VW Transporter * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down a painful 21% year-on-year in the Netherlands in June to just 4,207 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 28,517 units, down 14% on 2012. For the first time…
Skoda Octavia * NOW UPDATED with the 6 months 2013 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * For the first time on BSCB I can share with you an All-models ranking for Finland! Thanks Alex for the tip. New car sales in Finland are up 15% year-on-year in June…
Streets of capital Bissau are filled with 1980 Mercedes taxis. Picture by Jon Baker, all rights reserved. Last time I covered Guinea Bissau there was too little recent video footage available to draw any conclusions about the best-selling models in this African country. This has now changed, thanks to a 14…
The Renault Clio IV-Peugeot 208 duel has well and truly started in France... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * Still a pretty grim outlook for the French new car market, after losing 14% at the same time last year,…
Ford Transit Minibus in Tbilisi, Georgia March 2013. * See the Full article featuring street videos by clicking on the title! * A lot has happened since my last update on Georgia. Firstly, there is a new stream of yellow Ford Transit minibuses everywhere in the capital Tbilisi. This is…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down a painful 8% year-on-year halfway through 2013 to 1,502,630 registrations, meaning it is now the #5 market in the world, passed by Brazil. The…
The Honda N-One is the best performing all-new model in Japan, all categories combined. * See the Top 45 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * This article has now been updated with an exclusive Top 50 brands ranking * After a somewhat artificial boost at…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling car in Kyrgyzstan, most of them used though. Next country to be dusted off as I haven't covered it in almost 3 years is Kyrgyzstan. What is striking when viewing recent videos of the streets of the capital Bishkek is the complete absence of…
Ford European sales are up 7% year-on-year in June. * See the Top 25 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * June new car sales are down 6% year-on-year in Europe to 1,175,363 registrations, once again the weakest June result in 20 years. This brings the 6 months 2013…
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…