The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in Lebanon in 2018. Consult a decade of Lebanon Historical Data here. 2017 (-2.6%) was the calm before the storm: 2018 Lebanese sales crumble down 21.7% to just 39.800 units. Brand leader Toyota (-45.9%) is hit particularly hard, falling more than twice as…
The Toyota Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in Jordan for the 2nd time in the past 3 years. Consult a decade of Jordanian Historical Data here. After imploding down 27.2% in 2016, Jordanian new car sales gave the impression of recovering in 2017 (+0.6%), but it was just not…
Lexus LX sales in Qatar are up 19.3% to #2 overall. Consult 15 years of Qatar Historical Data here. After freefalling 26% in 2016 and 29.3% in 2017, the Qatari new car market endures a third consecutive double-digit drop in 2018 albeit at a much more manageable -10.7% to 45.653…
Mitsubishi Pajero sales in Kuwait are up 14.5% in 2018. Consult 15 years of Kuwait Historical Data here. After a ghastly -26% in 2016 and -11.5% in 2017, new car sales in Kuwait are almost stationary in 2018 at -2.1% to miss out on the symbolic 100.000 annual mark for just…
The Nissan Sunny leaps up 5 spots on 2017 to land in 2nd place in Bahrain. Consult 15 years of Bahrain Historical Data here. After freefalling down 19% in 2016 and 25.6% in 2017, the Bahraini new light vehicle market encouragingly stabilises in 2018 at -4.8% and 34.865 sales. Once…
Kia Sorento sales in Iraq are up 367.8% to 11.6% share in 2018. Consult 8 years of Iraqi Historical Data here. The Iraqi new car market continues to recover, 2018 marking a second consecutive year of double-digit gains at a spectacular +58.6% to 53.646 deliveries. Kia (+68.9%) manages to outpace…
The Ford Ranger has topped the New Caledonian charts for 8 of the past 10 years. Consult 15 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. New Caledonia is a small French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, with sales counted separately to metropolitan France. The market is down 3.9% year-on-year…
The Volvo S/V60 is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in January. Swedish new car sales skid down 10.9% year-on-year in January to 20.478 units. Atop the brands charts, both Volvo (-14.1%) and Volkswagen (-21.7%) lose share year-on-year but Kia (+9.2%) and BMW (+12.6%) show impressive results. Only Ford (+4.9%) also…
The Ford Focus soars 49.2% year-on-year to land at #3 in the Netherlands. The Dutch new car market tumbles down 19.6% year-on-year in January to just 47.701 units, paying the price for last minute rushed sales in December before a January 1 change in taxation that is less advantageous for luxury…
Volkswagen sales start 2019 in spectacular fashion in Bulgaria. New car sales in Bulgaria gain 6.6% year-on-year in January to 3.446 units. Dacia (+35.6%), Volkswagen (+64.1%) and Skoda (+12.7%) make up a podium entirely and comfortably outpacing the market to reach 13.5%, 9.3% and 9% share respectively. Renault (-20.7%) is…
The C5 Aircross breaks into the Top 30 and helps Citroen to its highest share since July 2015 while Peugeot is #1 for the 4th time in the past 5 months. This post has been updated with the Top 40 brands, Top 260 models and Top 10 private sales. New…
The new generation Toyota Century landed in Japan in June 2018. Consult 50 years of Japan Historical Data here As is now the tradition on BSCB, we can now shine a more detailed light on the sales of all local models in Japan, ordered by variant. The Honda N-BOX (+14%)…
Dacia Sandero sales are up 138.2% year-on-year at home in January. New car sales in Romania go against the grain of most of the rest of the European Union with a splendid 18.8% uptick to 13.952 registrations in January. Dacia (+45.8%) vastly outpaces its home market to hit a stunning…
The Renault Clio swims upstream in Turkey this month with a 19.8% uptick in a market tumbling down 59%. Turkish new light vehicle sales start 2019 the way they ended 2018: in hell. After imploding down 75% in September and 77% in October, Turkey seemed to have been on the mend…
The Toyota Hilux signs a 12th win in the past 13 years in Thailand. Consult over 15 years of Thailand Historical Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 75 models. It's a second consecutive year of double-digit gains for new vehicle in Thailand with 2018 up a…