Ford Ecosport * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 groups by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa are down a painful 11% year-on-year in April to 46,070 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 206,271 units, down 5% on 2013. The perspectives for…
The Dacia Logan holds 19% of the Romanian market in April. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After 4 consecutive months of year-on-year growth including 3 double-digit gains, Romanian new car sales are sadly and worryingly back into negative…
Daihatsu Tanto * See the Top 33 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * In spite of the national tax sales hike valid from April 1 onwards, the Kei cars market in Japan is up 3% year-on-year this month to 156,362 registrations, almost as much as the regular car market (188,864)!…
Kia Picanto * See the Top 235 All-models and Top 42 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks www.cartube.co.il * The Israeli new car market is up 6% year-on-year in April to 18,332 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 90,724 units, up a fantastic 22% on 2013. In the brands ranking, Toyota manages…
BMW 5 Series * See the Top 179 All-models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hong Kong are up a fantastic 37% year-on-year in April to 4,174 registrations, sending the year-to-date total up 8% to 16,700 units. The Toyota Hiace continues to dominate…
Karakoram Highway at Bulong Lake (click on any image to enlarge) After Ürümqi and Kashgar, we continue on our adventure through the Xinjiang Uyghur, China's Westernmost autonomous region. Today we take the legendary Karakoram Highway on the Chinese side for 450km between Kashgar (altitude 1.260m) and the Khunjerab Pass on the…
The Xcent is already Hyundai's 2nd best-selling model in India. * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in India continue on their downward spiral at -8% year-on-year in April to 183,388 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total…
Anyone who works in the used car industry will probably be familiar with Manheim Inc., the renowned autos auction company. They have a huge stake in Auto Trader, they own Motors.co.uk, and in an intriguing new development, they’re set to rebrand Carmony.co.uk. You’re probably least familiar with Carmony, which was established…
The Q3 and GLA are lifting Audi and Mercedes worldwide... Both Mercedes and Audi continue to post record sales in April and year-to-date, partly thanks to the strength of their compact range. On Tuesday, Mercedes announced its global sales were up 14% year-on-year in April to 133,077 vehicles, buoyed by…
Toyota Voxy * See the Top 30 models & Top 13 local brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephen * An increase in Japan's national sales tax took effect on April 1 and analysts predict Q2 2014 new car sales in the country will be down 18% as a result.…
The VW Golf passes the Renault Clio to rank #1 in Slovenia this month. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Slovenia are up 4% year-on-year in April to 4,876 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
The Skoda Fabia is the best-selling vehicle in Poland in April. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The Polish new car market is up a splendid 13% year-on-year in April to 30,908 registrations including LCV, even as the special…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ireland are up a very impressive 28% year-on-year in April to 7,863 registrations, meaning the year-to-date total is now up 27% to 57,777 units. In the models…
VW Jetta * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * Shock, horror: in April the Mexican new car market is going backward and not by a little margin: down 8% to 76,865 registrations, the harshest year-on-year decline since December 2009 and only…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 36 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Estonia are up 6% year-on-year in April to 2,043 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 6,788 units, up 3% on 2013. For the first time this year,…