Renault Duster * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 202 All-models by clicking on the title * No sign of recovery for the Kazakh market which has now been in decline for a full year: down a harsh 31% year-on-year in April to just 9.573 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Matchedje Pickup testing in South Africa * Many thanks to Anton Smit for the tip * Chinese investment through the Shanghai-based China Tongjian Investment Co. has transformed Mozambique into a car manufacturing and exporting country, at a time when first-world countries like Australia drop out of the list. Last September, the…
VW Polo * See the Top 33 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Greek new car market is up a fantastic 43% year-on-year in April to 7.801 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 25.072 units, up 14% on 2014. Volkswagen holds the right end…
Second consecutive month inside the Top 10 for the Fiat 500L. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Romania are up 11% year-on-year in April to 5.482 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 19.915 units, up 9% on…
VW Passat * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * Slovenian new car sales are up another very dynamic 10% year-on-year in April to 5.348 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 20.995 units, up 12% on 2014. Even though Volkswagen retreats below Renault…
Toyota Rush * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * After 4 consecutive record years, the Indonesian new car market has been reversing gears for about 10 months now. But this is different. April sales are down 24% year-on-year to just 81.600 registrations, the steepest…
Peugeot 206 in the Iran-Khodro factory near Tehran. * See the Top 10 most produced models by clicking on the title * Iranian production data is now up for Farvardin, the first month of the year 1394 in the Persian calendar and roughly equivalent to April 2015. Sales and import data is…
The Wuling Hongguang V is the best-selling LCV in China this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling LCV by clicking on the title * A change in classification has LMC Automotive publish 346.867 LCV sales in China in April and a total of 1.313.161 for the first 4 months…
Dongfeng dealership in Mohe After Harbin, we head North to Mohe, still in the Heilongjiang province. This is the northernmost city in the whole of China, completely rebuilt in 1985 after a devastating fire in striking Russian imperial-era style with colourful facades, spired domes and pillared entrances. A further 60km north…
VW Passat * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Latvian new car sales continue on their very vigorous trend so far this year with April up 16% year-on-year to 1.452 registrations and the year-to-date total now up 11% on 2014 at…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 205 All-models by clicking on the title * The Portuguese new car market confirms it is on the mend with April sales up a very vigorous 22% year-on-year to 15.014 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 61.242 units, up 32% on…
The Dacia Sandero is back up to #4 in Bulgaria in April. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 168 All-models by clicking on the title * The Bulgarian new car market is up 3% year-on-year in April to an estimated 2.460 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8.949 units,…
Haval Concept R This is Part 5 of my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Show. You can check out Part 1 (from #35 to #21) here, Part 2 (from #20 to #11) here, Part 3 (from #10 to #6) here and Part 4 (from #5 to #2) here. Like in…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…
The ChangAn CS75 is the third best-selling SUV in China in April. * See the Top 358 All-local models by clicking on the title * Long-term trends we have been witnessing for the past 12 months accentuate in April in China. The overall light vehicle market gains just 3.7% year-on-year…