The Dacia Sandero swims upstream with a 22% gain in a market down 33%. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 205 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Romania still feel the brunt of post-WLTP hangover at -32.9% to 6.736 units in October, yet…
The BMW X5 repeats at #1 in China's imported models ranking in February. * See the Top 46 All imported brands and Top 230 models by clicking on the title * All-brands and All-models 2017 monthly data available, contact us here for more details. China imported data is a new…
Toyota Corolla taxis in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Picture tdh.gov.tm * See the Top 5 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title * Extremely rare data is available today for the very secretive nation of Turkmenistan, and this for only the second time in BSCB history. Two years ago,…
The Brilliance H3 lands directly at #288 at home in China. As per the monthly BSCB tradition, we put a laser focus on the new China-made nameplates that make their appearance in market so you are on the bleeding edge of knowledge as far as the largest car market in the…
VW C-Trek * See the Top 72 China-made brands and Top 415 models by clicking here * After nine all-new locally produced nameplates entered the Chinese market both in September and October, the November class is a little more limited with five new entrants, including four SUVs. 1. VW C-Trek (#142 – 5.602 sales) The C-Trek is the…
It's a Samsung invasion in South Korea. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 30 All-brands, Top 55 All-local models and Top 130 foreigners * 147.271 cars found a buyer in South Korea in October - a paltry 10% year-on-year drop - with the slump in local fares (-13%) partly compensated by foreigners…
The BMW X5 is the best-selling imported vehicle in China in 2015, displacing the Toyota Prado. * See the Top 310 All-imported models Ranking Table by clicking on the title * This is it. If a couple of days ago we reported on the U.S. last frontier, Alaska, Chinese imports…
More stormy weather ahead for the Volkswagen brand in China? This third section concludes our Strategy coverage of Volkswagen's current woes in China. In Part 1 we studied how the lack of affordable SUV lineup was penalising the German carmaker, and in Part 2 we analysed how its over-reliance on…
The VW Golf Estate variant is particularly successful in Sweden. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 65 models by clicking on the title * The Swedish new car market is going from strength to strength this year: up year-on-year for the 19th consecutive month at +17% in July…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling vehicle in Nigeria in 2014. * See the Top 15 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title * The Nigerian new car market is up 8% year-on-year in 2014 to 53.900 registrations, still a minuscule figure given its population of 175…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title * Nothing seems to be able to stop the progression of the Romanian new car market this year: up another 31% year-on-year in October to 7,344 registrations which brings the year-to-date total…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The evolution of the Romanian new car market in September is consistent with the rest of 2014 so far: up 24% year-on-year to 5.561 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 253 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Traditionally with a little bit of delay we now have access to sales data for Slovakia where the new car market is up a very robust 28% year-on-year in July to 7,308 registrations, bringing the…
GAZ logo This is Part 6 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are moving 940km North East of Omsk to… Tomsk (hard to not confuse the two but I will do my best). And I am happy to…
The Toyota Probox is the most popular used Japanese import in Omsk. This is Part 5 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this Long Term Photo Report here. We are now travelling almost 1000 km South East of Yekaterinburg to Omsk, the start of…