Mercedes is the only gainer in the Top 13 and ranks 6th in April. With COVID-19 cases soaring from just 669 as of March 31 to 10.861 as of April 30 and 19.706 as of May 20, Ukraine was under strict lockdown measures for all of April, with the quarantine…
The Lexus UX is the most popular recent import launch in China. Sales of imported new cars into China are also frankly on the mend at -3.3% year-on-year in April to 92.669 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.4% to 253.980. Strikingly, the Top 5 most popular imported brands are…
BMW scores its first #1 imported brand ranking in exactly a year in China. Sales of imported cars in China freefall -24.8% year-on-year in January to 81.906 units. BMW (-18.6%) ends 11 consecutive months of Lexus domination to reclaim the brands top spot like in January 2019. Lexus (+3.2%) is…
The Audi e-Tron is the best-selling vehicle in Norway in January. New car sales in Norway rise 6.2% year-on-year in January to 9.561 units. Zero-emissions cars soar 24.3% to 4.236 units and 44.3% share vs. 37.8% a year ago. Hybrid sales surge 41.4% to 3.270 and 34.2% share vs. 25.7%…
The Lexus ES is the best-selling import in China in 2019. Discover 30 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. For the third consecutive year we can share worth you complete China imports data for the Full Year, this is exclusive to BSCB as no media outside of China is…
The Mazda CX-30 hits its world record ranking in Norway in November. The Norwegian new car market dives -18.5% year-on-year in November to just 10.031 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume down -3.2% to 131.127. Even though it skids even faster than the market, Volkswagen (-24.5%) edges past Tesla (+19.3%)…
Porsche Macan sales soar 133% year-on-year in China this month. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for October, BSCB being the only non-Chinese media to report on these figures monthly. After slowing down its fall to just -4.3% in September, the import market is back in freefall in October…
The Tesla Model 3 reaches a best-ever 2nd place in the Chinese Imports charts. After two consecutive months of double-digit declines, import sales in China drastically slow down their fall in September at -4.3% to 96.836 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1% to 850.373. The Top 5…
The Mitsubishi Pajero is the new favourite in the UAE. The UAE new light vehicle market is up a sturdy 8.9% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 116.818 units. Yet Toyota (+5.5%) and most strikingly Nissan (-24.2%) can't keep up and see their shares drop to 27.8% and…
The Range Rover is up 221.2% to rank 5th best-selling model in Yemen. The return of BMW in the official sales charts for Yemen means this market is now up 80.5% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 4.353 registrations. Toyota (+67.7%) remains ultra-dominant at 87.2% share with BMW…
The Tesla Model 3 now ranks #4 year-to-date in Switzerland. The Swiss new car market is hit hard in June at -9.8% year-on-year to 28.391 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally tilting back into negative at -0.5% to 157.136 units. Brand leader Volkswagen sinks -23.2% to 10.9% share ahead of…
The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Ukraine in February. New car sales in Ukraine endure a 6th consecutive month of decline and 8th drop in the past 12 months in February at -1.9% to 5.758 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.8% to 11.016. Renault (+35.8%) continues to…
The Lexus ES is by far the most popular import in China in February. Sales of imported cars in China follow the locally-made trend with a painful -23.9% year-on-year freefall in February to just 48.687 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down -14.8% to 157.717. Lexus (+21.8%) goes against…
The new generation lifts the BMW X5 to #3 in Luxembourg in January. The Luxembourg new car market drops 3.4% year-on-year in 4.205 registrations. Volkswagen snaps the brands pole position by the skin of its teeth at 11% share, only 10 sales above BMW (10.8%) and 37 above Mercedes (10.2%),…
The new BMW X2 is already knocking at the Top 10 imports' door in China. 108.910 imported new cars were registered in China in January, a steep 10% year-on-year loss as higher tariffs clamp sales. Like in December, BMW (-5.2%) is the most popular brand, outselling Mercedes (-26.2%) which came…