Yet to come to Brazil, the new gen Renault Sandero is already on sale in Central Europe (above). * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 30 brands! * For the 6th time in the past 8 months, the Brazilian new car market is down year-one-year, although in…
If you have been a BSCB reader for the past year you will know about the Trans-Siberian Railway Photo Report I published between September and November 2013, describing the car landscape along the famous railway and going through St Petersburg, Moscow, Lake Baikal, Ulaanbaatar, the Gobi desert and Beijing among…
Fiat Abarth 500 (US model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 models and Top 60 brands! Click on title to see * Now that we have explored in detail the European models ranking for April we look into the evolution of the year-to-date sales charts to extract longer-term…
The Citroen C4 Cactus is knocking on the French Top 100's door this month. * See the Top 300 models & Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Mum+Dad * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the Top 15 brands and Top 80 models in France in…
The VW Tiguan is up to a best-ever #12 in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 models and Top 55 brands! Click on title to see * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the April Top 10 we now have access to much more detailed…
Wuling Hongguang in Beijing * See the Top 348 All-models and Top 66 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the May sales figures in detail and focusing on the all-new models launched this month, we go through the year-to-date rankings to…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * How good does it feel to finally deliver good news about the Greek new car market month after month? Very good indeed. New registrations are up a spectacular 42% year-on-year in…
Nissan sales are up 29% in May in Canada. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 252 best-selling models and Top 33 brands! * The Canadian new car market continues to evolve at records heights: up 6% year-on-year in May to 195,571 registrations, simply the best May on record according to DesRosiers…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 170 models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Kaloyan * New car sales in Bulgaria are up 6% year-on-year in May to an estimated 2,163 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 10,506 units, up 14% on 2013. Bulgarian sales data…
Honda Mobilio * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Shock, horror: for the first time in at least 4 years, the Indonesian new car market is down year-on-year in May at -2% to 97,147 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up a beautiful…
Mazda3 Axela * See the Top 327 models by clicking on the title! Thanks Carnewschina for the pricing info * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed sales figures for May, I spend a bit more time acknowledging the all-new entrants in the models ranking, to ensure you are across…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 70 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris * New car sales in Latvia are up a very healthy 13% year-on-year in May to 1,289 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 5,969 units, up 21% on 2013.…
1 in every 2.5 cars sold in the Philippines this month is a Toyota. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Myk * The Pinoy new car market continues all guns blazing with another 23.5% year-on-year increase in May to 22,815 registrations, making 2014…
VW Santana * See the Top 327 All-local models and Top 64 brands by clicking on the title! * Still no sign of slowing down for the Chinese new car market, with May up another 8.5% to 1.91 million units across all segments, bringing the year-to-date total to 9.84 million units,…
Volvo XC60 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to data provided by SEMO Cyprus and analysed by INNOSOFT, I can share with you the models ranking for Cyprus over the first 5 months of 2014. Over the period, new car sales are up 16%…