The Toyota Corolla celebrates 15 straight years as the world's best-seller. Consult 60 years of Worldwide Historical Data here. 29/04 update: Now with the Top 15 groups and Top 30 brands. 24/04 update: Now with a Top 10 sneak peek, Renault-sourced data and complete Turkey and Puerto Rico/USVI sales. For…
Mercedes places 3 nameplates in the February Top 9, including the GLC. Retail sales of our selection of vehicles in China in February post a very similar evolution compared with wholesales figures: -79.2% to 204.089 units which brings the year-to-date volume down -46.2% to 1.909.262. For the past two years, BSCB…
Volkswagen (-0.9%) remains above 3m sales thanks to its new SUV lineup. Discover 30 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. It's a second consecutive year of decline for the Chinese wholesales market - factory shipments to dealerships, and only the second drop in the past 30 years. The coughing…
Jetour retail sales soar 76.2% year-on-year in China in November. After studying Chinese wholesales (factory shipments to dealerships) for November, it's time to get into retail sales (registrations to end customers), our second complete monthly coverage of the Chinese market to "keep'em honest". Indeed wholesales can be artificially inflated by…
Jetta is selling all the VS5 it is producing so far. Chinese registrations (or retail sales) of locally-produced vehicles are back into the double-digit drops for the third time in the past 4 months in October at -10.5% to 1.620.585 units according to our exclusive figures. Note BSCB is the only…
Toyota Corolla China sales are up 41.2% year-on-year in October. The Chinese wholesales market is down for the 16th consecutive month in October but, in a potential sign of improvement, its drop is the lowest since the market started skidding down in July 2018. Wholesales dip -4% year-on-year to 2.284.000…
Baojun introduces the new RC-6 in China... The Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) continues to suffer from pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1: after freefalling -20.4% in July, the market sinks another -20.1% in August to 1.438.543 units, tilting the year-to-date…
The VW Tayron is the third best-selling SUV in China in July. Factory shipments to dealerships, or wholesales, continue to decline in China with July marking 13 consecutive negative months but at -4.3% to 1.808.000 units, this is the slimmest year-on-year drop since the Chinese market abruptly started to hit…
As per the BSCB tradition, after covering March sales in detail, it's now time to focus on the all-new locally produced launches so you can stay on the bleeding edge of the the fastest-evolving automobile market in the world. Note this update is based on wholesales figures, and sometimes new…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling model in Brazil for the first time in history. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 130 models by clicking on the title * No sign of recovery for the Brazilian new car market: down another depressing 23% year-on-year in August to…
Fiat Palio Way * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 200 models by clicking on the title * After a decade of uninterrupted growth taking the Brazilian new light vehicle market from 1.35 million units in 2003 to 3.65 million in 2012, 2014 marks the 2nd consecutive year of recession…
Fiat Palio Fire Way * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Brazil are slowing down their decline in November at -3% to 279,826 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still down a disappointing 8% on 2013…
The Chevrolet Onix breaks its monthly volume record this month in Brazil. * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * No sign of recovery for the Brazilian new car market: down another very disappointing 14% year-on-year in July to 279,815 registrations,…
Surprise: the Fiat Strada is the best-selling model in Brazil this month. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Brazilian consumers bought 228,728 light vehicles in March, a harsh 15% contraction over March 2013, bringing the market back into negative…
Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse - grille This post is sponsored by Deal4yourwheels. This is Part 3 in a 5-part series dedicated to the Frankfurt Auto Show. You can read Part 1 about Tesla here and Part 2 about Maserati and the Frankfurt car landscape here. The last two articles, about Peugeot and…