The VW Passat hits its highest European ranking since February 2012. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 335 All-models by clicking on the title. JATO Dynamics didn't publish their traditional 'teaser' Top Tenners this month so it's straight to the complete rankings with the traditional one month delay.…
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Norwegian new car market continues to evolve at slightly lower levels than a year ago: down 2% in May to 12.036 registrations and down 1% year-to-date to 60.185 units. Once…
The Seat Ibiza outsells the Leon this month and year-to-date. * See the Top 47 All-brands and Top 283 All-models by clicking on the title * Now that the government has decided to extend the scrappage scheme that was originally planned to stop at the end of April, new car sales in…
The Ford Focus ranks 5th in Finland in May. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales return to negative territory in May at -10% year-on-year to 9.017 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 47.593 units, down 4% on…
Can the 2nd generation Volvo XC90 replicate the success of the first one? * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 45 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Swedish new car market posts a 17th consecutive month of year-on-year gains at +6.5% in May to 29.458 registrations,…
Volvo V40 * See the Top 322 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * The Belgian new car market including Commercials is down 1% year-on-year in April to 58.194 registrations, shifting the year-to-date total into negative territory at -0.07% on 2014 to 222.852 units. The VW Golf is back in…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 205 All-models by clicking on the title * The Portuguese new car market confirms it is on the mend with April sales up a very vigorous 22% year-on-year to 15.014 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 61.242 units, up 32% on…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…
Honda StepWGN * See the Top 60 All-brands, Top 30 regular vehicles and Top 35 kei cars by clicking on the title * This Japan update was prepared in collaboration with Stephen Bloom. The big news in Japan in April is the tax rate hike on kei cars to align them with the…
The Fiat 500X is now among Italy's 10 most popular nameplates. * See the Top 44 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The sky is getting clearer and clearer for the Italian car market, seeing is year-on-year growth accelerate once again in April: from +11%…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Norwegian new car market is up 5.5% year-on-year in April to 12.782 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in negative at -0.9% and 48.149 deliveries. Boosted by a Golf…
The Ford Mondeo is up to #5 in Finland this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is up 3% year-on-year in April to 9,488 registrations, but still down 2% year-to-date at 38,573 units. I give…
The Volvo XC60 ranks inside the Top 3 at home... * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Sweden continue on their very impressive run, posting a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in April at +11% to…
The Fiat 500L is among the 10 best-sellers in Romania for the first time. * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Romania are up a very satisfying 17% year-on-year in March to 5,339 registrations, bringing the first quarter…
Tesla Model S * NOW UPDATED with the Top 34 All-brands and Top 100 models * Norwegian new car sales are back into positive territory in March at +2% and 14,159 registrations, reducing the year-to-date drop to -3% at 35,367 deliveries. Below Volkswagen at 16.1% share and Toyota at 10.7%, Tesla…