The automotive industry is big business in the Middle East, where the highways gleam with the world’s sexiest and most powerful super cars. Saudi Arabia leads the way when it comes to the size of its automotive industry, closely followed by the UAE. It should come as no surprise, then,…
Toyota is the most popular brand in the world in 2013. * See the Top 25 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Renato * After going through the Top 20 best-selling manufacturers worldwide in 2013, I can now share with you the Top 25 most popular car brands.…
The GAZ Gazelle tops the Kazakh models ranking this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * Building on a record year in 2013, the Kazakh new car market is up a further 22% in February to 10,863 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
The Chery QQ is #2 in Uruguay, its best annual ranking in the world in 2013. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * Thanks to Leandro and Autoblog Uruguay I can share with you today and for the very first time on…
Hyundai sold over 1 million units in China for the first time in 2013. * See the Top 70 best-selling brands here! * Thanks to Renato, Alexandra and IHS I can now share you the most popular brands of passenger cars in China for the Full Year 2013! A reminder…
The Great Wall C20R has just been launched in Bolivia (Italian model shown). * See the Full article by clicking on the title! Thanks Renato * Today I can share with you very rare car sales data for Bolivia and it shows both a very striking evolution and structure. After…
Dodge Grand Caravan * NOW UPDATED with the Top 242 models and Top 35 brands! Click on title to see * New light vehicle sales are up a shy 2.5% in Canada in February to 105,927 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 201,732 units, up 1.5% on 2013. Brand-wise, Ford and…
The Peugeot 308 is up to #2 at home in France so far in March. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales are up an encouraging 4% year-on-year over the first 12 days of March, bringing the year-to-date total…
Fiat Panda in Napoli, Italy * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Last time I visited Italy was in August 2013 in Vintimiglia, and there the Fiat 500 was so omnipresent in the streets that I called the Photo Report "a Fiat 500-mania". This weekend…
Toyota holds one third of the Thai new vehicle market in 2013. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 70 models and Top 38 All-brands. Thanks Aero & Falkonz * After hitting a record 1.44 million registrations in 2012, new vehicle sales in Thailand are down 8% year-on-year in 2013 to 1,324,722…
The Ford Ecosport is now on sale in the Philippines (Brazilian model shown) * See the Top 20 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Myk * The Pinoy new car market doesn't slow down its explosive growth: up another 16% year-on-year in February to 19,305 registrations, which brings…
Can Chery break the 10% market share milestone in Uruguay this year? * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Leandro * Building on a record year in 2013, the Uruguayan new car market is up 17% year-on-year in February to 4,588 registrations, bringing the…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * You can see the Europe February 2014 Brands article here After studying the European brands ranking in detail yesterday, let's now have a look at the models ranking, in a market brilliantly up year-on-year for…
Fiat 500L * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, I can share with you today models data for Serbia over the first two months of 2014, when new car sales are down 2% year-on-year to 2,553 units.…
Chevrolet Trax * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, I can share with you today models data for Moldova over the first two months of 2014. And a dynamic market this is, that's for sure! Moldovan new…