VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Some good news coming from Europe for once! The overall market is up 6% year-on-year in September to 1,204,102 registrations, the largest year-on-year increase so far this year and reducing the year-to-date fall…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 7% both in September to 25,301 registrations and year-to-date at 248,111 units. Like in neighbouring Germany, Skoda lodges an outstanding month: it places the…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to JKLN * After going through the overall German sales charts for September, let's dive into the Private Sales (PS) ranking, to see what German consumers are really buying. Below the VW Golf selling…
The Skoda Octavia breaks into the German Top 5 for the very first time this month... * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down a very reasonable 1% year-on-year in September to 247,199 registrations, bringing…
The VW Golf, Mercedes A-Class and Audi A3 all rank inside the Greek Top 15 this month. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Bill * The Greek new car market is in positive territory for the 4th time in…
Peugeot 308 and VW Golf * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market is definitely taking us on a roller-coaster of emotions (so to speak) this year! After gaining 16% in July but falling back to…
Renault Captur * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is up a shy 3% year-on-year in September to 142,211 registrations, only in positive because this month had one more working day than September 2012. The year-to-date total is still…
Audi A3 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Once again I ask: what better way to finish one month and start a new one than going through our traditional World Roundup? I don't think there is any! Before we start, don't forget to catch the…
The Toyota Probox is the most popular used Japanese import in Omsk. This is Part 5 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this Long Term Photo Report here. We are now travelling almost 1000 km South East of Yekaterinburg to Omsk, the start of…
Hyundai i30 and Australian Toyota Corolla hatchback * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored in detail the July worldwide sales charts, it's time to go through the year-to-date rankings to extract longer-term trends. The fight for the title of…
The progressive spread of the new gen sedan should help the Corolla keep the worldwide lead... * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that Middle-Eastern figures are out in the open, thanks to the hard work of Austin I…
The Opel Astra is extremely popular in Yekaterinburg. This is part 4 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now travelling a further 940 km East to Yekaterinburg, where the car landscape is once again very different from the…
Lada Samara in Kazan, Tatarstan Russia - September 2013 This is part 3 of a Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now off to Kazan, 800 km East of Moscow in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Now that Russia’s…
12 Maserati Quattroporte found a buyer in Italy in August. * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Paolo * Looks like we are starting a new monthly rendezvous on BSCB thanks to Paolo! After going through the 50 most popular models in Italy in…
Lada Zhiguli * See the Full Photo Report and my estimated Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * Over the last couple of weeks I have been backpacking my way along the Trans-Siberian railway, hopping on and off the train and discovering very different car landscapes along the…