VW Golf and Skoda Octavia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Finnish new car market is down 0.7% year-on-year in May to 10,002 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 49,533 units, still up 5% on 2013. This month Toyota becomes…
Honda Vezel * See the Top 30 models and Top 13 All-local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * Analysts had predicted a steep year-on-year decline in May as a result of an increase in Japan’s national sales tax that took effect on April 1. Not so. The…
First appearance in the Polish Top 25 (and Top 50!) for the new gen Citroen C4 Picasso. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Poland are up a robust 10% year-on-year in May to 27,724 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
Toyota Vios * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are up a beautiful 20% year-on-year in May to 36,724 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 170,365 units, up 14% on 2013. The Toyota Corolla remains…
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is more popular in Australia than at home in the US. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Australia are disappointingly down 3% year-on-year in May to 94,562 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 32 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are up 6% year-on-year in May to 6,291 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 64,031 units, still up a fantastic 24% on 2013. For the first time…
The 2nd generation Peugeot 308 already ranks as high as the 1st gen ever did! * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are up by the tiniest of margins in May at +0.1% year-on-year to…
The Fiat Palio is #1 in Argentina for the first time this month… * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The combined effect of a tax hike on imported models put in place on January 1 and the devaluation of the…
Honda CR-V * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Estonia are down 0.8% year-on-year in May to 1,987 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,775 units, up 2% on 2013. Brand-wise, Toyota leads the way once…
Hyundai i10 * See the Top 238 All-models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks www.cartube.co.il * The Israeli new car market continues on its excellent trajectory this year: up another 12% in May to 21,701 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 112,425 units, up a magnificent 20% on…
Regular on top at home: the Volvo V70 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * May data is now available, with the first country off the starting blocks being Sweden. New car sales are up another smooth 7% year-on-year in…
Did you know the Seat Toledo was on sale in Mexico? * See the Top 252 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks B * For the first time in the history of BSCB I can finally give you a lot more detail on the annual models ranking in…
Honda City * See the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * Handicapped by the unstable political situation and the end of incentives to first car buyers, the Thai new light vehicle market is down 33% year-on-year in April to 73,260…
Great Wall Wingle This is Part 3 of my special Strategy series about Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks) here, Part 2 (Small, Medium & Large Buses and Light Trucks) here and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary and MPVs) here. We are exploring the…
Geely MK (Russian model shown) * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * With the Crimean crisis still not resolved, the Ukrainian new car market falls deeper into recession: down a very depressing 70% year-on-year in April to just 7,765 registrations. That's an annualised rate…