The Honda Civic is up 43% to 5th overall in January. Picture caranddriver.com * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 274 All-models by clicking on the title * Even though January had one less weekend than in 2015, began with a stock market rout and ended with…
Third straight year in pole position for the Toyota Aqua in Japan. * Click on title to see the Top 60 brands, Top 30 cars, Top 40 kei cars and Top 20 foreigners * The Japanese new car market was successively hit by weakness in the regular car segment, a…
The 4th generation Toyota Prius is now in Japanese dealerships. Picture response.jp * Click on title to see the Top 50 brands, Top 30 cars, Top 35 kei cars & Top 20 foreigners * This report was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The Japanese automotive market continues its contraction…
Toyota Voxy. Picture response.jp * Click on title to see the Top 50 All-brands, Top 30 cars and Top 35 kei cars * This report was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. November brought more bad news for the Japanese market that has been plagued by decreased kei car sales after a…
Renault dislodges Toyota to become Ukraine's #1 carmaker in October. Picture autocentre.ua * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 272 All-models by clicking on the title * In our last Ukrainian update dating from July, we stressed the fact that the local new car market was 'recovering' with sales down…
The Toyota Sienta is up to #2 this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling regular, kei cars & Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title * This August update was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The Japanese market is finally beginning to show some signs of recovering from…
Mercedes sales are up 19% year-on-year in Japan, earning it a spot in the Top 10. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 30 kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * The Japanese new car market is suffering in this First Half of…
The Toyota Corolla is the 2nd best-selling passenger car in Japan for the 2nd straight month. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 30 kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * This update was created in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Sales…
Honda Shuttle * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular cars, Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * Japan report prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. Sales of new vehicles in Japan are down 8% year-on-year in May to 335.644 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2.234.004…
Honda StepWGN * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular vehicles and Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * This Japan update was prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The big news in Japan in April is the tax rate hike on kei cars to align them with the…
Toyota Prius: California is where it all started... Historical data covering the past 8 years is now available for California. All links are featured below: California (USA) 2012: Toyota Prius new leader (including 2011 data) California (USA) 2013: Toyota Prius remains on top California (USA) 2014: Honda Accord new best-seller California…
The Honda Accord takes the lead of the Californian models ranking in 2014. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title * The Californian new car market improves faster than the national US average in 2014: up 8% to an impressive 1,848,254…
First month of sales for the Mazda CX-3 in Japan. * See the Top 30 best-selling cars, kei cars and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title * Analysis written in cooperation with Stephen Bloom February sales remain well below last year’s pre-tax increase level, but they were a bit…
Nissan X-Trail, Mazda CX-5, Toyota Harrier - SUV sales surged 62% in 2014 in Japan. * See the Top 189 All-local models by clicking on the title * Today at BSCB we can share with you an exclusive All-local models ranking by variant (Corolla Axio and Corolla Fielder separated for…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 188 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hong Kong are up 7% year-on-year to 4,410 registrations, and if Toyota dominates the brand ranking as always with 21.3% share, Mercedes is particularly strong this month at 13.8%,…