VW Caddy * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris! * The Latvian new car market goes from strength to strength this year: up another very impressive 31% year-on-year in August to 1,191 registrations, the highest year-on-year gain so far…
Perodua recently unveiled the Axia (aka Daihatsu Ayla) * See the Top 45 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up by a tiny 0.04% year-on-year (or 21 units!) to 51,125 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 444,534 units, up 3% on 2013.…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 253 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Traditionally with a little bit of delay we now have access to sales data for Slovakia where the new car market is up a very robust 28% year-on-year in July to 7,308 registrations, bringing the…
Suzuki just unveiled the Ciaz in Uruguay * See the Top 40 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * The Uruguayan new car market is down a harsh 16% year-on-year in August to 4,198 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 34,709 units, down 4% on 2013. Chevrolet remains the…
* See the Top 319 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB we pay special attention to the all-new models making their first appearance in China each month. And August 2014 has been the busiest month since we started this new monthly…
The Baojun 730 sells 12,006 units for its first month in market. * See the Top 320 all-local models and Top 64 brands by clicking on the title! * It's always fascinating to me that when Chinese new light vehicles improve by 9% year-on-year like this month in August, most analysts…
Lincoln MKC - Lincoln sales are up 90% year-on-year in Canada this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 250 models and Top 34 brands! Click on title to see * The Canadian new car market is setting new records almost every month this year: up a further 8% year-on-year…
The Chevrolet Silverado is back into positive territory year-to-date. * See the Top 273 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring the monthly US ranking, as is the tradition on BSCB we now study the year-to-date ranking to try and extract longer-term trends.…
The VW Passat is inside the Europe Top 10 for the first time since November 2012. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * In spite of sales down in Germany (-0.4%) and France (-3%), the European new car market is up 3%…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The locomotive of European new car sales, Germany is still not frankly on the road to recovery with a market down down 0.4% year-on-year in August to 213,092 registrations. This brings…
Opel Antara * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 32 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Romania slow down their growth at +1% year-on-year in August to 6,410 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 46,003 units, up 26% on 2013. I give you…
The Mercedes E Class is the best-selling foreign model in South Korea this month. * See the Top 180 best-selling models and Top 29 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Falkonz * This is a new and very revealing monthly update on BSCB, now including imports. And even though…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models and Top 35 brands! Click on title to see * The South African new car market is holding pretty well given the difficult context in which it is currently evolving (social unrest and galloping car price inflation), down just 1%…
Switzerland is the first country in the world to allow the Mercedes GLA in the Top 10. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market is not quite there yet: down 6% year-on-year in August to…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Greece continue their recovery: up 9.5% year-on-year in August to 3,693 registrations, still by far the weakest month of the year. The Greek market is up 21%…