The Audi A3 ranks at a best-ever 4th place at home in 2014. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 353 All-models by clicking on the title * The German new car market is reassuringly back in positive territory in 2014, up 3% year-on-year to get back above the…
Mercedes C-Class * See the Top 50 brands and Top 330 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Germany are up a very robust 7% year-on-year in December to 229,700 registrations, bringing the final 2014 tally above 3 million units. Below Volkswagen up 1% to 21.6% share,…
The Dacia Logan has now topped the Romanian new car market for 10 consecutive years... …the first one being 2005. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 120 models by clicking on the title * In 2014 new car sales in Romania end five consecutive years of decline which took the…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 46 All-brands and Top 284 All-models by clicking on the title * The Latvian new car market is in excellent shape in 2014, up 17% year-on-year to 14,991 registrations. A big caveat before we dig into detailed sales figures for Latvia: a large part of new…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 305 models by clicking on the title * * See 23 years worth of Polish car sales archives here * The Polish new car market got a sudden boost over the first quarter of 2014 when cars purchased as LCV…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title * Sales of new local cars are up a robust 6% year-on-year in South Korea to 1,453,786 registrations, whereas imports surge by an astounding 25% to 196,359 units, lifting the total market up…
The Smart Fortwo is back among Austria's Top 20 best-sellers. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Austria are down a tough 7% year-on-year in November to 21,619 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 285,927 sales,…
The Ford Explorer jumps inside the Korean Top 50 this month. * See the Top 186 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title * With a bit of delay we now have access to All-models data for South Korea including imports for the month of October. Below the…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The recovery of the Slovenian new car market continues: up a further 7% year-on-year in November to 4,220 deliveries which brings the year-to-date total to 49,923 units, up 3% on 2013. Volkswagen…
The Suzuki Jimny is the surprise Latvian October market leader. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 75 models by clicking on the title * First month of year-on-year decline for new light vehicle sales in Latvia, down 2% in October to 1,401 registrations. However the year-to-date total is still…
Haval H6 Sport * See the Top 379 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after detailing October sales and focusing on the all-new models entering the ranking this month, we explore the year-to-date ranking in China to try and extract longer-term trends.…
The Mercedes C-Class is the 5th most popular nameplate in Germany this month. * See the Top 310 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is up 3% year-on-year in October to 275,320 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,556,991…
VW Up * See the Top 230 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Always a little bit of delay for Slovakia data, with August now available. 5,668 new cars found a buyer this month, with Skoda once again monopolising the podium with the Fabia (5.3%), Octavia (4.9%) and…
The Lexus NX lands directly inside the Swedish Top 70 * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * Another very satisfying month of sales for the Swedish new car market: up 12% year-on-year in September to 28,252 registrations which brings the…
The VW Golf Sportsvan breaks into the European Top 30 this month. * See the Top 333 best-selling models and Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after studying the Top 10 models and brands in Europe we now go into the…