Volvo S/V60 sales surge 465.4% year-on-year in Sweden. In June, the Swedish new car market suffered from a record comparison base in June 2018 when volumes that were triggered in anticipation of the implementation of a new tax system and as a result sank by -51.9%. This month, the year-on-year…
The Suzuki Vitara breaks its Hungarian share record at 12.2%. The Hungarian new car market shoots up 26.9% year-on-year in July to 15.284 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 8.5% to 89.830. After hitting its highest monthly market share in 11 years last month at 19.3%, Suzuki (+203.6%) doubles down…
The Isuzu Faster Z topped the Thai charts 9 times between 1992 and 2001. July 2019 update: Now with All-brands and All-models data from 1990 to 2006 (8 new articles). Historical data spanning the past three decades is now available for Thailand on BSCB. Witness the decades-long fight for the…
The Toyota Hilux tops an estimated 37 markets worldwide. It's time for an update on the best-selling nameplates in 177 markets around the planet, detailing how many countries in which a specific model ranked #1. In 2019, 64 nameplates have at least won one market in the world. This list is once…
The Dacia Duster is up 62.4% in a market down -3.8%. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 180 best-selling models. New car sales in Italy drop -3.8% over the First Half of 2018 to 1.086.224 units when stable private and rental sales can't compensate for freefalling company sales. Private sales…
The Mitsubishi Xpander is the best-seller in Indonesia for the first time in 9 months. 09/06/2020 update: Now with Top 115 All-models. 31/07/2019 update: Now with the Top 27 All-brands and actual monthly volume. New vehicle sales in Indonesia bounce back in June at +1.2% year-on-year to 59.539 units, leading…
The Toyota Hilux breaks the 10% share milestone for the first time in South Africa. The South African new vehicle market skids down -1.6% year-on-year in June to 45.939 registrations, meaning the year-to-date tally is now down -3.7% to 257.610. Toyota (+3.3%) remains head and shoulders above the competition with…
The Elantra (+126.1%) helps Hyundai sales up 79.1% this month in Kazakhstan. New vehicle sales in Kazakhstan leap up 15% year-on-year in June to 6.400 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 18.2% to 32.099. Hyundai (+79.1%) snaps the brands pole position for the first time since BSCB started following Kazakhstan…
Proton sales are up 23.4% in a market down -29.4%. In June the Malaysia new vehicle market suffers from an artificially high comparison base in June 2018 when the GST was removed and drops a heavy -29.4% year-on-year to 45.526 units, yet the H1 tally is in positive at +2.3% to…
The Fiat Tipo is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in June. The Full Year 2018 article has now been updated with the Top 42 All-brands. According to data released by our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Serbian new car market gains 4% year-on-year in June to 3.573 units, meaning the…
The Skoda Octavia holds 8.4% of the Bosnian new car market in June. According to our Central European data partner CE Auto, the Bosnian new car market is down a steep -9.2% year-on-year to 994 units, leading to a H1 volume down -4.3% to 5.674. The Skoda Octavia (+29.7%) swims upstream…
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Moldova in June. Thanks to our Central European market data partner CE Auto, we can share with you today June sales data for Moldova, a market up 1.8% year-on-year to 551 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.2% halfway through 2019 to 3.062…
The Renault Dauphine was #1 in France from 1957 to 1961. The direct links to 79 French Historical Data articles are below. Thanks to the formidable support of Marie Dominique Riehl, archivist of the CCFA in Paris, much more detailed Historical Data for France is now available, covering over 130…
Honda posts the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 13. A last minute sales rush in June to clear out non-compliant vehicles ahead of the implementation of Stage 6 emissions standards means the Chinese retail market is actually up 4.6% over H1 2019 to 10.630.614 units. It has been a…
Roewe retail sales more than double year-on-year in June. There is now a May 2019 Retail sales article here. Up 41.7% year-on-year, retail sales in China this month offer us the starkest possible contrast with wholesales figures, down -9.6%. Before Stage 6 emissions standards come into place in two-thirds of…