The sedan variant boosts the Audi A3 to unheard-of heights in the UK. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The UK market shows no sign of decelerating, delivering an astounding 26th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at +8% in…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 130 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Unstoppable Danish new car sales continue on their positive run: up another 4% year-on-year in April to 16,511 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to a record 64,355 units after 4 months, up 11% on 2013.…
The Peugeot 308 II reaches a best-ever 6th place at home this month. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is lazily letting himself back into positive territory (how's that for a French image?) with…
The Nissan Qashqai is up 66% year-on-year in Finland this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Finnish new car sales are down 5% year-on-year in April to 9,215 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive at +6% and…
Kashgari man and Jonway UFO A380 After exploring the extraordinary pick-up landscape in Kashgar, some 3.400km away from Beijing in South-Western China, we now go into its overall car landscape. In Chinese classification, we have gone from first-tier city (Beijing), 2nd-tier (Chongqing), 3rd-tier (Ürümqi) and now with Kashgar we are at…
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…
Peugeot 3008 * See the Top 80 models and Top 36 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris * Another very encouraging month for new car sales in Latvia: up 25% year-on-year to 1,230 registrations, which brings the First Quarter result to 3,451 units, up 24% on 2013. Brand-wise,…
Hyundai Verna in Ürümqi (click on any picture to enlarge) This is Part 2 of my Ürümqi Photo Report, you can check out Part 1 about the surprising strength of budget Chinese brands here. Yesterday I reported on how the Shanghai Englon SC7, SC3 and SC6, Dongfeng Fengshen S30 and H30 Cross…
Kia Rio * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * The Kazakh new car market is back to explosive growth in March at +34% year-on-year to 12,647 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to a record 34,474 units, up 25% on 2013. The…
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,…
Fiat 500 * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * The good news keep pouring in (at last!) for the European new car market: up 10% year-on-year in March to deliver a 7th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at 1,489,796 units.…
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…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling car in Bulgaria this month. * See the Top 160 All-models and Top 28 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Kalo * New car sales in Bulgaria are up a splendid 25% year-on-year to an estimated 2,354 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…