Toyota unveiled the Levin HEV at Auto Shanghai this week. According to Bloomberg and Automotive News, Toyota was still the largest carmaker in the world during the first 3 months of 2015 in spite of sales down 2.5% year-on-year to 2.52 million vehicles. Reversely both VW Group (2.49 million) and…
Audi hasn't lost any of its charm in China. If in 2014 Beijing brought me back to what Auto Shows should have remained: enthusiastic, exciting and plain and simply fun, Auto Shanghai 2015 is more about business, fending off the competition and graduating to the world stage. Has the Chinese…
Strong UK sales push the Opel/Vauxhall Corsa onto the European podium in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * It's official: the recession is over in Europe. Overall new car sales are up 11% year-on-year in March to an imposing 1.644.985…
The Renault Mégane is back up to #6 overall this month. * Now updated with the Top 250 best-selling models and Top 40 brands * French new car sales are finally getting a significant boost this month: up 9.5% year-on-year in March to 196,572 registrations, partly thanks to one more opening…
UAZ now holds 5.1% of the Kazakh market vs. 2.8% in FY2014. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 188 All-models by clicking on the title * A year ago one of the fastest-growing new vehicle markets in the world, Kazkahstan is stuck in negative territory this year with…
The Nissan Qashqai is up to #2 in Portugal this month. * See the Top 208 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title * Portuguese new car sales continue their recovery with sales up a splendid 42% year-on-year in March to 20,082 registrations, bringing the first quarter…
* See the Top 10 best-selling LCVs by clicking on the title * 213,053 new Light Commercial Vehicles found a buyer in March in China, adding up to 514,922 over the 1st quarter of 2015. This segment is in freefall since small businesses have started to trade up to MPVs…
The Fiat 500L is among the 10 best-sellers in Romania for the first time. * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Romania are up a very satisfying 17% year-on-year in March to 5,339 registrations, bringing the first quarter…
Hyundai places the Porter at #1 and the Sonata at #2 this month at home. * See the Top 53 All-local models and Top 4 brands by clicking on the title * Sales of local models are up 5% year-on-year in March in South Korea to 127,216 registrations, bringing the…
The Honda HR-V posts a second consecutive month inside the Indonesian Top 5. * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Indonesian new car market continues to readjust: down 12% year-on-year in March to 99,406 registrations, which brings the 1st Quarter total to 284,682 units,…
The Suzuki Vitara lands directly inside the Greek Top 50. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Greece confirm once again they are on the mend: up 11% year-on-year to 6,529 registrations, bringing the 1st Quarter result…
The Peugeot Pars/405 family is the most popular new model in Iran this year. * See the Top 10 most produced models by clicking on the title * The period going from April 2014 to March 2015 roughly corresponds to the year 1393 in the Persian calendar, so finally Iran gets…
The Nissan Qashqai sells more than double any other nameplate in Latvia in March. * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Latvian market remains in positive territory so far this year with March sales up 16% year-on-year to 1.432 units and…
Toyota hits its highest market share in Singapore in at least 3 years. * See the Top 32 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * Now that the price of Certificates of Entitlement (the right to register a car) are back down to more affordable levels, car sales in Singapore…
The Honda Civic is the best-selling nameplate in Quebec in 2014. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title * For the first time on BSCB I can share with you detailed data for the French-speaking state of Quebec in Canada. In 2014 the Quebec new light…