Street scene in Kathmandu, Nepal The next country under the spotlight this week is Nepal, where Hyundai has managed to establish itself solidly along with neighbours Maruti and Tata. Hyundai i10 The last Nepalese official car sales figures date back to 2002 when the Hyundai Santro overtook the Maruti Alto…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are frankly in negative year-on-year again this week at 36,230 registrations, down 25%. Peugeot leads the manufacturers ranking with 16.2% share, ahead of Renault at 15.9% and Citroen at 14.4%…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 100 best-selling models in the world by clicking on the title! * Who else but Best Selling Cars Blog will give you the a worldwide Top 100 models ranking for 2011? I can share this exclusive ranking with you now, mixing up my own…
Fiat Uno * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * At mid-March 2012, 132,935 new vehicles were registered in Brazil, down 7% year-on-year. For the first time in 2012, the Fiat Uno leads the models ranking at mid-month and with 10,955 sales and…
Kia Rio * NOW UPDATED with the Top 70 best-selling models! Clicking on title to see * The Danish car market continues on its record-breaking run, up a further 22% year-on-year in February at 14,180 registrations, bringing the 2012 year-to-date total to 27,055 units, up 13% on 2011. After leading the…
Isuzu D-Max * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * The effects of floods in the country on pick-up production capacity have now well and truly passed and the 'Pick-up hub of the world' has its factories running at full throttle again, to…
The Mazda CX-5 enjoys its first month of sales in Canada in February * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * Trucks are back in the driving seat in Canada this month with the Ford F-Series leading the way by far with 6,626 sales…
Citroen Berlingo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Spanish Light Commercial Vehicle market is getting worse and worse this year: after a 17% drop in January, it falls by 28% in February to 3,941 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,089 units,…
Great Wall Sailor and Toyota Hilux * See more street scenes by clicking on the title! * Next country in line to be put under the spotlight: Iraq! The Iraqi car market is a pretty difficult one to approach, with not much recent YouTube video material to draw upon and…
Great Wall Hover * You can see the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * Today Cote d'Ivoire is under the spotlight! 3,380 new cars were sold in Cote d'Ivoire during the first 6 months 2010, up 22% on 2009. The full year figure was expected to…
Daihatsu BeGo Terios in Costa Rica Now it's the turn of Costa Rica to be under the spotlight! The Costa Rican car market differs from its neighbours in the fact that Toyota isn't completely owning the place. Favoured by end consumers and rental car companies alike, the Daihatsu Terios (called…
Toyota Corolla Click on the title for more photos! The next country under the spotlight: Afghanistan. This is the country where Corollas come to die. Different generations of second-hand Corollas coming from around the world finish their life there and account for up to 90% of the passenger vehicles in the…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle is back in shape in February at 444,908 registrations, up 12% year-on-year and bringing the 2012 year-to-date total to 807,949 units, down 10% on 2011. No surprises on top: the…
Holland Car Awash Executive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia September 2010 * Click on title for Addis Ababa street scenes! * The second country to be put under the spotlight this month is Ethiopia, where along from the usual suspects Toyota and other Japanese and Korean brands, a local brand, Holland…
Toyota 4Runner * Click on title for the estimated Top 30 best-selling models - thanks to Pablo Cesar! * As we are getting into the end of the month and February sales updates are getting close to complete, I thought I would put a few countries under the spotlight. First up,…