Chevrolet Silverado * See the Top 267 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through US June figures we now explore year-to-date data to try and extract longer-term trends. Halfway through 2014, the US light vehicle market is up a…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 192 All-models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Roberto * No sign of improvement for new car sales in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in June: down 16% on June 2013 to 7,916 registrations, which is the the harshest…
Hyundai Sonata sales are up 30% in June thanks to the new model. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 38 brands & Top 15 groups! * After a fantastic month of May, most analysts had predicted the US new light vehicle market to decline year-on-year in June. Nope.…
The Ford Escort is the best-selling Passenger Car in the US in 1987 and 1988. Thanks to an avid reader of BSCB, I have now added full models ranking for the USA for each year between 1985 and 1991, slowly but surely filling up the holes in US Historical Data on…
The 1940 Bantam BRC40 is one of the ancestors of the Jeep. While Jeep had never before in its 73-year history topped 60,000 US sales in a month, it delivered an out-of-this world 70,203 in May, passing Kia, teasing Hyundai which also broke its all-time record this month, doubling Volkswagen…
The Lincoln MKC is one of 3 all-new models to pop up in the US ranking this month. * See the Top 266 best-selling models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through May figures for the US we…
Hyundai Genesis - Hyundai delivers its biggest monthly volume since the brand landed in the US in February 1986. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 258 models, Top 38 brands & Top 15 groups! * May light vehicle sales in the US are up a massive 11% to 1.608.693 registrations,…
Mazda bucks the trend at +64%... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 188 best-selling models! Thanks Roberto * In April, only 6,545 new light vehicles were sold in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), down 14.5% on April 2013. It is the sharpest year-on-year decline since BSCB started…
RAM Pick-up sales are up 23% so far in 2014 in the US. * See the Top 263 models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * Every month on BSCB after going through US April sales we explore the year-to-date charts to try and extract longer-term trends. Thanks to…
Jeep is up 52% year-on-year in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 15 groups and Top 40 brands! * New light vehicle sales in the USA are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in April to 1,390,513 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,134,255 units, up 3% on…
The Qoros 3 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show last April. * This is Part 5 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 3 (Eastern Europe) and Part 4 (Asia) * The first 4 Parts in this series have shown Chinese manufacturers securing the…
Kazakhstan is the fastest growing car market in the world. Photo © Eric Lafforgue * See the Top 50 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * Thanks to OICA I can share with you the overall Full Year 2013 sales figure for 143 countries in the world! I…
The Kia K900 lands at #249 in the US. * See the Top 261 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring US March sales we now go into the First Quarter results in detail to try and…
Ram 1500 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 best-selling models and Top 40 brands! * Car makers worldwide can exhale a sigh of relief: after a very slow start of 2014 (-1% in both January and February), US sales are back to a more dynamic 6% year-on-year increase in…
Mitsubishi Mirage (Australian model shown) * See the Top 193 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Roberto * New car sales in Puerto Rico are down a disappointing 9% year-on-year in February to 7,166 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 14,628 units, down 8% on 2013. The Top…