Renault Clio Mio * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Not only is the Argentinean new car market struggling overall in the wake of import tax increases and galloping inflation (-30% in July to 61,213 registrations and -24% year-to-date at 442,091), its…
Toyota Aygo * See the Top 130 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Shock, horror: for the first time in years, the Danish new car market is down year-on-year, granted by a tiny 0.4% to 14,267 registrations in July. Rest assured the year-to-date tally is still very much…
The Chevrolet Onix breaks its monthly volume record this month in Brazil. * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * No sign of recovery for the Brazilian new car market: down another very disappointing 14% year-on-year in July to 279,815 registrations,…
The Opel Astra is back up two spots to #11 year-to-date in Europe. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB we now spend some time studying the year-to-date rankings for Europe in order to extract longer-term trends.…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #13 this month in Europe. Is the Top 10 for next month? * NOW UPDATED with the Top 334 best-selling models and Top 57 brands! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through the May Top 10 we now have access to much more…
Mercedes GLA * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Switzerland are not getting the lift witnessed in most of Western Europe: at 27,819 registrations, June 2014 is down 6% on June 2013 which was itself down…
The 2014 VW Passat has just been unveiled. * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down 2% year-on-year in June to 277,614 registrations, and as the biggest market in the continent, this means the…
First appearance of the Peugeot 108 in the Danish sales charts this month. * See the Top 130 best-selling models and Top 34 brands by clicking on the title! * Danish new car sales are up a meagre 0.1% year-on-year in June to 17,572 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Opel Astra * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * The Croatian new car market continues its recovery: up a massive 34% year-on-year in June to 4,269 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 21,133 units, up 37% on 2013. Volkswagen…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * The Soccer World Cup definitely has had a noxious effect on new car sales in Brazil so far: June sales are down a painful 17% year-on-year to 250,655 registrations, bringing the…
Fiat Nuova 500 with the original model. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 44 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year in June to a still very weak 128,270 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 761,842…
Dacia Sandero * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Now that new licence plates are a bi-annual affair in Ireland like in the UK, June sales logically go South. Stable year-on-year but down 73% on May to 1,689 registrations. The…
Yet to come to Brazil, the new gen Renault Sandero is already on sale in Central Europe (above). * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 30 brands! * For the 6th time in the past 8 months, the Brazilian new car market is down year-one-year, although in…
Volvo XC60 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to data provided by SEMO Cyprus and analysed by INNOSOFT, I can share with you the models ranking for Cyprus over the first 5 months of 2014. Over the period, new car sales are up 16%…
Seat Leon * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * The German new car market is back into positive in May at +5% year-on-year to 274,804 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,260,654 units, up 3% on 2013. Below the VW Golf…