Seat Alhambra * See the Top 33 best-selling brands and Top 30 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Liechtenstein are down 6% year-on-year in 2014 to 1.800 registrations. Volkswagen (17.6%) and Audi (10.7%) maintain their grip on the market, followed by BMW, Mercedes and Toyota…
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…
The Dacia Logan is back to its traditional pole position in Moldova. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to data communicated by Central European market specialists CE Auto, new car sales in Moldava are in freefall this year: down 43% in March…
VW Jetta taxi in front of the Changchun Railway Station From Shanghai we are now headed North, passing Beijing to land in Changchun, the capital city of the Jilin province. The city itself has 3.6 million inhabitants, but including the greater Changchun, this figure climbs to 8 million, or almost…
Mercedes is up to #3 and 9.6% share in Portugal this month. * See the Top 32 All-brands and Top 206 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Portugal are up a spectacular 28% year-on-year in January to 11.852 registrations. A new pattern is emerging in…
The Audi A3 ranks at a best-ever 4th place at home in 2014. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 353 All-models by clicking on the title * The German new car market is reassuringly back in positive territory in 2014, up 3% year-on-year to get back above the…
The Toyota Hiace is #1 in Hong Kong for the second year running. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 240 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in Hong Kong are up a solid 10% year-on-year in 2014 to 53,270 registrations, dominated once again by Toyota improving…
Skoda Rapid Spaceback May 2020 update: Now with Top 47 All-brands and Top 325 All-models. The Czech new car market hits a new all-time high in 2014 with sales up a magnificent 17% year-on-year to 192,314 registrations, almost 20,000 units above the previous record of 174,009 established in 2012. 6…
Chevrolet sales are up 20% in December, with the Colorado back inside the Top 100. * See the Top 275 All-models, Top 40 brands & 15 groups by clicking on the title * An improving economy, fuel prices at 6 year-lows and very advantageous year-end deals: all conditions were reunited…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 244 All-models and Top 37 All-brands by clicking on the title * 2014 marks the second year for Ireland's new bi-annual license plate system aligned with the UK, and also the first year it seems to frankly have had positive results on new car sales. The…
The VW Golf Sportsvan is only 428 sales off a European Top 20 ranking in October. * See the Top 345 models and Top 54 brands by clicking on the title * After the Top 10 rankings for October, as is the tradition on BSCB we now have access to…
The Suzuki Jimny is the surprise Latvian October market leader. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 75 models by clicking on the title * First month of year-on-year decline for new light vehicle sales in Latvia, down 2% in October to 1,401 registrations. However the year-to-date total is still…
The Peugeot 308 gains two spots YTD compared to last month to #17. * See the Top 350 best-selling models and Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After detailed September data, we now explore the year-to-date European sales charts to try and extract longer-term trends. The European new…
BMW X5 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to data published by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 283 new light vehicles found a buyer in Moldova in September, bringing the year-to-date score to 3,233 units. The Dacia Logan is sovereign once again…
Mercedes C-Class The Mercedes brand sold 162,746 vehicles worldwide in September, the best-ever month in its 88-year history and a 14 percent year-on-year increase. This enables Mercedes to pass Audi and rank #2 premium brand in the world below BMW for the month of September. Even though Audi sales are…