The ChangAn CS35 is the only Chinese all-new model in the Top 100 so far in 2013. * See the Top 335 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * I give you the ranking for now, complete analysis will follow shortly. Full 9 months 2013 Top 335 All-models Ranking…
Peugeot Mongolia official launch ceremony - July 2013 * Many thanks to Marc Bocque for organising this interview! * This is Part 17 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. Coinciding with my stay in Mongolia, French manufacturer Peugeot, after confirming…
One of the many Hummers I saw in Ulaanbaatar * Check out the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 16 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. After one week in the Gobi desert, saying that…
Make no mistake: our van is a Silver Mustang. This is Part 15 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report, and the last one dedicated to the Gobi region in Mongolia. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. We have seen in the previous Gobi post that the UAZ…
Enemy sisters: VW Golf and Skoda Octavia * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market is up 7% year-on-year in September to 22,632 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 226,266 units, down 8% on 2012. If…
Suzuki Mehran. Picture by Yawar Masood, all rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, each month I share with you the sales of locally produced models provided by the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association, a pretty accurate representation…
BMW 3 Series GT * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Antonio * It now definitely looks like the Portuguese new car market has turned the corner: up year-on-year for the 4th consecutive month in September at +16% to 7,368 registrations,…
Renault Scenic sales are up 34% year-on-year so far in October in France. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Half-way through October, the French new car market is stable (+0.5%) year-on-year but French manufacturers only account for 43.8% of sales with…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Romania are back into negative in September, down 5% year-on-year to 4,491 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 41,073 units, down 16% on 2012. If the…
Daihatsu Ayla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After a one-month hiatus the Indonesian models ranking is back on BSCB with September total sales up a magnificent 14% year-on-year to break a new monthly record at 115,921 units (previous best: 112,195 last July),…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Some good news coming from Europe for once! The overall market is up 6% year-on-year in September to 1,204,102 registrations, the largest year-on-year increase so far this year and reducing the year-to-date fall…
Like a ghost riding the desert... Forget cars, motorbikes are the preferred motorised means of transportation in the Gobi. This is Part 14 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. The last update was just an introduction to the Gobi region,…
Citroen C4 Picasso II * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Over the first week of October, the new car market in France is surprisingly up 2% year-on-year, with Peugeot leading the brands ranking ahead of Citroen and Renault, while all 3…
Nomadic life in action: Proud Mongolian woman in front of her family's Hyundai pick-up with her ger all packed-up in the back. * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * I'm back! Thank you all for your patience, the Gobi desert was an amazing experience that I…
Toyota Prius next to a traditional Mongol ger in Terelj National Park * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 12 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. After giving you my First impressions on…