Peugeot 2008 sales are up 15% year-on-year at home in France. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * After gaining 9.5% in March, the French new car market returns to significantly more timid growth rates in April: up 2.3% to…
The Volvo XC60 ranks inside the Top 3 at home... * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Sweden continue on their very impressive run, posting a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in April at +11% to…
Hyundai Tucson * Now updated with Top 140 foreign models, Top 53 local models & Top 30 All-brands * This time South Korea is the first cab off the April sales rank. Sales of local models are up 3% year-on-year in South Korea this month to 133,935 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
The Peugeot 308 is up 61% year-on-year at home so far in 2015. * See the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * There is a light at the end of the tunnel for the French new car market, stuck at two-decade-lows for the…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 242 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Slovakia are up a robust 13% year-on-year in March to 7,323 registrations, bringing the first quarter total almost to neutral compared to 2014 at -0.4% and 18,068 units. For the first…
The Datsun on-DO is an instant blockbuster in troubled Russia. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Catastrophic results for the Russian new car market, crumbling down over the effects of galloping inflation triggered by economic sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis.…
200.000 Baojun 730 have found a buyer in less than 9 months. * See the Top 377 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed Chinese sales figures for March we explore the First Quarter volumes in order to…
Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
Strong UK sales push the Opel/Vauxhall Corsa onto the European podium in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * It's official: the recession is over in Europe. Overall new car sales are up 11% year-on-year in March to an imposing 1.644.985…
The Nissan Qashqai is up to #2 in Portugal this month. * See the Top 208 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title * Portuguese new car sales continue their recovery with sales up a splendid 42% year-on-year in March to 20,082 registrations, bringing the first quarter…
The Fiat 500L is among the 10 best-sellers in Romania for the first time. * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Romania are up a very satisfying 17% year-on-year in March to 5,339 registrations, bringing the first quarter…
The Suzuki Vitara lands directly inside the Greek Top 50. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Greece confirm once again they are on the mend: up 11% year-on-year to 6,529 registrations, bringing the 1st Quarter result…
The Peugeot Pars/405 family is the most popular new model in Iran this year. * See the Top 10 most produced models by clicking on the title * The period going from April 2014 to March 2015 roughly corresponds to the year 1393 in the Persian calendar, so finally Iran gets…
* Many thanks to carnewschina.com for helping compile this report * As per the BSCB tradition, after first exploring the monthly Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models making their first appearance in the biggest car market in the world, keep in mind this is only models that…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 50 brands and Top 316 models by clicking on the title * Excellent showing for the German new car market in March: up 9% to 323,039 deliveries, which brings the 1st quarter total to 757,630 units, up 6%. If Mercedes is back to its traditional…