Toyota Avanza in Ubud, Bali Indonesia December 2012 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Building on three consecutive record years in 2010, 2011 and 2012, the Indonesian new car market lodges another impressive month in January at 96,704 registrations. No surprises on top:…
The Saab 96 was #2 in Sweden from 1966 to 1970 See the 42 Historical Data posts below. Thanks to Nils from Auto Motor & Sport Sweden, there is now a Swedish models ranking on BestSellingCarsBlog without interruption since 1987. Thanks also to Rene, Torbjörn and STAC, I can share with you Swedish historical data from…
Bangkok, Thailand. Picture by songglod. Never before had that many new vehicles been sold in Thailand: 1.4 million predicted for 2012. * See the full article by clicking on the title! * LMC Automotive predicts that worldwide 2012 sales of cars and trucks will top 80 million units for the…
Hyundai ix35 * See the Top 5 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * Thanks to José I can now share with you actual data for 2011 in Angola for the very first time on BSCB as part of The Africa Project. In 2011 the Angolan new…
1959 Pontiac Catalina * See the Full Article by clicking on the title! (and enjoy) * Over the last 2 years I have been writing this blog and the last 25 years I have been fascinated by car sales around the globe, there has been a few things I haven't got…
Tata Nano After Iraq and Myanmar, we continue exploring the 'Top 10 emerging engines of growth’ as nominated by Business Monitor International and now land in Sri Lanka. My previous Sri Lankan article was based on the observation of the streets of the capital city Colombo through recent YouTube videos and focused on the…
The 2013 model is not responsible for the Outlander's record October... * See the evolution of Mitsubishi Outlander's sales in Australia by clicking on the title! * Today Caitlin Beale, Manager of Corporate Communications at Mitsubishi Australia, kindly confirmed to me that the Mitsubishi Outlander did deliver its strongest ranking,…
Good old me in front of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia November 2012. * See each year of Toyota Corolla sales in Australia since 1967 by clicking on the title! * JANUARY 2013 UPDATE: The answer is yes, 2013 was indeed the year of the Corolla - see the Full…
* Click on title to see the Golf's sales in Germany since 1974 and in Europe since 1983 * By the end of 2012, the VW Golf will have been #1 in Europe for 24 of the last 30 years, and #1 in Germany for the last 32 years in a…
The Opel Corsa was on the Portuguese podium without interruption between 1989 and 1999. The direct links to 31 Portugal Historical Data posts are below. Portuguese Historical Data going back 32 years up to 1989 is available. There are now complete sales figures and market shares for most years since 1989. The nineties…
The Austin Mini ranked within the UK Top 10 up until 1981 The direct links to 42 UK Historical Data posts are below. You can also check the UK nameplates records here Thanks to Chris, author of the book "British Leyland: Chronicle of a car crash", I can now share with you…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rutger * Today Macedonia becomes a little less unloved, with the first models ranking since 2007, albeit dating back to January-February 2011. The Macedonian new car market is down 23% year-on-year in January…
The Ford Cortina was #2 in Norway in 1963 and from 1965 to 1969 The direct links to 40 Norway Historical Data articles are below Detailed Historical Data for Norway covering the past 65 years is now available. There is now a Top 10 models ranking for each and every…
1974 VW Golf. Picture by Lothar Spurzem. The best-selling models from 1970 to 2022 are below. We now have more detail about the best-selling models in Switzerland since 1970. For 1993, 1994 and 1996 I now have a Full Top 50 models ranking. For the seventies, eighties and nineties there is…
Mercedes will need the A-Class to reclaim the world #1 premium brand spot it lost in 2005 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Launched in mid-September across Western Europe, the new generation Mercedes A-Class already has over 70,000 orders despite being €7,000 more expensive than the…