Mercedes C-Class - the UK market evolves at all-time record heights in 2015. See also: First Quarter 2015 updates for the Top 12 markets in the world See also: Full Year 2014 Reports: 134 markets now available Here you will find the direct links to the Special 1st Half 2015…
The Chevrolet Silverado is nipping at the Ford F-Series' heels. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 278 models by clicking on the title * The U.S. new light vehicle market is up a satisfying 4% year-on-year in June to 1.476.472 registrations, lifting the H1 2015 result…
Jeep sets an all-time volume record in May at 79.652 units. * Now updated with the Top 20 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 275 models * Whereas the totality of analysts had predicted a slight year-on-year decline due to less selling days in May this year than in 2014, the…
Lindsay Chappell this week published a fascinating article on Automotive News USA about the growing power of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market. I summarise it below, you can read the full article here: "Sales to Hispanics outpacing the market" What's the weight of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market? 54 million Hispanics…
The self-driving car as imagined by Mercedes-Benz Recently Barclays' auto analyst Brian Johnson forecast in "Disruptive Mobility" that self-driving cars will eliminate most multicar households, reduce the number of cars on American roads from 250 million to below 100 million and cut U.S. annual auto sales by 40% to just 9.5 million units…
The Chevrolet Colorado is the fastest-selling pickup truck in the country in April (10 days on lot). * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 274 models by clicking on the title * U.S. new light vehicle sales are up a solid 4.6% year-on-year in April to 1.454.951 registrations,…
The reintroduction of the mid-sized Colorado is helping keep the US market in gear. * See the Top 274 All-models, Top 40 brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * It’s time for our Quarterly update of the US new light vehicle market. A lot of actors in the industry were…
The Hyundai Elantra sold a record 28,794 units in the US this month. * See the Top 274 All-models, Top 40 All-brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * At +0.5% to 1.545.710 sales, the year-on-year gain may be small for the US new light vehicle market this…
Iran is the best performing market in the Top 50 this year. Photo © Ricardo Fernandez * See the Top 50 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), I can share with you the overall Full Year 2014 sales figures…
The Wartburg 353 was among the best-sellers in East Germany in the sixties. Best Selling Cars Blog now covers detailed Historical Data for 104 markets. Highlights include France since 1894, Germany for each year since 1946, UK for each year since 1965, Australia since 1946, Sweden since 1950, Brazil since 1954 and Norway and Italy since 1956. The next batch…
Toyota Prius: California is where it all started... Historical data covering the past 8 years is now available for California. All links are featured below: California (USA) 2012: Toyota Prius new leader (including 2011 data) California (USA) 2013: Toyota Prius remains on top California (USA) 2014: Honda Accord new best-seller California…
The Chrysler 200 is up to #17 overall in the US in February. * UPDATED - See the Top 271 All-models, Top 40 brands & Top 15 groups * Particularly severe wintry weather will finally have had an impact on US light vehicle sales: whereas the average forecast for February was…
General Motors sales are up 18%, Chevrolet up 20% and GMC up 29%. * UPDATED with the Top 272 All-models, Top 40 All-brands and Top 15 Groups * Severe snow storms during the last days of the month didn't prevent the U.S. new light vehicle market to grow by a fantastic 14% year-on-year…
The Chevrolet Silverado wins 15 U.S. States in 2014... * See the Top 5 Cars and Top 5 Trucks for each U.S. State by clicking on the title * For the first time in the history of BSCB and thanks to JATO Dynamics I can share with you today separate rankings…
Blizzard 2015: no effect on US new light vehicle sales so far. Despite the harsh weather currently affecting the country, most US analysts now forecast new light vehicle sales to start with a bang in 2015 with a year-on-year gain of at least 12% in January to reach a Seasonaly…