New light vehicle sales in Hong Kong drop -33.2% year-on-year in January to 2.323 registrations on both the Lunar New Year Holiday pulled forward vs. last year and the start of the coronavirus lockdown impact. Toyota (-37.1%) falls even faster than the market but comfortably remains atop the brands charts…
Skoda sales are up 19.8% thanks to the new Scala (pictured) and Kamiq. Unlike neighbouring France and Germany, Netherlands has so far chosen to not resort to strict population confinement measures but wide-ranging business shutdown have been in place since March 13. Car dealerships remain open in the country mainly for…
Some parts of Italy have been under quarantine since late February. With a red zone established in eleven municipalities in the province of Lodi as early as 21 February, extended to a large part of Northern Italy including Milan on March 8 then to the entire nation on March 10, the Italian…
Renault Logan sales shoot up 158.7% in Ukraine in February. New car sales in Ukraine continue to shoot up for now at +20.9% year-on-year in February to 6.963 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 27.4% to 14.035. This month Renault (+68%) reclaims the brands top spot off Toyota (+51.5%), with…
Mercedes places 3 nameplates in the February Top 9, including the GLC. Retail sales of our selection of vehicles in China in February post a very similar evolution compared with wholesales figures: -79.2% to 204.089 units which brings the year-to-date volume down -46.2% to 1.909.262. For the past two years, BSCB…
Porsche manages the best hold among all mass imported brands in February. Retail sales of imported cars in China fall -78.4% in February to 10.512 units, in line with the rest of the market and pulling the year-to-date tally down -41.4% to 92.418. The brands podium is reversed compared to…
The Nissan Micra is up to #4 in Portugal in February. In January, the Portuguese new car market drops - 8% year-on-year to 14.423 units. Peugeot (-10%) takes the brands lead despite falling faster than the market, distancing Mercedes (+10.3%), Renault (stable) and BMW (+12.5%), the two German premium marques…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Kenya in 2019. The Kenyan new vehicle market takes a breather in 2019 at -7.3% to 12.981 units. Isuzu (+12.1%) swims upstream with the largest gain in the Top 6, resulting in a much improved share at 38.4%, albeit this is mainly…
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought the Chinese market to its knees. In line with our expectations earlier in the month, as a result of the country effectively shutting down in February, wholesales of China-made light vehicles drop -79.1% year-on-year this month to 310.000 units. Passenger Vehicles are down -81.7% to…
The Renault Logan is the best-selling vehicle in Colombia in February. The Colombian new vehicle market soars 11.1% year-on-year in February to 20.547 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 13.1% to 38.974. In the brands ranking, Renault (+20.8%) continues to widen the gap with its archenemy Chevrolet (+3.3%) while…
As of March 6, South Korea is the 2nd country in the world most affected by the coronavirus. 17/03 update: Now with Top 10 foreign models. The coronavirus outbreak, which has infected 6.284 South Koreans (the most in any nation outside China) and killed 40 as of March 6, has…
First win for the VW Golf in a year in Austria. Picture carmagazine.co.uk The Austrian new car market sinks -10.9% year-on-year in February to 21.067 registrations, pulling the year-to-date tally down -10% to 44.026 units. Volkswagen (-25.4%) behaves a lot worse than the market but easily remains atop the brands…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Polish passenger car Top 30 in February. The Polish new car market sinks -11.8% year-on-year in February to 43.154 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -13.2% to 87.020. When looking at passenger cars only, sales are down -11.7% in February to 37.900 and down…
The Ford Puma has landed inside the UK Top 30. Granted, it's January figures but BSCB can now share with you a Top 120 models ranking for the UK, a traditionally very secretive market outside its Top 10 models, in an endeavour to cover UK sales charts a lot more…
The Citroen C3 misses out on its first Finnish Top 10 for just one sale. 15/03: Now with the Top 70 models. The Finnish new car market steps up 2.1% year-on-year in February to 8.118 units, one of the rare European markets so far to inch a year-on-year gain this…