The Renault Triber breaks into the South African Top 25. New vehicle sales in South Africa edge down -0.8% on a revised February 2019 figure to 43.485 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -3.5% to 83.719. Brand leader Toyota (-10%) falls heavily but easily remains the most popular carmaker…
The BMW (+15.1%) is inside the Austrian Top 20 in January. New car sales in Austria drop a steep -9.1% year-on-year in January to 22.959 registrations. The entire brands podium falls faster than the market: Volkswagen (-11.4%) distances Skoda (-13.7%) and Seat (-12.3%) exactly like the FY2019 order. BMW (+20%),…
The Vauxhall Grandland X is the best-selling SUV in the UK in February. UK new car sales slip down -2.9% year-on-year in February to 79.594 units, the lowest score for the month since 2015 and marking an 11th year-on-year drop in the past 13 months. The year-to-date tally is now…
The Toyota RAV4 is up to a record 2nd place in Australia in February. Now updated with the Top 290 All-models. Drought, bushfires, floods and now growing coronavirus concerns have all combined to tear down the Australian new car market, February (-8.2%) marking a 23rd straight month of decline at…
The Kia Niro is the #1 car in the Netherlands in February. Picture autoblog.nl Dutch new car sales go against the European grain in February, edging up 0.3% to 29.868 units which reduces the year-to-date tally drop to -4% at 73.898 units. The hero of the month is Kia (+32.4%)…
The Isuzu D-Max snaps its first win in Thailand since last April. 17/03 update: Now with the Top 13 models and official sales for 50 models. The Thai new vehicle market skids down -8.2% year-on-year in January to 71.688 registrations. Toyota (-24.4%) freefalls to 28.2% share vs. 32.9% over the…
Proton is at its highest level in 6 years at home. New vehicle sales in Malaysia drop -12% year-on-year in January to 42.623 due to the Lunar New Year falling in January this year vs. February 2019. Brand leader Perodua (-13.1%) roughly follows the market and remains ultra-dominant at 41%…
Audi sales soar 49.5% year-on-year in Luxembourg in February. The Luxembourg new car market drops -4.9% year-on-year in February to 4.795 registrations, bringing the year-to-date tally down -1.4% to 9.114. Volkswagen (-10.6%) reclaims the brands top spot despite falling twice faster than the market, Mercedes (+2.4%) posts a strong result…
The Toyota RAV4 signs a 6th win in the past 7 months in Taiwan. New car sales in Taiwan bounce back up 39.2% year-on-year in February to 27.350 units as February 2019 volumes were hampered by the Lunar New Year holiday which fell in January this year. As a result,…
Mercedes now produces the AMG A-Class in China. Since February 2018, BSCB has been the only non-Chinese media to analyse complete retail sales data - or registrations - for China, as an additional monthly update to our years-long coverage of wholesales data, or factory shipments. The latter can be inflated by…
BMW scores its first #1 imported brand ranking in exactly a year in China. Sales of imported cars in China freefall -24.8% year-on-year in January to 81.906 units. BMW (-18.6%) ends 11 consecutive months of Lexus domination to reclaim the brands top spot like in January 2019. Lexus (+3.2%) is…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…
Toyota sales surge 45.4% year-on-year in January in Slovakia. 06/04 update: Now with Top 10 models. New car sales in Slovakia drop -5.1% year-on-year in January to 6.733 registrations. Brand leaders Skoda (+16.9%) and Volkswagen (+24%) go completely against the grain and post fantastic double-digit gains leading them to 24.1%…
The Toyota Corolla is #1 in Finland for the 6th time in the past 7 months. 3/03 update: Now with the Top 60 models. The Finnish new car market remains depressed in this start of 2020 with January registrations down another -8.3% to 10.672 units after January 2019 endured a…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in January. The Ukrainian new car market shoots up 34.5% year-on-year in January to 7.072 units. Toyota (+91%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to easily step up to the brands pole position for the first time since last June with 17.1%…