Toyota Corolla * See the Top 15 All-local models by clicking on the title * The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association communicates each month the sales of locally produced models, which is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular new cars in the country as imports are still relatively limited. In 2014 sales of…
The Fiat Panda is the best-seller at home for the third year running. * See the Top 285 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title * Yes the Italian market has bottomed out, registering its first year-on-year increase in 7 years at +4% to 1,359,616 registrations vs. 1,304,648…
Jeep Renegade * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Italian new car market continues to stabilise in December, up 3% year-on-year to 92,920 registrations which brings the final 2014 total to 1,370,952 units, up 5% on the hellish year…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 46 All-brands and Top 284 All-models by clicking on the title * The Latvian new car market is in excellent shape in 2014, up 17% year-on-year to 14,991 registrations. A big caveat before we dig into detailed sales figures for Latvia: a large part of new…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 46 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Latvia are up a robust 12% year-on-year in 2014 to 21.135 registrations, and Toyota retains the title of best-selling manufacturer here thanks to sales up 18% to 2,912 and…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 305 models by clicking on the title * * See 23 years worth of Polish car sales archives here * The Polish new car market got a sudden boost over the first quarter of 2014 when cars purchased as LCV…
The Daihatsu Tanto is the best-selling vehicle in Japan in 2014. * See the Top 60 brands, Top 30 models, Top 40 Kei cars and Top 20 imports by clicking on the title * At the start of 2014, JAMA's forecast for the Japanese new car market was a 10%…
Honda Grace After a very turbulent year the Japanese auto market ends 2014 on a positive note, ending 5 consecutive months of YOY declines up 2% in December. Kei sales are pulling the market up at a massive +18.5% in December. In the "traditional" models ranking, the big news this month…
The VW Vento jumps to #4 in Mexico this year. * UPDATED - See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands by clicking on the title * * Check out 10 years worth of Mexican archived data here * Exactly as I predicted last month, the Mexican new car…
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling nameplate in Australia for the 2nd year running. * UPDATE - See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 310 All-models by clicking on the title * * Check out 66 years worth of Australia archive data here * The Australian new car market is down 2%…
Nissan X-Trail * See the Top 292 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB I can now share with you our quarterly All-models ranking for Australia. If the Top 4 is unchanged on last quarter and the Full Year 2014 ranking (Corolla-3-Hilux-i30), the…
Fiat Palio Way * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 200 models by clicking on the title * After a decade of uninterrupted growth taking the Brazilian new light vehicle market from 1.35 million units in 2003 to 3.65 million in 2012, 2014 marks the 2nd consecutive year of recession…
The Renault Sandero hits its highest ever monthly volume in Brazil in December. * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 150 models by clicking on the title * For the first time since last February, new car sales in Brazil are encouragingly gaining ground year-on-year: up 5% to 353,558…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title * Sales of new local cars are up a robust 6% year-on-year in South Korea to 1,453,786 registrations, whereas imports surge by an astounding 25% to 196,359 units, lifting the total market up…
Mercedes C-Class sales are up 60% in 2014 in Finland thanks to the new model. * See the Top 284 All-models and Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is up 3% year-on-year in 2014 to 105,304 registrations, with the Top 3 best-selling…