The Toyota bZ4X is the best-selling vehicle in Norway for the first time. New car sales in Norway advance a splendid +29.4% year-on-year in October to 11,552 units, but keep in mind October 2023 was off -28.9% on the year prior. Year-to-date volumes are down -1% to 103,350. After breaking…
The BYD Qin L is up to #5 in China in July We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in July. Sales for the selection of vehicles included in this report edge up 2.9% year-on-year to 1,767,231 units. The year-to-date volume…
Zeekr breaks its monthly volume record in June. We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. Sales for the selection of vehicles included in this report drop a harsh -12.1% year-on-year to 1,672,270 units, yet the H1 2024 tally remains…
The BYD Qin Plus is the best-selling vehicle in China over H1 2024. Data from the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows Chinese wholesales stepping up 6.1% year-on-year over the First Half of 2024 to 14,047,000 units. Passenger Vehicles are up 6.3% to 11,979,000 while Commercial Vehicles climb 4.9% to…
The Li L6 is up to a record 8th place in June. According to data by CAAM, the June Chinese wholesales market is off -2.7% year-on-year to 2,552,000 units. Passenger Cars are down -2.3% to 2,215,000 and Commercial Vehicles skid -4.9% to 337,000. New Energy vehicles soar 30.1% to 1,049,000…
First Top 10 finish for the Toyota Front Lander We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in May. Sales of the selection of vehicles included in this report are off -6.7% year-on-year this month to 1,576,309 units. This means the year-to-date…
AITO reaches a record 32,226 wholesales in May. Chinese car wholesales in May edge up 1.2% year-on-year in May to 2,031,000 units. This includes 1,104,000 SUVs (+9.3%), 847,000 Passenger Cars (-6.3%) and 79,000 MPVs (-13.3%). The year-to-date volume is up 8.5% to 9,584,000 units including 5,141,000 SUVs (+15.1%), 4,068,000 Passenger…
For the first time in 5 years, I had the opportunity to visit China for the Beijing Auto Show. It was also the chance to check out the car landscape in the streets of Beijing. Needless to say that in five years, the cars in the streets have completely changed…
First Top 10 finish for the BYD Destroyer 05. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.3% year-on-year to 2,359,000 units. This includes 2,002,000 Passenger Vehicles (+10.5%) and 357,000 Commercial Vehicles. Year-to-date, volumes are up 10.2% to 9,079,000 with Passenger…
Hyper SSR It's now time to go through the noticeable Chinese brands at home, the Beijing Auto Show. These are classified in alphabetical order, so no particular preferences here. The 3 most impressive Chinese brands at the show will be revealed in a separate article. The main takeaway is that…
First Top 10 finish for the BYD Destroyer 05. The selection of models including in this update drop -6.1% year-on-year in March to reach a retail sales figure of 1,469,639 units. The year-to-date tally is still in positive however at +14.2% to 4,634,280 thanks to a fantastic January result (+68.1%).…
The BYD Qin Plus ends the year in 2nd place. Discover 40 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. Chinese retail sales of the selection of vehicles included in this update are up a modest 4.5% in 2023 to 20,742,652 units. That's much more discreet than the 12% increase of…
The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Sweden in 2023. Discover over 70 years of Swedish Historical Data here The Swedish new car market edges up 0.6% year-on-year in 2023 to 289,665 units. BEVs are up 18% to 38.7% share vs. 33% last year while PHEVs down -8.4%…
The Fiat 500 is the most popular vehicle in Germany in October. The German new car market advances 5.1% year-on-year in October to 218,959 sales, still significantly below the growth rate it has shown for the most part of this year. Indeed the year-to-date volume is up 13.7% to 2,357,025.…
The LI Auto L8 reaches an all time high in September. Retail sales of the models included in this report gain 3.5% year-on-year in September to 1,868,297 units, This leads to a year-to-date up 3% to 14,620,934. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and retail sales…