VW Transporter * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In July Dutch companies bought 4,290 Light Commercial Vehicles, bringing the year-to-date total to 38,225 registrations. Big change this month: for the first time since we started tracking LCV sales in the Netherlands (in September…
Citroen C3: the bright spot in a dark Greek market. Picture by Ciprian Mihai, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very shy month for new car sales in Greece, down 42% in July both year-on-year to 5,757 registrations and…
Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is down 11% year-on-year in July to 23,736 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 192,589 units, still up 4% on 2011. No surprise in pole position: the Skoda Octavia resists…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe are down a worrying 8% year-on-year in July to 970,271 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,035,439 units, down 5% on 2011. There are only two models in the Top…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Tuga * New car sales in Portugal stay in the dark at -37% year-on-year in June to 10,805 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 53,406 units, down a horrid 42% on 2011..…
Land Rover Defender at Loch Katrine, Scotland August 2012 * See my entire Scotland photo album by clicking on the title! * With my Scottish stay soon coming to an end I thought I would share a few more observations with you. In total I have driven about 500 miles…
Peugeot 301 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 327 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * I have now uploaded all 327 models sold in France in July 2012. You can check the original July 2012 post here. Interesting movements further down the ranking include the Citroen C-Zero up to a…
Peugeot 208 * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 327 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Thanks to STAC I can now share with you actuals for July 2012 in France and there is a big change in store for you! The sky is getting darker for…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 280 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As it is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring this month’s models ranking in China, we now put the spotlight on year-to-date sales to extract longer-term trends. Over the first 7 months of 2012,…
Renault Twingo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * After exploring Private Sales in Germany and France, I am now able to share with you a Top 10 models ranking based on sales to private buyers for the Netherlands, and this…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After exploring a similar ranking in Germany, thanks to French magazine Auto Plus I can now share with you for the first time on BSCB a 6 months 2012 models ranking focusing on sales to…
Renault Scenic * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Slovenian car sales stay at a level way inferior as last year in July, down 13% year-on-year to 4,105 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 32,432 units, down 14% on 2011. Big surprise on…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Solid month for new car sales in Slovakia, up 12% year-on-year in July to 6,252 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 40,568 units, up 2% on 2011. Interestingly, neither the Skoda Octavia, #1 at 9.9%…
Audi A4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 4% year-on-year in July to 28,268 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 215,226 units, down 1% on 2011. The Volkswagen group continues to totally dominate the Austrian car…
Geely CK * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * A very round 22,000 new vehicles found a buyer in Ukraine in July, bringing the year-to-date total to 111,379 units. Now. This is big. Last month I brought your attention to…