Hyundai sales surge 69% year-on-year in Singapore this month. New light vehicle sales in Singapore drop -1.1% year-on-year in April to 6.896 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 10.6% to 27.402. Honda (+7.4%) retains the brands lead thanks to a market-defying gain to 22.8% share, a comfortable 400+ unit-margin…
The Dacia Duster climbs on the Italian podium for the very first time. In April, new car sales in Italy register their third year-on-year gain in the past 12 months after last July and December at a shy +1.2% to 174.940 units, yet the year-to-date volume remains firmly set in…
The Seat Leon is by far the most popular vehicle in Spain in April. Spanish new car sales cut short a painful streak of 7 consecutive months of declines in April with a sturdy +5.9% year-on-year uptick to 123.833 units, the largest result for the month since 2006 (129.468). The…
The Toyota Avanza reclaims command of the Indonesian sales charts in March. 9/06/2020 update: Now with Top 120 All-models ranking. New vehicle sales in Indonesia continue on their freefall in this start of 2019 with March wholesales skidding down -11.4% to 90.189, leading to a Q1 volume down -13.1% to…
The Renault Kwid has landed in Colombia. New vehicle sales in Colombia are up for the 2nd straight month in March at +3.1% to 20.184 units, tilting the YTD tally into positive territory at +0.5% to 54.635. Renault (+3.7%) knocks Chevrolet (-1.1%) down to score its 5th win in the past…
The CX-5 (+118%) helps Mazda up 45.8% in Mexico this month. The Mexican market keeps its decline to a minimum in March at a slim -1.2% year-on-year to 117.135 units, which could signal a return to form later in the year. The YTD tally is down -1.5% after three months…
The Toyota Hilux holds 8.9% of the South African market in March. New vehicle sales in South Africa drop -3.1% year-on-year in March to 47.718 units, with passenger cars down -5.6% to 30.348 while light commercials gain 1.9% to 14.994. The rest of the market goes to medium and heavy…
The Mitsubishi Outlander is the most popular vehicle with Icelandic private buyers in 2018. Consult over 15 years of Iceland Historica Data here. This article has been updated with the Top 100 models. Iceland is back on BSCB after a two-year hiatus, but the market suffers a harsh drop in…
Hyundai breaks into the Top 5 brands in French Guiana. For only the second time on BSCB, we can share with you official sales data for French Guiana (simply Guyane in French), a French overseas territory located on the Atlantic Ocean coast in South America, west of Brazil (see map…
The Fiat Panda is the best-selling vehicle in Greece in March. New car sales in Greece skid down a harsh 13.9% year-on-year in March to just 9.518 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -1.8% to 26.289. As it was the case last May and after falling as…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in March. The Irish new car market has managed to contain its year-on-year decline into the single-digits for the first time this year with March deliveries down 6% to 16.696, leading to a Q1 tally down -10.8% to 64.042. Volkswagen (-9.2%)…
The Suzuki SX4 S-Cross is the best-seller in Hungary for the 2nd straight month. Picture autonavigator.hu The Hungarian new car market gains 4.9% year-on-year in March to 13.391 registrations, lifting the year-to-date volume up 8.6% to 34.335. Brand leaders Suzuki (-2.6%) and Ford (-1.2%) go against the trend with declines,…
MG sales soar 60.8% year-on-year in March in Chile. The February 2019 article has now been updated with the Top 25 models. The Chilean new light vehicle market falls for the 2nd straight month in March at -9.5% to 30.199 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -3.5% at…
The Isuzu D-Max is now assembled in Pakistan. According to PAMA, sales of locally-made light vehicles in Pakistan edge up 2.2% year-on-year to 22.878 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -4.8% to 65.315. Suzuki soars 22.8% year-on-year to hit a mammoth 60.4% market share, which is the highest we've seen…
Audi Q3 sales shoot up 81.4% thanks to the new model. This article has been updated with the Top 50 private sales models. German new car sales tilt back into negative for the 6th time in the past 7 months in March at -0.5% to 345.523 units, yet thanks to…