This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
The Mini Hatch is up 15% to a highest-ever third place in the UK in November. * See the Top 40 brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title * No sign of improvement for the UK market, plagued by uncertainties on both Brexit negotiations and diesel cars…
Toyota C-HR * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 145 All-models by clicking on the title * Towards the end of the year, the Irish new car market slows down to a standstill, with just 747 units in November, down 21% year-on-year. However the year-to-date tally is safe: up…
The Citroen C1 almost enters the UK Top 20 this month... * See the Top 140 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Today and for the 2nd consecutive month we can share with you a much more detailed vision of the best-selling nameplates in the UK: a Top…
The Peugeot 2008 posts the biggest year-on-year gain in the 2014 UK Top 50. * See the Top 365 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * The time has arrived: I can now share with you the much anticipated all-models ranking for the UK over the Full Year 2014. This data…
The new model could lift the Hyundai i20 to #2 overall in Austria in 2015. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 57 All-brands and Top 300 All-models * The Austrian new car market is down 5% year-on-year in 2014 to 303,318 registrations, and still dominated by Volkswagen evolving like the market…
Hyundai i30. Hyundai places 3 models inside the Top 9 this month in Czech Republic. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * The Czech new car market continues to evolve at records levels this year: up another 19% year-on-year in…
Hyundai i20 * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Czech Republic are up a great 20% year-on-year in August to 13,937 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 125,695 units, up an equally satisfying 18% on…
General Motors crashed Chevrolet down in Europe. A good thing? On paper yes, in practice no. In December 2013, General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet brand in Europe to concentrate on ailing Opel and its UK sister brand Vauxhall. A reshuffling of priorities that made sense given Opel racked up…
Hyundai i20 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * Bad news for the Austrian new car market in July: sales are down a harsh 13% year-on-year to just 24,772 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 191,379 registrations, down 4% on…
Opel Zafira Tourer * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 47 brands by clicking on the title! * The Austrian new car market is down a painful 7% year-on-year to 26,986 registrations after already losing 10% in May last year. The year-to-date total after 5 months now stands…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Czech Republic are up 4% year-on-year in May to 15,396 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 75,887 units, up a splendid 14% on 2013. The models sales charts podium is…
Audi A3 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 48 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Austria are down 5% year-on-year in April to 29,240 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total into negative at -0.3% and 110,521 units. The Volkswagen Group manages to places…
Renault Mégane * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After a one month-hiatus, Austria is back on BSCB! The Austrian new car market is down 4% year-on-year to 29,702 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 81,281 units, still up…
The VW Up is #2 in Wales and #7 in Scotland this month. * See the Top 10 best-selling models for each nation by clicking on the title! * Thanks to SMMT, I can share with you the best-sellers for each nation in the UK in February, all in one update.…