Hyundai i30 * See the Top 274 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is down a rather painful 11% year-on-year in February to 200,683 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 392,773 units, down 10% on 2012. The Top 5 most…
Chevrolet Captiva * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Still not much daylight to inspect a new car in dealerships this month in Iceland, even then 420 new vehicles found a buyer in the country in February. And it would seem that the Icelandic…
The new Pulsar (#19 in February) should help Nissan stay high in the ranking in 2013. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 models and Top 47 All-brands! Click on title to see * Australian new car sales are up 5% year-on-year in February to 90,218 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
Toyota Etios * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks * New car sales in South Africa are still in positive in February but less so that what we are used to: up 2% year-on-year to 53,220 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 108,227…
Mazda Atenza * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of 'normal' vehicles (not Kei cars) in Japan are down 12% year-on-year in February to 292,339 registrations (including imports, for once) which brings the year-to-date total to 521,732 units, also…
Mazda6 * See the Top 212 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Ran from www.cartube.co.il we now have our monthly rendezvous with the Israeli new car market. In February, new car sales in Israel are down 8% year-on-year to 16,879 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 39,418 units,…
The new Symbol should enable Renault to stay on top in 2013. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alexandra * Car sales data for Tunisia is very rare to come across but thanks to Alexandra I am able to share with…
Skoda Citigo * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Back to reality for new car sales in Denmark this month: down 14% year-on-year to 12,245 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 26,991 units, down 0.3% on 2012. The VW Up! manages to hold the…
Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 8 best-selling pick-ups by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is the tradition on BSCB, we are following the evolution of 1-ton pick-up sales in Thailand, where they are all manufactured for the rest of the world. After brilliantly taking…
Hyundai is in the process of revolutionising the Brazilian car market with the HB20. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Whereas it was up 5% halfway through the month, the Brazilian new car market is surprisingly down 6% year-on-year…
Renault Clio IV * NOW UPDATED with the Top 120 models and Top 15 brands! Click on title to see * New car sales in France are down 12% year-on-year in February to 143,366 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 268,164 units, down 13% on 2012. As I predicted in my…
Ford Ranger * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephane * New Caledonia is a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia and in February 819 new vehicles found a buyer in the archipelago, down 9% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to…
Nissan Note * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * As is now the tradition, after exploring the Passenger car Top 30 and the Kei car Top 25 in Japan, we have a more thorough look at overall January sales split by version (sedan,…
2013 Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 6 brands by clicking on the title! * Traditionally weaker due to Lunar New Year celebrations, February new car sales in Taiwan are down 8% year-on-year to 20,816 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 62,815 or... 5 units…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Still a depressing climate for new car sales in Finland, down 26% year-on-year in February to 7,816 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 17,992 units, down 27% on 2012. After 7 consecutive months…