you today exclusive models data for Singapore, unveiling a very peculiar situation. As our March 2016 report showed, Honda is challenging Toyota's years-long domination of the Singaporean…
The new generation pushes the Opel Astra up 30% year-to-date in Europe. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * March sales data in Europe is always biased by a bumper month in the UK where the bi-annual license-plate change traditionally…
The Hyundai Tucson sells 4.105 units in 3 months in Israel * See the Top 43 All-brands and Top 265 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to a partnership with cartube.co.il we can update you today on models data for the Israeli new car market, now a quarterly occurrence.…