Mercedes A-Class * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Finnish new car market disappoints in October: down 3% year-on-year to 8,701 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 91,037 units, up 2% on 2013. Brand-wise, Toyota is trying to catch up its…
The Peugeot 2008 outsells the Renault Captur this month at home. * See the Top 70 best-selling models and Top 18 brands by clicking on the title! * An updated Top 300 models and Top 50 brands ranking is now available here! Just as Europe is slowly but surely waking…
Renault Mégane * See the Top 220 best-selling models and Top 45 brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market is not looking back: up another 26% year-on-year in September to 76,418 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 718,527 units, up 18% on 2013. In…
The Mercedes GLA jumps straight into the Korean Top 50 for its 2nd month of sales. * See the Top 185 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Falkonz * A new monthly update on BSCB, I can now share with you All-brands and All-models rankings for…
The Ford Ecosport is up to #59 in Italy in September. * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Paolo * As is the tradition on BSCB I can now give you more detail about the Italian models ranking. And there is a…
Mercedes C-Class The Mercedes brand sold 162,746 vehicles worldwide in September, the best-ever month in its 88-year history and a 14 percent year-on-year increase. This enables Mercedes to pass Audi and rank #2 premium brand in the world below BMW for the month of September. Even though Audi sales are…
European sales of low-cost manufacturer Dacia are up 31% so far in 2014. * See the Top 60 brands and Top 340 models rankings by clicking on the title! * After detailed data for August, we now explore the year-to-date European sales charts to try and extract longer-term trends. If…
The VW Golf Sportsvan breaks into the European Top 30 this month. * See the Top 333 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after studying the Top 10 models and brands in Europe we now go into the…
GMC Yukon sales are up 62% so far in 2014 thanks to the new model. * See the Top 275 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the US sales charts for September (now with separate models…
First appearance of the new Jeep Cherokee in the South Korean rankings. * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Falkonz * 120,104 new cars were registered in South Korea in August. Brand-wise, below the 5 locals (Hyundai, Kia, GM-Chevrolet/Daewoo, SsangYong and Renault…
VW Golf * See the Top 195 models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * The spectacular recovery of the Portuguese new car market is still ongoing: sales are up 32% year-on-year in September to 9,701 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 107,404 registrations, up…
Honda Jazz * See the Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore are up a whopping 50% year-on-year in September to 2,946 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 20,124 units, up 18% on 2013. Toyota including Lexus continues to outperform the market at…
The Cars and Fashion exhibition was on as part of the Paris Auto Show 2014, displaying some pretty spectacular models. My 10 favourites are featured below. 1. Alfa Romeo Montreal Coupé Bertone This Coupé is based on a prototype designed by Marcello Gandini (who also designed the Lamborghini Miura), while…
First Top 30 ranking at home for the second generation Citroen C1. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 47 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Thanks to my correspondents in the place (thanks Patricia and Christian) and L'Argus I can now share with you actuals for…
Lexus NX * See the Top 175 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hong Kong are up a very robust 26% year-on-year in September to 5,335 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,678 units, up 14% on 2013. The models…