VW Up! * See Japan's best-selling imports by clicking on the title! * Volkswagen released its new Up! in Japan on October 1. Three weeks on, orders for the mini car have just reached 3,000. The Nikkei thinks the Up! “may beat the Golf to become the German automaker’s most successful…
The Ford Cortina was #2 in Norway in 1963 and from 1965 to 1969 The direct links to 41 Norway Historical Data articles are below Detailed Historical Data for Norway covering the past 65 years is now available. There is now a Top 10 models ranking for each and every…
Picture by Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty * See the full article by clicking on the title! * VW's sales in China are up 21% over the third quarter of 2012 to 704,991 vehicles, vs. 664,765 for General Motors. It is the first time in 8 years that Volkswagen manages to pass GM,…
The VW Golf III sold 43,838 units in March 1993 in Germany alone, a record. * See the direct links to these 8 Historical Data posts by clicking on the title! * Looking to buy a new car? Find out about budget car insurance here. Thanks to STAC and a thorough…
Citroen C4. Picture courtesy of L'Argus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * October is shaping up to be quite an unusual month for new car sales in France. Over the first 3 weeks, the market is down a drastic…
1974 VW Golf. Picture by Lothar Spurzem. The best-selling models from 1970 to 2025 are below. We now have more detail about the best-selling models in Switzerland since 1970. For 1993, 1994 and 1996 I now have a Full Top 50 models ranking. For the seventies, eighties and nineties there is…
The Wuling Hongguang sold a record 28,327 units in September * See the Top 5 best-selling LCVs and Top 10 best-sellers overall by clicking on the title! * 395,096 new Light Commercial Vehicles were sold in China in September, down 6% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 3,656,880 units,…
Renault Clio 4. Picture by L'Argus, all rights reserved. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * FINAL UPDATE with Clio actuals for all generations: Thanks to Marie-Dominique at CCFA I can now share with you actuals for the Renault Clio 4 pre-sales to dealerships in…
Ford Focus * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most September data now in, it’s time for our much anticipated monthly rendezvous: the World roundup, now in its 7th instalment. Last month the Subaru XV made the headlines by toppling the VW Golf in Switzerland. In…
The Toyota Prius is the best-selling car in California * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to René * * Discover Each segment's Top 5 best-sellers by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a tip from René I can now share with you…
BMW 1 Series * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * Still no models info available for Luxembourg (if you have any please get in touch!) but the brands ranking in September is eventful enough to warrant an update here. The new car market in…
Ford Ecosport * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Brazil are up 5% year-on-year at mid-October with 149,377 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,816,163 units, also up 5% on 2011. Almost one year after its launch, the new generation…
Skoda Octavia * See the most recent BSCB articles on Switzerland by clicking on the title! * On Wednesday I had the pleasure of being interviewed for the 2nd time by Alex Helmick from World Radio Switzerland about the September car sales results in Switzerland. After ranking #3 in August, the…
Hyundai i30 SR * See the full article and the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * This is part 2 of my special report on the Sydney Motor Show, you can see Part 1 here. We talked about Toyota, Holden, Mazda and Ford already. The only…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This is it. With 4 of the Top 5 European markets in significant decline in September (Germany -11%, France -18%, Italy -26% and Spain -40%), the overall new car market in Europe is now officially…