VW Caddy * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * Thanks to a tip from Alex, Norway is now the 5th country after China, France, Spain and the Netherlands to display a monthly Light Commercial Vehicles ranking. LCV sales are down…
Renault Kangoo Popemobile * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in France are down 12% year-on-year in September to 30,032 units (compared to a Passenger Car market down 18%), bringing the year-to-date total to 287,202 units, down 8%…
Toyota Etios * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After a record month of August (over 400,000 monthly registrations for the first time), September Brazilian new car sales are back down to more reasonable levels at 277,614 units, down 5% year-on-year and bringing the…
The Seat 850 launched in 1966, the last time new car sales in Spain were so low. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Whereas the Brazilian new car market was in uncharted "high" territory at above 400,000 registrations in August for the first time,…
VW Passat Variant * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian consumers are one of the last in the world with the Swedish and Slovak to continue to be in love with Station Wagons (SW), which is the reason why there is a monthly update about SW sales…
The Honda CR-V is in runout mode before the arrival of the new gen (pictured) * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * It's the last rays of sun in Iceland before the polar winter puts the country in (near) darkness 24/7 until March... Fine,…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With licence plates stamped with the year of registration, traditionally in Ireland new car sales are at their strongest in January and slip down through the year, and in September only 2,487 new vehicles…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The new car market in Finland is now stuck in recession: down 21% year-on-year in September to just 7,897 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 87,726 units, down 11% on 2011. And this month…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual Sweden is the first cab off the ranks as far as new monthly sales figures are concerned... The new car market in Sweden is down an alarming 18% year-on-year in September to 21,937…
* See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Interviewed by Reuters yesterday at the Paris Auto Show, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said that in the face of the significant sales decline in Europe, the group is refocusing its production towards export markets outside the continent. The fall…
* See the other BSCB articles about the Subaru XV in Switzerland by clicking on the title! * A few days ago I had the privilege of being interviewed by Alex Helmick from World Radio Switzerland about the surprising success of the Subaru XV there. I expand on the reasons…
Peugeot 208. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is down by 'just' 7% over the period, thanks to good performances of Peugeot (+26%), Citroen (+11%), Toyota (+5%), #2 foreign brand behind Volkswagen…
VW Polo Jinqu * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * In 2012 Volkswagen has gone on a new model frenzy in China, replacing a few designs that were up to 30 years old in one single swoop. Problem is, the entire range is starting to look…
Ferrari F12 berlinetta (Click on picture to enlarge) * See more pictures by clicking on the title! * On September 1, Ferrari started European deliveries of the 'most powerful Ferrari yet' - the F12 berlinetta which goes from 0 to 200 km/h in 8.5 sec and delivers Formula 1-like 740…
Chevrolet Spin * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After a record month of August, Brazilian new car sales continue to impress, up 17% year-on-year over the first half of September at 166,139 registrations, bringing the 2012 year-to-date total to 2,555,368 units, up 8%…