Dreame has folded just one year after appearing. It was high time to look closely at our Exclusive Chinese Brands Guide and make sure all brands are still active and which ones have been discontinued. We are in the middle of an intense price war in China which, combined with…
For the second time this summer, BSCB is featured in French weekly Auto Plus (the best-selling automobile weekly in the country), in the 28th August issue. This time this is about the tiny market share of French manufacturers in China (0.09%!) since the start of the year. This data was…
First Top 15 finish for the Zeekr 7X in New Zealand. New vehicle sales in New Zealand are flat in July at 11,663 units. However this masks very different results by category, with passenger cars up 14.5% to 8,736 (the best July result since 2021) but commercial vehicles off -27.4%…
The Isuzu D-Max is up to #4 in Panama in July. 5,230 new vehicles hit the roads in Panama in July, a 4.7% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date tally after 7 months stands at 36,387, up 11% over the same period in 2025. Toyota (-0.6%) remains the best-selling carmaker in the…
The Tesla Model Y is #1 for the fifth straight month. New vehicle sales in Colombia surge another +19.9% year-on-year in July to 28,666 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025: was already up 44.7% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is also up by an…
The Changan CS35 Max reaches a record 5% share in July. 21,380 new vehicles hit Kazakh roads in July, a sturdy 6% year-on-year improvement. This way, the year-to-date volume is now up 1.8% to 127,269. Hyundai (-0.03%) is stable YoY and takes the brands lead both for the month (17.4%…
The Suzuki Jimny is the best-selling vehicle in Bolivia in 2025. 27/08 update: Now with Top 10 brands, pickups and SUVs. According to data by World Wide Mobility, the Suzuki Jimny was the most popular vehicle in Bolivia over the Full Year 2025. Our call for more data was heard…
The Changan Q05 is up to #5 in July. According to our Central European partner CE Auto the Albanian new car market is up 53.1% year-on-year in July to 1,052 units. This way, the year-to-date tally is up 110.6% to 8,272. BYD continues to dominate the models charts, with the Sealion…
The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling vehicle in Serbia in July. Data released by our Central European partner CE Auto, shows a Serbian new car market surging 22.2% year-on-year in July to 4,502 units. This is a particularly strong result given July 2025 was already up 21.5% on the year…
First Top 10 finish for the Geely Galaxy Starship 7 Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up a splendid 32% year-on-year in July to 1,338 units, leading to a year-to-date volume up 26.7% to 7,253. In July the Top 10 models are…
The Peugeot 408 scores its second ever Top 10 finish in North Macedonia. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto, the North Macedonian new car market rallies back up 21.5% year-on-year in July to 758 units, bringing the year-to-date tally to 4,210 units which…
A car loan contract is one of the documents most people sign without reading properly; it’s easy to fall into an emotional trap and be pressured to make quick decisions. A car loan is a multi-year commitment, and small details buried in the contract can end up costing far more…
Buying a new car comes with excitement. You get to have the first drive home, the new-car smell and, for a while, the feeling that everything under the hood is going to take care of itself. But even a new vehicle needs maintenance, and knowing when to handle simple checks…
First European Top 10 finish for the Mercedes GLC. Dataforce has the European new car market (EU+EFTA+UK) up 4.1% year-on-year in July to 1,109,960 units. This gives a year-to-date tally up 5.7% to 8,356,696. ACEA data with summary by country and fuel type will be added to this article when…
The Kia K4 ranks #8 in Slovakia in July. The Slovak new car market falls by a harsh -17.7% year-on-year in July to just 6,940 sales, pulling the year-to-date volume down -5.9% to 50,444. Brand leader Skoda (-9.6%) manages to contain its fall somewhat and climbs to 23.5% share vs.…