Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

2013 Dacia Logan MCV

* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

Thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu I can share with you once again official sales data for Moldova. 227 new vehicles found a buyer in the country in January and 205 in February, with the Dacia Logan still leading the way by far with 38 sales and 8.8% share over the period. The Chevrolet Aveo ranks #2 in January but drops out of the Top 10 in February when the Skoda Octavia gains one spot to land at #2, followed by the Toyota Land Cruiser. Other great performers include the Dacia Duster at #4 in January, Skoda Superb at #4 in February, Mitsubishi L200 at #5 in January and Skoda Fabia at #5 in February.

Previous post: Moldova Full Year 2012: Dacia Logan and Chevy Aveo dominate

Full January-February 2013 Top 10 models Ranking Tables below.

Read more…

The 2013 model (MCV pictured) should help the Dacia Logan stay #1 in Moldova this year.

* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! *

For only the second time ever on BestSellingCarsBlog and thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu I can share with you the Top 10 most popular models in Moldova. Over the Full Year 2012, 3,972 new light vehicles found a buyer in the country and like in 2011 the Dacia Logan dominates the ranking by far in spite of sales down 25% to 521 units and 13.1%. The Chevrolet Aveo retains its 2nd spot thanks to 297 sales and 7.5%, up a very healthy 19% year-on-year, while the Skoda Octavia is up one spot to round up the podium at 180 units and 4.5%.

Chevrolet Aveo

The Skoda Superb brilliantly ranks 4th with 131 sales and 3.3%, down 18%, followed by the Dacia Duster up 6% and 3 ranks to #5 at 129 units and 3.2%, the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and Nissan Qashqai. We welcome the Skoda Yeti (#8) and Kia Sportage (#10) in the Top 10 this year.

Previous year: Moldova Full Year 2011: Dacia Logan best-seller, Skoda Superb #5

Full Year 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.

Read more…

Dacia Logan MCV

* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Piotr *

For the first time on Best Selling Cars Blog I can share with you an official models ranking for Moldova, bringing the number of country with official Full Year 2011 data to 72! As predicted based on YouTube videos of the streets of Chisinau, the best-selling car in the country is the Dacia Logan with 695 sales, the MCV version being a big part of this success. The Chevrolet Aveo follows far below at 250 units and the Lada Niva rounds up the podium with 229 sales.

Skoda Superb

Further down, Skoda places the Octavia at #4 and 223 units and the Superb at #5 with 159 sales. Below the Nissan Qashqai at #6 the rest of the Top 10 is solely composed of 4WDs: the Toyota Prado/Land Cruiser 200 is #7 followed by the Dacia Duster, Mitsubishi Outlander and Toyota RAV4.

There is also March 2012 data available for Moldova but it is only a brands ranking: 423 vehicles were sold in March and 1,083 over the first 3 months of the year and Dacia leads the way this month with 88 sales followed by Chevrolet at 58 and Skoda & Toyota at 35. Year-to-date, Chevrolet is on top at 193 units ahead of Dacia at 186, Skoda at 99 and Toyota at 74.

Previous post: Moldova: Dacia Logan should top the ranking

Full Year 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.

Read more…

No official car sales figures available from Moldova, so my estimation is solely based on the observation of You Tube videos of the streets of the capital Chisinau. Please shout if you have any Moldavian car sales data!

The Moldavian market seems to be strongly influenced by its neighbour Romania, with a keen interest for station-wagons. The Dacia Logan and Logan MCV appear to be the best-selling cars, ahead of possibly the Chevrolet Lacetti and the Daewoo Nexia. Again, this is only pure speculation in the absence of official data.

Lada 2105

* See the Top 8 all-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex *

The last years of existence of the Soviet Union see new car sales stagnate in the region: down 6% to 710,525 registrations in 1989 and up 0.1% in 1990 to 711,454. Sales to state organisations, intelligence services and the army are more on a rollercoaster: down 15% to 141,700 in 1989 and back up a massive 59% in 1990 to 225,446.

Izh 2125 Kombi

As expected VAZ (Lada) is the most popular brand in the country with 381,594 sales and 53.7% share in 1989, then 373,579 and 52.5% in 1990. It is followed by Izh at 133,750 then 127,503 and ZAZ at 92,768 then 86,732. The Moskvich 2141 Aleko is counted as a model given it now forms the entirety of the Moskvich range and sales are up 318% to 62,675 and 8.8% in 1989 for its first full year in market, then down 18% to 51,429 in 1990.

Note that in 1989, Soviet citizens were allowed to purchase the UAZ 3151 Patriot again, it was previously only delivered to the army and police. Car imports kick started in the USSR on March 16, 1988 but no data is available until 1990 when a significant 37,400 units were sold, this figure going up 51% in 1991 to 56,300…

Previous post: USSR 1988: Lada 2106 leads, Samara on podium

Full Year 1989 and 1990 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

Read more…

Lada Samara

* See the Top 15 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex *

In 1988, the private new car market is down 8% year-on-year to 754,600 registrations, with the sales to state organisations, intelligence services and the army down 14% to 165,950 units. The VAZ 2106 keeps the pole position with sales up 1% to 216,890 and 28.7% share, while its archenemy the Moskvich 2140, at the end of its life, loses 28% on 1987 but stays #2 at 150,804 units. The Lada Samara climbs onto the podium at #3 with 95,028 sales (+7%).

Lada Niva 4×4

The IZH 2125 Kombi incredibly gains 3% to 47,500 units at #5 and the Lada Niva 4×4 is up a fantastic 32% at #6 with 40,243 sales, followed by the Lada 2107 and 2105.

GAZ 21-40 “Volga”

Moskvich 2141 “Aleko”

ZAZ 1102 “Tavria”

The GAZ 21-40 “Volga” is up one spot to #9 at 21,164 units. There are two new entrants in the 1987 models ranking: the Moskvich 2141 “Aleko” lands directly at #10 with 15,000 sales and the ZAZ 1102 “Tavria” ranks #13 with 2.100 units. Note imports started being allowed into the USSR on March 16, 1988.

Previous post: USSR 1987: Lada 2106 and Moskvich 2140 fight it off

Next post: USSR/Russia 1989-1995: Lada 2104-7 and Samara should dominate

Full Year 1988 Top 15 all-models Ranking Table below.

Read more…

VAZ 2106 (aka Lada 1600)

* See the Top 14 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex *

Thanks to Alex we are going back in time 25 years today because I can finally share with you for the first time on BSCB official models data for the USSR in the eighties! This is extremely rare data, detailing the private sales of all models in the country for 1987 and 1988 which you can check out in another post. I hope you enjoy it! In 1987, 819,960 new vehicles were sold to private buyers, to which you have to add 197,250 to state organizations, intelligence services and the army. However detailed models data for the latter is unknown.

Moskvich 2140

And the first surprise in the 1987 models ranking is to see that the VAZ 2106 (aka Lada 1600) is actually threatened by the Moskvich 2140 with 215,800 sales and 26.3% vs. 208,200 and 25.4%. Given this was the Moskvich’s last full year of sales it is reasonable to assume that it has led the USSR models ranking for at least a few years during the eighties and possibly seventies…

ZAZ 968M

Another forgotten model manages to hold itself within the USSR podium in 1987: the ZAZ 968M, also called Zaporozhets, with an impressive 116,500 units sold for a 14.2% market share. The Lada Samara is the fourth and last model to hold at least 10% of the Soviet market at #4 with 88,800 sales and 10.8%.

IZH 2125 Kombi

In 5th place, notice the IZH 2125 Kombi, and please raise your hand if you don’t live in Russia right now and knew about this model… I didn’t. Originally launched in 1973, the 2125 enjoyed a slight facelift in 1982 and would continue its career in Russia all the way through to 1997…

LUAZ 969M

Further down, notice all the iterations of the Lada “Zhigouli” ranking from #7 (2107) to #12 (2104) and the memerising LUAZ 969M 4×4 in 11th place with 11,200 sales.

Previous post: USSR 1980-1986: Lada 2104-7 likely leader

Next post: USSR 1988: Lada 2106 leads, Samara on podium

Full Year 1987 Top 14 all-models Ranking Table below.

Read more…

Lada 2106

Lada launches the 2105 in 1979, basically a restyled 2101. The traditional Deluxe version, named 2107, is added in 1982 and the Station Wagon, 2104, appears in 1984. More info on the Lada 2105 series here. However the 2106, launched in 1975, should still be the brand’s best-seller in the country over the period…

Moskvich 2140

…potentially overtaken in the overall ranking by the Moskvich 2140, facelifted in 1981, during some years. If you have access to official models data for the period please make sure you get in touch by commenting on here or filling up the ‘Contact’ form.

Previous post: USSR 1970-1979: Lada 2101-3 conquers the Soviet roads

Next post: USSR 1987: Lada 2106 and Moskvich 2140 fight it off

Lada 2101

The brand VAZ (Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod), better known worldwide as Lada, was established in the late 1960′s in collaboration with Fiat and started producing the 2101, a localised version of the Fiat 124, in 1979.

Even though there are no official figures available, the Lada 2101 in all likeliness dominated car sales in the USSR throughout the seventies. In 1972 the 2102, a Station Wagon, and the 2103, a Deluxe version, are added, reinforcing the domination of the model on the Soviet roads.  More info on the Lada 2101 series here.

Please get in touch if you have any data relating to this period!

Next post: USSR 1980-1985: Lada 2104-7 likely leader

Lada 2102

Lada 2103

Pictures: www.autonavigator.ru