The Fiat 500L lands directly in 7th place over the period. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After losing 20% this time last year to drop well under one million units, the Italian new car market sheds another 10% over the first 6…
BMW 7 Series * See the Top 37 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Michael * New car sales in Singapore are back down a harsh 15% year-on-year to 2,197 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 11,689 units, down a steep 20% on 2012. While last month we…
Citroen C-Elysee * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Antonio José from ACAP I can share with you today a Top 50 models ranking for Portugal, a rarity indeed! The Portuguese new car market is for once euphoric in June, up 18% year-on-year to…
The Great Wall Steed is not making big waves yet in the UK market. * See the Top 20 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Quick update on the UK Light Commercial Vehicle market, in as great a shape as the Passenger Cars one: up 11% year-on-year over…
The Seat Ibiza may struggle to lodge a 5th consecutive year at #1 in Spain... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday, I now kick start a series of articles that look at the year-to-date rankings of…
Renault Clio IV * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 50 models/Top 46 All-brands! See title * 18th consecutive month of year-on-year decline for the Italian new car market, down 5% in June to 122,555 registrations. Halfway through the year, new car sales in Italy are down 10% on 2012 to…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Things are starting to go alarmingly wrong for new car sales in Romania, with June down 46% year-on-year to just 3,967 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 24,549 units, down 26%…
The E-Class is one of 3 Mercedes in the Hong Kong Top 8 this month. * See the Top 165 All-models and Top 37 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * 4,079 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong on June, bring the year-to-date total to 23,207 units…
Renault Clio * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * It seems too good to be true: after years of absolute hell with 2011 down 31% and 2012 down 38%, new car sales in Portugal are up 18% year-on-year in June to 12,706 registrations, the…
Lada Granta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * This is it: the Russian market is now officially as depressed as the rest of Europe: with June down 10% year-on-year to 241,346 registrations, we have our 4th consecutive month of…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * Should we take it as an encouraging sign for the short-term future of European new car sales? In June, the German market, by far the largest on the continent, is down…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to JKLN * After a one month hiatus, German Private sales are back on BSCB, now as an appetiser to the overall Germany models ranking. No change on the podium compared to April: the…
Mini Countryman * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While the rest of the Japanese car market is down significantly compared to 2012, paradoxically imports are going very well thanks, even though they are getting more expensive by the minute as the yen goes…
VW Polo Vivo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another month of year-on-year growth for South African new car sales, at +3% in June to 53,562 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 321,770 units, up a solid 7% on 2012. After dropping…
Surprise: the Renault Captur is the 4th most popular model in France this month! * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 18 best-selling brands! Click on title to see * The French new car market is down 9% year-on-year both in June at 190,199 registrations…