The Dacia Logan holds over 20% of the Moldovan car market, more than at home in Romania! * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * According to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, 422 new cars found a buyer in Moldova in April, adding up to…
Toyota Vios (Thai model shown) * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Vietnam enjoy their 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at a mammoth +26% in April to 10,116 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to 34,284 units, up an…
Pick-up sales drop slightly less than the overall Thai market so far in 2014. * See the Top 8 best-selling pickups by clicking on the title! Thanks Falconz * It's a wretched year so far for the Thai new light vehicle market, with sales down a horrendous 46% over the First…
Lada Granta in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia – September 2013 After reaching record levels in 2012, the Russian car market dropped by 5% in 2013. It seemed to have stopped its fall over the first Quarter of 2014 but April sales showed an 8% decline, potentially handicapped by the economic sanctions imposed…
VW Amarok in Bondi Beach, Sydney - Australia Latest Australian car sales figures show that: 1. Jeep is one of the fastest growing mass manufacturers in the country at +26% over the First Quarter 2014: only Renault does better in the Top 20 at +29%. The Grand Cherokee is up 45%…
Chana Star Pick-up in Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur - May 2014 (Click on any photo to enlarge) This is the last iteration of my China 2014 Photo Report series, you can see all previous Reports here. I hope you enjoyed it! After Kuqa we now head 680 km East to Turpan (pronounced…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Europe, defined as the European Union ex-Malta + Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, deliver an 8th consecutive month of year-on-year growth in April, up 4% to 1,129,829 registrations…
Renault Clio * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * If you thought Portuguese new car sales could not grow any faster than the 47% it delivered last month, you were wrong! April is up an even more impressive 53% year-on-year to 12,313…
UZ-Daewoo Gentra * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * The Kazakh new car market is used to year-on-year gains a lot more aggressive than the 4% delivered in April at 13,961 registrations. Is this the end of explosive growth for this market?…
VW Polo * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * While the First Quarter leaders in both models (Hyundai Accent) and brands (Hyundai) rankings mysteriously disappear from the Top 10 this month, the VW Polo brilliantly takes the lead of the sales charts…
Perodua Myvi. Picture by Shandys Lee, all rights reserved. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up a very solid 12% year-on-year in April to 58,732 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 218,642 units, up 4% on 2013 which was…
Renault Twingo * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia, are back into negative in April: down 8% year-on-year to 761 registrations which brings the year-to-date total…
The VW Passat is up to #2 in Latvia this month. * See the Top 80 best-selling models and Top 34 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Peteris * New car sales in Latvia are up a massive 24% year-on-year both in April at 1,229 registrations and year-to-date at…
Could the Dongfeng Fengguang be the best-selling vehicle in Kuqa? (Click to enlarge) This is Part 10 of my China 2014 Photo Report series, you can see all previous Reports here. After crossing the Taklamakan Desert, we now arrive in Kuqa (pronounced 'Kootcher') on the Northern Silk Road. Kuga is 715…
Has the Honda Mobilio plateaued already? * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 5 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Indonesia are up another 5% year-on-year in April to 106,811 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to a record 435,280 units after just 4…