The GAC Trumpchi GS4 breaks into the overall Top 5 for the first time in July. * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 393 models by clicking on the title * The Chinese new car market manages a third consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year gains in July and…
A new crossover-looking variant helps lift the Wuling Hongguang back to #1 in May. * See the Top 70 All-China made brands and Top 396 All-models by clicking on the title * The Chinese light vehicle market manages a double-digit year-on-year gain for the second time in three months in…
Soueast V5 Plus and Guangzhou Opera House. * Click on any picture to enlarge * After covering the highlights of the Guangzhou Auto Show, we are now going in the streets of one of the largest cities in China. Guangzhou is located in the Guangdong province in southern China, only 174…
The GS4 accounts for 86% of all GAC Trumpchi brand sales. Picture rednet.cn * See the Top 375 All-local models and Top 70 brands by clicking on the title * After three consecutive months of decline - the firsts in six years - and a timid 3% gain in September, the…
The Honda HR-V breaks into the Mexican Top 20 this month. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * As is now the tradition on BSCB, we can now share a lot more detail about the Mexican new car market, with complete…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 15 best-selling Italian models by clicking on the title * See the Top 1000 best-selling models in the world in 2014 here. After detailing the best-selling French nameplates worldwide in 2014, we continue on our study of the nationality rankings with Italy. Note are listed here Italian brands,…
The ChangAn CS75 is the third best-selling SUV in China in April. * See the Top 358 All-local models by clicking on the title * Long-term trends we have been witnessing for the past 12 months accentuate in April in China. The overall light vehicle market gains just 3.7% year-on-year…
Mazda3 * See the Top 240 All-models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title * After the traditional monthly look at the Top 10 and a more detailed look at March sales earlier today, we now explore the First Quarter 2015 figures in Mexico to extract longer-term trends.…
200.000 Baojun 730 have found a buyer in less than 9 months. * See the Top 377 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed Chinese sales figures for March we explore the First Quarter volumes in order to…
The VW Lamando found 10,153 buyers in China this month. * See the Top 350 All-local models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in China remain robust in February despite the Lunar New Year holiday (Feb. 18-24), up 6% year-on-year to 1.4 million, once again lifted…
The Dodge Vision (a rebadged Fiat Gran Siena) lands at #174 in Mexico. * See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands rankings here * I can now share with you All-models and All-brands rankings for Mexico for the Full Year 2014. Beyond the familiar Top 10 models there is…
Instant blockbuster: the Ford Escort soars to 18,810 sales for its 2nd month in market. * UPDATED - See the Top 353 All-local models by clicking on the title * Auto sales in China are up 10% year-on-year in January to 2 million units, boosted by SUV sales up 51% to 487.300 and…
The Chinese Chevrolet Cruze now looks very different to the rest of the world. * See the Top 362 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * Surprise surge of new car sales in China in December: up 12% to 2.41 million units, a new monthly volume record in China.…
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 Baojun 730 is the 6th most popular light vehicle in China this month. * See the Top 325 All-local models and Top 10 manufacturers by clicking on the title! * Sales of new passenger cars in China confirm their cooling off, up 'just' 6.6% year-on-year in October to 1.708.900…