The Persian Gulf is the only region in the world where the Nissan Patrol still sells in significant numbers. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. After gaining 10% in 2013, new…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Saudi Arabia are surprisingly down 4% year-on-year in January to 59,871 registrations, the only country in the region to lose ground this month. And there is another big surprise…
It's only a matter of months before the Ford Ecosport breaks into the UAE Top 100. * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Exceptional health of the Emirati new car market in this start of 2014: January sales are up 15% year-on-year…
The Ford Edge is among the 10 most popular vehicles in Qatar this month. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Qatari new car market is up 4% year-on-year in January to 7,745 registrations, and this month the Toyota Hilux edges…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Omani new car sales are up a shy 1% year-on-year in January to 17,344 registrations, and Toyota brilliantly monopolises the Top 6 best-sellers this month (vs. Top 4 over the Full Year 2013)…
Chevrolet Impala * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Kuwaiti new car market is up 6% year-on-year in January to 13,356 registrations, and the Toyota Prado builds on a record score in 2013 to sell 1,813 units this month for…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * After gaining 43% year-on-year last January, new car sales in Bahrain continue on their explosive growth: up another 24% to start the year 2014 at 5,394 registrations. Dislodged from the pole position…
Suzuki SX4 S-Cross. Suzuki sales are up 34% in February in France. * See the Top 300 models and Top 50 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * For the first time this year I can share with you detailed data for France. It gives us visibility beyond the…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market is down 1% year-on-year in February to 21,931 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 42,145 units, down2 % on 2013. Brand-wise, below Volkswagen stable at 12.2%…
Toyota Innova * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Vietnamese new car market continues on its astonishing run this year: up a huge 61% year-on-year in February to 5,908 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 14,847 units, up 34% on 2013. For…
Buick Excelle GT * See the Top 323 All-models and Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring in detail Chinese February sales figures it is now time to look at the year-to-date ranking to extract longer term trends. First observation is the podium is unchanged year-on-year, with…
The Honda Mobilio has been conceived with the Toyota Avanza as a clear target. * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 5 brands by clicking on the title! * The Indonesian new car market is in the midst of a fascinating, never seen before evolution and each month…
Mercedes holds 19% of the Singaporean new car market this month. * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Singapore are back up a huge 38% year-on-year on a devastated February 2013 to 1,875 registrations this month, bringing the year-to-date total…
Peugeot 308 II in Cannes, France. I'm taking advantage of a short stay in the South of France to update you all quickly on the French car landscape. Last time I was here was in September 2013, and I then saw "a surprising amount of Peugeot 2008 but not as…
The Nissan Almera is up to a best-ever 8th place in February. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Russia slow down their fall once again in February to -2% at 206,476 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…