Carlos Ghosn unveils the Datsun Go in New Delhi * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * A few minutes ago in New Delhi, India, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn unveiled the first model of the relaunched brand Datsun: the Datsun Go. He emphasised Datsun's role to 'open the…
Ford Ecosport * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 12 brands by clicking on the title! * No light at the end of the tunnel for Indian car sales in 2013: June marks the 7th consecutive month of year-on-year decline at -5% to 187,462 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
The Maruti DZire is only the 5th model to ever rank #1 in India since 1950... * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * May is the 6th month in a row of year-on-year decline for the Indian car market at -8%…
The Tata Nano sold 10,021 units in India in April 2011 * See the April 2011 and April 2013 Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Indian car market has gone through a lot of change in the last 2 years so today I thought I…
Maruti DZire * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Would the Indian new car market have plateaued already? In April it is down for the 5th consecutive month at -8% year-on-year to 199,496 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to…
We could see Autobianchi return as early as 2014! * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * With the progression of Chinese carmakers worldwide, the rise and rise of low-cost brands following the tremendous success of Dacia over the last decade is one of the most fascinating…
Honda Amaze * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Being the last month of the financial year, March is traditionally the year's strongest month for new car sales in India and 2013 doesn't look like it will be an exception. At…
If you have been a reader of this blog for a few months, you will know that the monthly Indian sales figures and commentary from BestSellingCarsBlog are featured on Indian car magazine Auto India. My dear friend Adrian who is spending some time in Delhi right now, was kind enough…
Maruti Dzire * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * This is confirmed: the Indian new car market is taking a break right now, going through its third consecutive month of year-on-year decline in February: down a surprising 17% on February 2012…
My dear friend Adrian is currently spending some time in Delhi, India and was kind enough to send me a few videos of the crazy traffic in the streets over there... Among it all you will recognise a few Hyundai Santro and Maruti Swift, as well as a very imposing…
Maruti DZire * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 12 brands by clicking on the title! * The Indian new car market seems to be taking a breather at the moment, down 6% year-on-year in January to 230,204 registrations. The top of the models ranking is very stable,…
Maruti Swift * See the All-brands ranking (incl. Mercedes, BMW and Audi) and Top 70 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This Indian update is brought to you by the Nissan Micra. Indian new car sales reach a new frontier in 2012: up 14% year-on-year to a record 2,654,835 registrations,…
Maruti Alto 800 * See the Top 50 best-selling models and All-brands by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * Year-end discounts didn't do much to dynamise an Indian new car market that is starting to lack puff: sales are even down 3% year-on-year…
Maruti Alto 800 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * A relatively disappointing month for car sales in India, up just 2% year-on-year to 212,882 registrations and not benefitting from the Diwali celebrations this year. Year-to-date the market is still up a solid 10%…
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…