Ford is the #1 brand in Iceland this month. * See the Top 30 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * The Icelandic new car market continues on its recovery, up 21% year-on-year in April to 768 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 1,828 units, up 41% on…
Kashgari man and Jonway UFO A380 After exploring the extraordinary pick-up landscape in Kashgar, some 3.400km away from Beijing in South-Western China, we now go into its overall car landscape. In Chinese classification, we have gone from first-tier city (Beijing), 2nd-tier (Chongqing), 3rd-tier (Ürümqi) and now with Kashgar we are at…
Dacia sales are up 40% in Belgium in March. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands and Top 320 All-models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Belgium are down 0.5% year-on-year in March to 52,808 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 148,532 units, down 0.4% on…
Peugeot 3008 * See the Top 80 models and Top 36 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris * Another very encouraging month for new car sales in Latvia: up 25% year-on-year to 1,230 registrations, which brings the First Quarter result to 3,451 units, up 24% on 2013. Brand-wise,…
The Siena was Fiat's best-seller in Uruguay in 2013. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * New car sales in Uruguay are stable in March to an estimated 4,151 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 12,977 units, up 5% on 2013…
Toyota Tundra. Global Toyota sales are up 6% year-on-year so far in 2014. Toyota announced yesterday they sold 2.583 million vehicles worldwide over the First Quarter of 2014, enabling the Group to keep the world leadership for the third Quarter in a row. General Motors comes second with 2.42 million…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 260 All-models & Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks to Yarım Debriyaj * The Turkish new light vehicle market is down a harsh 31% year-on-year in March to just 47,581 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 115,272 units, down 24% on 2013. Brand-wise,…
Haval H6 Sport * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 334 All-models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into March data in detail we now go on to study the year-to-date rankings to extract some longer-term trends. The Chinese Passenger Car…
Is it the end of explosive growth in China? Not so fast... Before going through March brands and models detailed data in the next couple of days, a little taste of things to come in China: according to the state- backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, sales of Passenger Cars in…
The Renault Clio is the best-selling car in Bulgaria this month. * See the Top 160 All-models and Top 28 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Kalo * New car sales in Bulgaria are up a splendid 25% year-on-year to an estimated 2,354 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Wuling is one of 14 Chinese manufacturers in the Top 30. Much better with LCVs! * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * Similarly to India, just in time before March figures trickle down and thanks to LMC Automotive I can now share with you…
Chevrolet Spark (French model shown) * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Mexico are back into positive territory in March at +3.5% year-on-year to 85,682 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 251,124 units, up 2%…
Geely Emgrand 8 * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * The Crimea situation has had a clear impact on new car sales in Ukraine: down a horrendous 51% year-on-year in March to just 10,938 registrations which brings the First Quarter total to 38,016 units,…
The arrival of the new model boosts the Mercedes C-Class up to 4th place. * See the Top 293 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany satisfy this month at +5% to 296,408 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to…
Nissan Juke * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! * The Slovenian new car market celebrates one full year (12 consecutive month) of year-on-year gains in March with sales up 12% to 5,106 units, which brings the 1st Quarter total to…