Dacia sales are up 40% in Belgium in March. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands and Top 320 All-models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Belgium are down 0.5% year-on-year in March to 52,808 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 148,532 units, down 0.4% on…
Only commercialised in a handful of countries, the Ford F-Series is #3 worldwide in 2013. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As an appetiser for the full Top 1000 models that will be published shortly, I now give you temporary figures for the…
The Citroen C3 starts the month well at home. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales are up 3.5% year-on-year in France over the first 9 days of April, and as is the tradition Renault starts weakly (#3 brand)…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 260 All-models & Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks to Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new light vehicle market is down a harsh 31% year-on-year in March to just 47,581 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 115,272 units, down 24% on 2013. Brand-wise,…
The Mazda3 is up to #15 this month in Switzerland. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market clearly hasn't caught up with the rest of Europe: it is still down a worrying 8% year-on-year in…
Renault Mégane * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After a one month-hiatus, Austria is back on BSCB! The Austrian new car market is down 4% year-on-year to 29,702 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 81,281 units, still up…
The new Nissan Qashqai is a big hit with German private buyers. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * You can check out the Germany March 2014 update here German Private Sales (PS) data is always a little controversial because of the definition of…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 32 brands by clicking on the title! * 7th consecutive month of year-on-year gain and 6th consecutive month of double-digit gain for the Croatian new car market in March, up a huge 26% to 3,064 registrations, bringing the First…
Nissan holds 17% of the Greek market in March vs. 10% year-to-date and 5.9% in 2013. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Heart-warming figures coming out of Greece this month: the new car market is up year-on-year for the…
The Datsun Go starts at US$5,340. Only in India is such low pricing possible at the moment. Staying in India for a couple of days has enabled me to get a much better understanding of the Indian new car market and its dynamics which have very unique characteristics. In fact,…
The arrival of the new model boosts the Mercedes C-Class up to 4th place. * See the Top 293 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany satisfy this month at +5% to 296,408 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to…
The Renault Clio is #2 in Northern Ireland, #4 in Scotland and #7 in Wales this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can share with you the best-sellers for each nation in the UK in March,…
The Seat Leon remains #1 so far in 2014. * See the Top 220 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Spanish new car market enjoys its 7th consecutive month of year-on-year gain at +10% to 79,990 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,289…
Peugeot 2008 * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 16 brands by clicking on the title! * Very encouraging figures for new car sales in France in March: up 9% year-on-year to 179,871 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 446,615 units, up 3% on 2013. However because of…
Peugeot 308 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Would the French new car market finally see the light at the end of a stagnation tunnel? Sales are up a very healthy 11% year-on-year over the first 19 days of March and…