Nissan NP200 Stealth Special Edition * See the Top 34 manufacturers and Top 242 All-models by clicking on the title * Like in February, new vehicle sales in South Africa display remarkable year-on-year stability masking economic troubles and rising inflation: up 9 units (!) on March 2014 to 55,449 registrations and…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-seller in Scotland in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title * Thanks to data communicated by SMMT I can share with you the Top 10 best-selling models for each UK nation for March. With an…
The Renault Clio is now #1 in 2015 year-to-date in the Netherlands. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 253 All-models by clicking on the title * The Dutch new car market has been heavily skewed by preferential pricing attributed to the most eco-friendly variants of some models, and this…
The Fiat 500X now ranks 19th at home in Italy. * NOW UPDATED with Top 50 models actuals and Top 45 All-brands * New car sales in Italy accelerate their growth in March: up 15% to 162,369 registrations after +13% in February and +11% in January. The year-to-date total now stands at…
Opel Mokka * NOW UPDATED with the Top 200 best-selling models - Click on title to see * The Hungarian new light vehicle market is up a robust 23% year-on-year in 2014 to 83,413 registrations including LCVs. Ford dominates with 13% share above Opel at 12.2% and Volkswagen at 8.5%…
The Skoda Octavia now threatens the VW Golf for #1 year-to-date. * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 327 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Switzerland are recovering: up 2% year-on-year in February to 22,388 registrations, however after a 9% drop in January, year-to-date…
Hyundai ix35 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title * Dramatic month of February for Austrian new car sales: down 25% year-on-year to just 20,641 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 44,068 units, down 15% on 2014. The brands podium…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 73% while the VW Passat is up 23% in Europe in January. * See the Top 335 All-models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title * Refined European data now available shows a market still up 6% to 1.023.880 registrations in January. If Volkswagen (+9%),…
The BMW 2 Series is up to #16 in February at home in Germany. * See the Top 50 best-selling brands and Top 308 models by clicking on the title * Germany, Europe's largest new car market, is up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in February to 223,254 registrations, bringing…
The Smart Forfour breaks into the Italian Top 20 in February. * UPDATED with actuals - See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models * It is finally the end of the tunnel for the Italian new car market: after gaining 11% in January, sales are up an even more…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 10 best-selling models in each nation by clicking on the title * As a teaser to overall UK sales and thanks to data communicated by SMMT, I give you the Top 10 best-selling models for each UK nation for February. Keep in mind…
The Seat Ibiza is back atop the Spanish models ranking. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 277 All-models by clicking on the title * Another spectacular month for new car sales in Spain with sales up 27% both in February to 87,192 registrations and year-to-date to 155,809 units,…
Hungarian Police Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian new car market continues on its excellent run so far in 2015: up another 18% year-on-year in February to 5,914 registrations, 7,255 including LCVs. The brands ranking is unchanged…
The Hyundai i20 ranks 10th in Northern Ireland. * See the Top 10 best-selling models in each nation by clicking on the title * Thanks to SMMT, now that we have explored the UK market as a whole for January, as is the tradition on BSCB we zoom in on the…
Fiat 500X * UPDATED - See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands * A very encouraging start of the year in Italy with new car sales up 11% on January 2014 to 131,385 registrations. A large part of this growth is however due to sales to rental companies up…