VW Polo * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. The Russian new car market is in decline year-on-year for the 5th month in a row in July at…
The Toyota Aqua misses the top spot for 136 sales in Japan... Contact me on matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com if you need a more in-depth analysis of any of the markets listed below. Now that July is coming to an end, I'm happy to report that nearly all Top 20 worldwide biggest markets…
Tajik musicians, Lada Zhiguli and Daewoo Nexia. Picture by marusia, all rights reserved. After Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, it's time to dust off another Central Asian car market: Tajikistan, the country in the region with the lowest car ownership rate at 35 per 1,000 inhabitants. The vehicle landscape in capital city Dushanbe has radically changed…
The Toyota Avalon has been popular in Turkmenistan since its original launch in 1995. We continue on our exploration of Central Asian markets: after Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan we find ourselves in Turkmenistan. And judging by the most recent videos of the streets of the capital Ashgabat, one thing is…
The Lada Granta has replaced the Zhiguli in the hearts of Russian consumers. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Those who hoped the Russian new car market would cross the 3 million annual-unit mark in 2013 to become the…
Ford Transit Minibus in Tbilisi, Georgia March 2013. * See the Full article featuring street videos by clicking on the title! * A lot has happened since my last update on Georgia. Firstly, there is a new stream of yellow Ford Transit minibuses everywhere in the capital Tbilisi. This is…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling car in Kyrgyzstan, most of them used though. Next country to be dusted off as I haven't covered it in almost 3 years is Kyrgyzstan. What is striking when viewing recent videos of the streets of the capital Bishkek is the complete absence of…
Uz-Daewoo Nexia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * For only the second time ever on BestSellingCarsBlog I can share with you a monthly ranking for Kazakhstan, which thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz is now a monthly update on BSCB. We also have 6…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * As in neighbour Russia, new car sales in Ukraine hit the brakes in June: down 18% year-on-year to 16,534 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 104,276 units, down 5% on 2012.…
Ford S-Max * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Janis Kalejs * New car sales in Latvia are down 10% year-on-year in June to 1,155 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 6,077 units, down 7% on 2012. Given the size of the…
Lada Granta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * This is it: the Russian market is now officially as depressed as the rest of Europe: with June down 10% year-on-year to 241,346 registrations, we have our 4th consecutive month of…
The Renault Duster is up to a best-ever #25 in the world this month. * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Very stable worldwide models ranking this month: the entire Top 5 is identical to March. The Ford Focus manages…
Renault Duster * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * Today I give you extremely rare data coming from Kazakhstan thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz. I hope you enjoy! Kazakhstan confirms it is one of the world's Top 10 engine…
Lada Largus * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * It's official: there are now some cracks in the Russian new car market. Whereas we had witnessed almost 3 full years (34 consecutive months) of year-on-year growth until last March, May…
Peugeot 3008. Picture by josemiguelmartinez, all rights reserved. * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Janis * New car sales in Latvia are down 7% year-on-year both in May at 1,144 registrations and year-to-date at 4,922 sales. Down to #5 last month,…