Suzuki could start assembling cars in Myanmar in 2015 One week ago, I started a series called 'the Top 10 emerging engines of growth' as nominated by Business Monitor International and I started with Iraq. Myanmar is another one of these high potential markets. If you are a regular reader of…
Toyota Hiace in Hong Kong. Picture by Jeremy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 150 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * In October 3,712 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 35,145. Surprise on top: this month the Toyota Hiace is…
The Suzuki SX4 has been #1 in Latvia for the last 2 months. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Latvia are back into positive territory in October at +3% year-on-year to 1,003 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,996…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 332 new vehicles found a buyer over the first half of November in Iceland, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,710 units. The Skoda Octavia leads again with 30 sales and 9% share, and is now…
Ford F250 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 244 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * Still by far the best-selling vehicle in the country at 8,020 sales this month and up 15% year-on-year, the Ford F-Series now adds up to 92,094 units so far in 2012. It should…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Switzerland buck the general gloomy European trend in October, up 1% year-on-year to 26,555 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 272,081 units, up 7% on 2011. Another eventful month for…
Iran Khodro Runna * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * In Mehr 1391, roughly equivalent to October 2012 in the Persian calendar, 61,336 new cars were produced in Iran, a 55% year-on-year drop, a slight improvement on the -66% experienced last month. Year-to-date…
Honda N-One by Mugen * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While sales of regular vehicles were down 9% year-on-year in October, Kei cars are actually up 0.5% to 133,790 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,705,405 units, up 36% on 2011. This comes at a…
Toyota Fortuner * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Vietnamese new car market continues to struggle this year with sales down 21% year-on-year in October to 7,430, bringing the year-to-date total to 63,358 units, down 30% on 2011. The Toyota Fortuner is the…
The November 2012 issue of Auto India features the Maruti Alto 800. * Many thanks to Gautam Sen for initiating this collaboration! * If you live in India and buy India's best-selling and oldest car magazine 'Auto India' you will have noticed a new section called "India's bestsellers" on page…
The 200,000th Citroen DS3 in Poissy, France November 2012 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Citroen achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday, with 200,000th DS3 rolling off the firm's production line in Poissy, France. Launched in March 2010, the DS3 hit Russia later that year, Argentina…
Good old me in front of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia November 2012. * See each year of Toyota Corolla sales in Australia since 1967 by clicking on the title! * JANUARY 2013 UPDATE: The answer is yes, 2013 was indeed the year of the Corolla - see the Full…
A few days ago the December issue of French magazine L'Automobile Magazine was released in newsstands all across France and its overseas territories including New Caledonia. Don't miss the first article I wrote for the magazine on page 25, it's a special report on New Caledonia and how different anti-pollution…
The Hyundai Verna is the best-performing model in the Chinese Top 10 with sales up 56%. * See the Top 290 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Like it's now the tradition on BSCB, each month we delve into the year-to-date models ranking a little deeper for the…
Peugeot 208 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Slovenian new car market suffers once again in October at -18% year-on-year to 3,738 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 42,445 units, down 17% on 2011. For the third consecutive month and the 8th…