The National Museum of History in Tirana, Albania, is a vibrant reminder of the country's Communist past. This is Part 5 of our swift adventure with the Dacia Logan, you can see Part 1: Romania, Part 2: Serbia here, Part 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina here and Part 4: Montenegro here. Today we will…
The Albanian Police has purchased a fleet of VW e-Golf in October 2016. Still no official data for the Albanian new car market, only estimated total sales up to 2016 published in November 2017 that show exponential growth from 2006 (800 sales) to 2012 (2.300) but a stable trend since…
The VW Golf Sportsvan is only 428 sales off a European Top 20 ranking in October. * See the Top 345 models and Top 54 brands by clicking on the title * After the Top 10 rankings for October, as is the tradition on BSCB we now have access to…
Streets of capital Bissau are filled with 1980 Mercedes taxis. Picture by Jon Baker, all rights reserved. Last time I covered Guinea Bissau there was too little recent video footage available to draw any conclusions about the best-selling models in this African country. This has now changed, thanks to a 14…
2013 VW Golf: the favourite of Albanian consumers? * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * We stay in the Balkan area to go to Albania, which I have left alone for almost two years simply because official sales data is inexistent. With the knowledge of the…
The Mercedes W123 was #1 in 1980 * Click on the title for each year's Top 100 best-sellers! - Thanks to Florian for the data * I have now uploaded detailed data for West Germany all through the eighties! The decade started with a big surprise and the Mercedes W123…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * Healthy car market for West Germany's last year before the reunification, up 7% to 3,040,784 units. The podium is unchanged, with the VW Golf leading the way with a very…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! - Thanks Florian for the data * 2.832 million new cars found a buyer in Germany in 1989, and the best-seller is again the VW Golf at 321,827 units or 11.4%, followed by the Opel Kadett…
Toyota Corolla * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Thanks Miguel for the data * The Toyota Corolla still reigns supreme in South Africa, #1 in 1988. It is followed by the VW Golf/Jetta and the Toyota Cressida, back on the podium like in the early 1980's.…
VW Golf See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Florian for the data * Unsurprisingly the VW Golf is still the best-selling car in Germany in 1988 with 346,599 sales and an imposing 12.3% market share, down 9% on last year. The Opel Kadett…
Toyota Corolla * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models, thanks to Miguel for the data! * In 1984 the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in South Africa, in what could be the start of a 20-year long reign. I only have intermediary rankings for the period…