Wuling Hongguang in Ürümqi, China - April 2014 * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 5 models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to LMC Auto we have more detailed data for China, now including the all-important Light Commercial Vehicle sales. 555,111 LCVs found a new home…
Fiat Ducato * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 12 brands by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales in France are up 2% year-on-year in April to 33,454 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 124,472 units, down 0.6% on 2013. Spring suits the Fiat…
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV * See the Top 170 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Dutch new car sales are down 6% year-on-year in March to 28,479 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 135,542 units, down 7% on 2013. Before reading this analysis you have…
Seat Ibiza * See the Top 215 best-selling models and Top 47 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Stuck in hell for a few very long years, the Spanish new car market is definitely smelling the roses now: up 28% year-on-year to 80,210 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
2014 Nissan Livina * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New light vehicle sales in Taiwan are up a very satisfying 19% year-on-year in April to 34,236 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 133,640 units, up 12% on 2013. Below…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 15 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Australia hit their lowest month in two years, down 5% year-on-year to 80,710 new vehicles in April, the poorest result since April 2012 (79,097). The Toyota Corolla leads…
Volvo XC60 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Sweden continue at full steam ahead: up another 14% year-on-year in April to 27,543 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 95,346 units, up 19% on 2013. Volvo…
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…
The VW Golf is back to the year-to-date pole position in Norway * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models & Top 30 brands! Thanks Jan * Whereas the European market is slowly waking up from 6 years of lethargy, new car sales in Norway are down a surprisingly harsh…
Ford is the #1 brand in Iceland this month. * See the Top 30 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * The Icelandic new car market continues on its recovery, up 21% year-on-year in April to 768 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 1,828 units, up 41% on…
The Geely Emgrand 7 is the 2nd most popular import in Iran. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 90 imported models, Top 25 imported brands and an exclusive estimated Top 30 models including the local production. Thanks Behta and Sandeep * Thanks to a tip from two BSCB readers, I can…
2015 Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 50 all-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * 130,145 new local cars found a buyer in South Korea in April, up 10% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 464,903 units, up 6% on 2013. The new Hyundai Sonata went on sale…
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…
Guarding his Chana pick-up with pride. (Click on any photo to enlarge) After Beijing, Chongqing and Ürümqi, as promised we are now headed 1.080km South-West to the hinterland of the hinterland: Kashgar, China's westernmost city and predominantly populated by Muslim Uyghurs. To give you a rough idea of what Kashgar looks like, the…
The VW Golf is the best-selling model in Slovakia so far in 2014. * See the Top 240 All-models ranking and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * Slovak data comes to us with a bit of delay: today February figures are available with 5,767 new light vehicles finding a…