The Toyota Hilux leads the Ivory Coast models ranking halfway through 2014. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 5 brands by clicking on the title * First half 2014 data is now available for Ivory Coast, demonstrating a very dynamic market at 3,923 registrations vs. 7,624 over…
Mercedes is the most popular brand in Singapore in January. * See the Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * Now that certificates of entitlement (COE - essentially the right to drive in Singapore) are back to more reasonable prices, the Singaporean market returns to its level of…
The Mazda Biante ranks just outside the Indonesian Top 50 in 2014. See the Full Year 2014 Top 95 best-selling models and Top 10 brands here For the first time on BSCB we are able to go beyond the traditional Top 20 models to extend the ranking to the Top…
The Mercedes B-Class is still far above the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer for now. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 271 models by clicking on the title * New car sales start the year in positive in Germany at +3% in January to 211.337 registrations. Market leader Volkswagen is particularly…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title * As an appetiser for overall German new car registrations, I give you German Private Sales data for January 2015. Germany characterises itself by an exceptionally low Private Sales (PS) ratio in general, but in January…
The Kia Picanto is the best-selling model in Israel in January. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 244 All-models by clicking on the title * The Israeli new car market starts 2015 nicely: up 24% year-on-year in January to 33,630 registrations. The brands ranking, usually relatively stable in Israel, is…
Chevrolet Matiz * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and Top 15 models by clicking on the title * After missing out on an all-time record year by a mere 4.310 units last year, the Mexican new car market is on track to smash all its records in 2015, with…
The Holden Commodore is up to #2 in New Zealand in January. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Kiwi new car market starts the new year the way it ended the past one: at record levels. January sales are…
Luxgen U6 Turbo * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 60 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Taiwan are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in January to 47,986 registrations, the best January score since 2011. Toyota is above 30% share thanks to 14,571…
2nd shock in 3 months: the Hyundai Solaris is the best-selling car in Russia in January. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Russian customers 'rushed' to purchase 2014 models in December (+2%) to avoid the inflation-induced price increase in…
General Motors sales are up 18%, Chevrolet up 20% and GMC up 29%. * UPDATED with the Top 272 All-models, Top 40 All-brands and Top 15 Groups * Severe snow storms during the last days of the month didn't prevent the U.S. new light vehicle market to grow by a fantastic 14% year-on-year…
The e-Golf represents 67% of total Golf sales and would be #1 on its own. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * Difficult start of the year for new car sales in Norway, down 8% year-on-year in January to 10,523 registrations.…
The 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer is the best-selling vehicle in Venezuela this month. * See the Top 8 best-selling brands and Top 22 models by clicking on the title * Hopes that the Venezuelan new car market had turned the corner when 5,274 new vehicles were registered in December are squashed…
Shock: the VW Up is not the best-seller in Denmark this month - the Peugeot 108 is. * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 39 All-brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Denmark are down year-on-year for the second time in the past 3 months in…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * Building on a fantastic 2014 when the market rose to its highest level in a decade, January new car sales in the UK are up a further 7% to 164,856 registrations,…