The Lexus ES is by far the most popular import in China in February. Sales of imported cars in China follow the locally-made trend with a painful -23.9% year-on-year freefall in February to just 48.687 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -14.8% to 157.717. Lexus (+21.8%) goes against…
The Lexus ES flies above the competition in the imports ranking. All-brands and All-models January 2017-November 2018 monthly data available, contact us here. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for November, BSCB being the only media outside of China to report on these figures monthly. Under pressure from increased…
Lincoln sells almost as many Continental in China as it does in the U.S. * See the Top 110 best-selling imported models in China by clicking on the title * Correction: Hybrid sales are now added to totals, making the Lexus ES the #1 import. After a 1.5 year-hiatus, very…
Ford sales are up 20% in the US in February. Picture caranddriver.com * See the Top 275 best-selling models, Top 15 groups & Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * In the U.S., January and February are typically the two weakest months of the year. Thanks to petrol prices at…
Suzuki Lingyang taxi in Mudanjiang After Yanji in the Korean Autonomous Prefecture, we are now leaving the Jilin province, headed north to cross over to Mudanjiang in the Heilongjiang province, home to just under 1 million inhabitants. Mudanjiang does have an airport but it doesn’t have direct flights to either…
Remember when Auto Shows were fun and carmakers didn't take themselves too seriously? Today was the Press Day of Auto China 2014 in Beijing, the biggest annual Chinese Auto Show alternatively hosted in Shanghai and Beijing. My first striking impression is that even though China is now by far the…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Emirati car market is up a very robust 16% year-on-year in 2013 to 361,328 registrations, and we witness lots of movement atop the models ranking for once! Surprise surprise: whereas it only…
One in 4 Lexus ES sold in the US this month is a hybrid * Now including Ford C-Max sales figures * * See the Top 44 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After looking at overall September and 9 months 2012 US models ranking, let's get into sales…