King Long Minivan in Old Bagan, Myanmar - December 2014 If Chinese manufacturers have been one of the fastest off the starting blocks at establishing a new car showroom presence in Yangon, this has not translated (yet) onto the car landscape. A recent articles in the Myanmar Times estimated the…
Dongfeng Motors (DFM) showroom on Baho Road, Yangon Now that we have explored in detail the (used) car landscape in Yangon and Bagan, we get back to Yangon to study a new phenomenon in Myanmar: new car showrooms. With the country loosening up its political situation and opening up to…
Nissan March After studying the car landscape in Yangon, we now travel 650km North to Bagan. If motorcycles were banned in Yangon, they definitely rule the streets of this tiny countryside region famous for its valley counting over 3000 temples, most of them Buddhist. I spent most of my time…
Yangon street scene - December 2014 Over the past week I was lucky enough to be able to visit Myanmar (aka Burma), exploring its biggest city Yangon as well as the Bagan valley, home of over 3000 temples. This is the first in a series of 5 Photo Reports that…
Renault Kangoo * See the Top 321 All-models by clicking on the title * Sales of new light vehicle in Belgium add up to 33,647 in November and 507,066 year-to-date, including Light Commercial Vehicles. Volkswagen manages an impressive 1-2 with the Golf in the lead both in November at 3.1%…
Suzuki SX4 * See the Top 244 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * 7,854 new light vehicles found a buyer in Slovakia in October (one month delay for Slovakian data), bringing the year-to-date total to 65,328 units. Surprise atop the models ranking this month: the Suzuki SX4 (previous…
Perodua Axia Advance and Standard G * See the Top 50 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Malaysia are up an encouraging 6% year-on-year in November to 55,309 deliveries, bringing the year-to-date total to 601,801 units, up 1% on 2013. Below the traditional leader…
Renault Logan * See the Top 162 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * The Egyptian new vehicle market continues to catch up on the backlog of missed sales it accumulated last year when the country was troubled by political unrest. Sales are up 59% year-on-year in November to…
Lamborghini Huracan * See the Top 40 brands and Top 174 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hong Kong are down 9% year-on-year in November to 3,992 deliveries, however the year-to-date total is still frankly in positive territory, up 10% on 2013 to 48,290 units.…
The Mercedes C-Class is now leader year-to-date in its segment at home. * UPDATED See the Top 332 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Germany are down a disappointing 2% year-on-year in November to 250,082 registrations: the road to recovery still…
Opel Mokka * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title * 81.777 new cars were purchased by private buyers in Germany in November, a 32.7% Private Sales (PS) ratio, frankly below the year-to-date level of 36.4%. The podium is back to its year-to-date 100% Volkswagen self…
Peugeot Boxer * See the Top 30 brands and Top 160 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Bulgaria are down 5% year-on-year in November to an estimated 2,063 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 23,498 units, still up 6% on 2013. Brand-wise, Dacia reclaims the…
GMC Canyon - Trucks are the main beneficiaries of falling U.S. fuel prices. The average fuel price in the U.S. has fallen to $2.47 a gallon, down from a peak of $3.69 in April and dropping below $2.50 for the first time since October 2009. Gas prices in many places in middle of the…
Jinbei Light Truck in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to data published by LMC Automotive, sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China are down an estimated 15% year-on-year to 393,582 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 4,440,284 deliveries…