The Chevrolet Sonic is the best-performing all-new model over the period * See the Top 269 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Before I give you more detail on the June US best-sellers, let's explore together the year-to-date ranking halfway through the year. It has been a very…
Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models! Click on title to see - Thanks Øystein* The Norwegian car market is back into positive in June, up 7% year-on-year to 11,053 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 69,355 units, up 1% on 2011. Big event atop the models…
Volvo C30 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In June, Dutch car sales are up 52% year-on-year to 76,813 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 332,122 units, back in positive on 2011 at +1%. These figures reflect a sales pull forward due to…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italy is one of the last countries in the world with Sweden and Slovakia where Station Wagons (SW) have remained highly popular which is why there is a monthly update about it on BSCB. However like in May this month…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual Sweden is the first country to make full month sales available and the market is down 7% year-on-year in June to 25,562 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 142,633 units, down 9% on…
The Kia K2 is the best-performing all-new model in China over the period * See the Top 273 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Like we did for the US a week ago and after exploring Chinese May 2012 sales in detail, I thought we could pause on…
Sales of Lexus GS are up 404% in the US. * See the Top 268 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored in detail the May 2012 US models ranking let's pause on the year-to-date ranking to see what longer-term trends can be extracted.…
Ford Focus * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * After an exhaustive April 2012 world round-up, I am now able to share with you the 20 models that sold the most across the globe in April. The Toyota Corolla is…
Great Wall Steed - Bulgarians have embraced Great Wall's vehicles * See the Top 50 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kalo * 2012 will stay in the history of automobile as the year the Chinese started manufacturing cars in Europe. The Great Wall factory opened in…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 264 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Reshuffle atop the Chinese models ranking in May: for the first time ever, the Chevrolet Sail is the best-selling model in the country with 30,163 sales, 27,579 of which are the sedan version. This pole…
Mercedes B-Class * See the Top 300 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Steam * In May the German new car market is down 5% year-on-year to 289,977 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,337,679 units, up just 0.3% on 2011. The VW Golf predictably holds…
Chevrolet Malibu * NOW UPDATED with the Top 257 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * At +26% year-on-year, chances are the US car market will grow faster than China this month! Yep, this is rare enough to be bolded in my article... So it looks like the American consumer…
Fiat Linea * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Turkish new car sales continue at a much lower level than 2012, down 15% year-on-year in April to 45,645 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 143,181 units, down 19% on 2011. The Fiat Linea is…
Peugeot 508 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian consumers are among the last in the world with the Swedish and Slovaks to still be extremely keen of Station Wagons (SW), which is why I keep separating this format each month in Italy. However like in April,…
BMW X3 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Norway are down 3% year-on-year in May to 12,612 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 58,302 units, up just 0.3% on 2011. The VW Golf is the best-seller in the country for…