Chevrolet Lumina The Kuwaiti car market is similar to its neighbour's, Saudi Arabia. 2 of the Top 3 likely best sellers are imported from Australia: The Toyota Camry should be the leader, and the Chevrolet Lumina (aka Holden Commodore) could be #3. The Toyota Hilux should come in 2nd. Toyota…
No surprises, the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in the world in 2009, thanks to very strong results in the USA, Japan, China and most of Asia and Africa. 908,661 units of the model were sold in 2009 alone. The Ford Focus takes the second spot with 781,139 registrations,…
Syrian consumers have chosen: they are into Korean cars, and nothing else - well, nearly nothing else. Hyundai Elantras can be seen literally on every street corner, which means the model must have been securing at least 10% of the market since its launch in 2006. Another Korean model which…
Absolutely no car sales data coming from Jordan, so I'm using YouTube videos of Amman's streets to find out more about this market. This is complete speculation based on very little information so please get it touch if you have any more info! It looks like the old generation Mitsubishi…
Saipa Tiba Iran is the biggest car market in the Middle-East with an estimated 1 million+ cars sold each year. Two main manufacturers share the market: Iran Khodro (IKCO) and Saipa. Saipa has launched the new Tiba, destined to become the brand's biggest seller: 15,000 units were built in 2009…
Toyota Yaris in Yemeni street There are no official car sales figures available for Yemen, so I relied on observation of the main Yemeni cities' streets through YouTube videos. They show that in all likeliness, the Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Yemen, followed by the Toyota Yaris Sedan.…
* Click on title for street scenes! * The observation of the streets of Colombo through YouTube videos shows a Sri Lankan market inspired by its neighbour India (Maruti Alto definitely in the Top 3), but with strong specificities: the Nissan Sunny seems to have been by far the best…
Toyota leads the car sales in Hong Kong with over 2,400 registrations during the first 6 months of 2010, a 63% increase over 2009. Models that seem to sell well include the Noah (at one stage declared the best-selling Toyota passenger car in HK), Wish, Camry (#1 in 2006 when…
The Moroccan car market is expanding slightly in 2009 with 93,761 registrations (+3%) and the Dacia Logan, built in the country, grabs 15.1% of the market with 14,200 units sold. The 2003 Renault Kangoo is 2nd with 11,543 sales (12.3%) and the Kia Picanto closes the podium in 3rd at…
Mazda is the leading brand in Israel and the Mazda3 the best-selling car with no less than 12.3% of the market in 2009 at 21,269 sales, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 7.1% and the Hyundai i30 at 4.9%. The ranking by segment over the first 6 months 2010 indicates…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Ecuadorian car market is at -18% in 2009 with 92,764 registrations. Chevrolet leads the way and delivers an impressive 1-2-3 in the models ranking: The Chevrolet Aveo first generation (called Aveo Activo) is #1 with 10.7%…
ZAZ Lanos * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Ukrainian car market virtually stopped in 2009: it went from 623,253 sales in 2008 to 162,291, down a devastating 74%. In this context, the ZAZ Lanos, a 1998 Daewoo Lanos…
Zastava Koral Official Serbian car sales data very rarely pops up, and the most recent official models ranking I have dates back to 2007. Since then the Zastava brand disappeared, with the last Zastava-branded car rolling out of the Kragujevac factory in November 2008. The factory is now used to…
Renault Megane * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Portuguese car market drops by 25% in 2009 and sees its model ranking completely shaken. The Renault Megane takes the lead at 5.9%, well ahead of the VW Golf, Ford Fiesta and Seat Ibiza.…
The Cypriot car market is one of the smallest in Europe, with 1,415 sales in September 2010 (+21%) and 10,730 registrations over 9 months (-10%). Statistics by model are not readily available and the latest info I managed to get dates back to 2007. The Ford Focus was #1 then…