Toyota Corolla * NOW UPDATED with the Top 250 models and Top 35 brands! Click on title to see * The Canadian new light vehicle market is up 4% year-on-year in April to 179,044 registrations, adding up to 538,263 units after 4 months in 2014, up 2% on 2013. Below the…
Brand new Toyota Vios in Hotan, China - May 2014 (Click on any photo to enlarge) After exploring the Karakoram Highway - see the updated Photo Report with a full study of the car landscape here - and travelling on the South Silk Road like a Boss, we now arrive…
Audi A3 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 48 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 5% year-on-year in April to 29,240 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total into negative at -0.3% and 110,521 units. The Volkswagen Group manages to places…
Nissan Almera * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 58 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After seeming to plateau in March at just -0.4%, Russian new car sales are back in hell in April, potentially handicapped by the economic sanctions imposed on the country: down 8%…
Dacia Dokker * See the Top 175 models and Top 32 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Kalo * New car sales in Bulgaria are up an estimated 18% year-on-year in April to 2,381 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,380 units, up 15% or over 1,000 sales on…
The Ford Fiesta is the most popular vehicle in São Paolo so far this year... * See the Top 9 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Marcelo * After Minas Gerais and thanks once again to Marcelo, I can share with you today a little more regional detail about Brazilian…
BYD markets the L3 as the 'New F3' in Uruguay. * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * New car sales in Uruguay may have plateaued for a bit: they are down 2% year-on-year in April to 4,281 registrations, however the year-to-date total…
Fiat remains the most popular brand in Lithuania * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Marius * 1,355 new cars found a buyer in Lithuania in April, adding up to 4,586 so far in 2014 after 4 months. Fiat continues to dominate the brands…
The Peugeot 2008 is now among Europe's Top 20 best-sellers in 2014. * See the Top 346 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * As is now the (new) tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed monthly figures for March we explore the year-to-date rankings…
The Mercedes C-Class is up to #17 this month Europa-wide. * See the Top 336 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring the Top 10 models and Top 30 brands for March and witnessing the first ever Top 10 ranking of the Fiat Nuova…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through overall German sales for April, we explore the sales to private buyers in the country, painting a very different picture once again. German Private Sales (PS) data…
RAM Pick-up sales are up 23% so far in 2014 in the US. * See the Top 263 models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * Every month on BSCB after going through US April sales we explore the year-to-date charts to try and extract longer-term trends. Thanks to…
Jeep is up 52% year-on-year in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 15 groups and Top 40 brands! * New light vehicle sales in the USA are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in April to 1,390,513 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,134,255 units, up 3% on…
The Fiat Uno is the best-seller in the Minais Gerais province in Brazil. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Marcelo * Thanks to Marcelo I can share with you today a unique insight into the best-sellers in one of the largest states in…
After Kashgar and the Karakoram Highway, we continue on our exploration of the Xinjiang Uyghur province and travel 500km South East from Kashgar to Hotan, following the Southern Silk Road. For this 8 hour-trip you have the choice between bus or shared taxi. I decided to go for the 'Travelling like…