Toyota unveiled the Levin HEV at Auto Shanghai this week. According to Bloomberg and Automotive News, Toyota was still the largest carmaker in the world during the first 3 months of 2015 in spite of sales down 2.5% year-on-year to 2.52 million vehicles. Reversely both VW Group (2.49 million) and…
Iran is the best performing market in the Top 50 this year. Photo © Ricardo Fernandez * See the Top 50 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), I can share with you the overall Full Year 2014 sales figures…
The Wartburg 353 was among the best-sellers in East Germany in the sixties. Best Selling Cars Blog now covers detailed Historical Data for 104 markets. Highlights include France since 1894, Germany for each year since 1946, UK for each year since 1965, Australia since 1946, Sweden since 1950, Brazil since 1954 and Norway and Italy since 1956. The next batch…
Audi S3 Audi and Mercedes managed a coup for the first month of 2015, both overtaking BMW, the traditional luxury sales leader, worldwide. Thanks to sales up 10% year-on-year, Audi takes the lead of luxury brands with 137,700 sales worldwide, followed by the Mercedes brand at 125,865 deliveries (up 14%)…
Toyota sold 10 million vehicle worldwide for the first time this year. Toyota keeps worldwide crown Toyota Motor Corp. remained the the world’s biggest automaker in 2014 with sales up 3% to break the 10 million vehicles mark for the first time in the carmaker's history at 10.23 million units,…
The Ford F-Series lodges its 33rd consecutive winning year in the US in 2014. See First Quarter 2015 updates for the Top 12 markets in the world here This article is the portal to all Full Year 2014 Reports, you can find below all updates already live. This list is updated…
The Volkswagen Group is getting closer to Toyota thanks to its strength in China. Bloomberg News announced today that the Volkswagen Group, boosted by strong sales in China and despite a marked slowdown in the US, is catching up with market Toyota Motor Corp. for the much coveted annual global crown.…
7 million units later… (1997 Toyota Prius) Toyota confirmed it sold its 7 millionth hybrid vehicle worldwide in September, 17 years after first launching the Prius in Japan in 1997. The total includes 3.3 million sold in Japan, 2.5 million in the United States, 770,000 in Europe and more than…
Mercedes C-Class The Mercedes brand sold 162,746 vehicles worldwide in September, the best-ever month in its 88-year history and a 14 percent year-on-year increase. This enables Mercedes to pass Audi and rank #2 premium brand in the world below BMW for the month of September. Even though Audi sales are…
Albeit at a slower rate, China is still the main engine of growth in the automotive market in 2014. Based on data published by POLK, global passenger car sales are up 4.7% year-on-year in September to 6.927.151 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to a record 59.242.409 units, up 4.6% on…
Dartz Prombron Black Shark Think you are looking at one of those vehicles used by the South African police or in Northern Ireland a few years ago, or even an anti-terrorist weapon used on some delicate regions in the world? Not so. This is one of the most exclusive private…
BMW is under attack from Audi and Mercedes, with all 3 manufacturers breaking records. Worldwide results are in for the first 7 months of the year for German premium brands and according to Automotive News it looks like BMW's crown is starting to be in danger from Audi and Mercedes. But let's…
Can Volkswagen overtake Toyota to become the world's biggest manufacturer in 2014? * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Volkswagen Group is closing in on Toyota as the global leader in vehicle sales, with a rapid expansion drive in China while Toyota curbs growth to focus…
Range Rover Evoque Global sales for Jaguar Land Rover are up a very robust 14% year-on-year over the First Half of 2014 to reach 240,372 vehicles, mainly due to an outstanding performance in China. Land Rover is up 14% to 196,785 units while Jaguar is up 16% to 43,587. China…
One VW XL1 sold worldwide in 2013. * See the Top 1102 best-selling models in the world by clicking on the title! * Many thanks to Austin Rutherford for helping to compile this data. No this is not a typo and yes it took a while but here it is:…