Iran is the best performing market in the Top 50 this year. Photo © Ricardo Fernandez * See the Top 50 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), I can share with you the overall Full Year 2014 sales figures…
The Wartburg 353 was among the best-sellers in East Germany in the sixties. Best Selling Cars Blog now covers detailed Historical Data for 104 markets. Highlights include France since 1894, Germany for each year since 1946, UK for each year since 1965, Australia since 1946, Sweden since 1950, Brazil since 1954 and Norway and Italy since 1956. The next batch…
* See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 184 All-models by clicking on the title * The Argentinean new car market is showing no sign of recovery: down another 28% year-on-year in February to 41,998 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 107,548 units, down 35% on 2014. Volkswagen (-23%), Ford…
The VW Gol Trend is the best-selling model in Argentina in January. * UPDATED - See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 192 All-models * No sign of improvement for the Argentinean new car market, although the January figure, down 39% to 65,550 registrations, is made worse by boosted sales a…
VW Gol Trend * UPDATED See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 165 models by clicking on the title * In 2014, the devaluation of the local currency, rampant inflation and increased taxation supposedly aimed at protecting local production have all combined to incur a 50% surge of the average price…
Ford Ecosport * See the Top 189 best-selling models and Top 36 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Argentina are still stuck in hell: down 38% year-on-year in November to 38,573 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 643,741 units, down 28% on 2013. As opposed…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 195 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * Yet another depressing month for new vehicle sales in Argentina, down a horrible 42% year-on-year in October to 47,608 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 605,168 units, down 27% on…
Albeit at a slower rate, China is still the main engine of growth in the automotive market in 2014. Based on data published by POLK, global passenger car sales are up 4.7% year-on-year in September to 6.927.151 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to a record 59.242.409 units, up 4.6% on…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 195 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Argentinean new car market continues to evolve at levels frankly below last year, down another horrendous 31% year-on-year in September to 58,516 registrations, bringing the year-to-date to 557,560 units, down 25%…
Renault Clio Mio * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 36 All-brands by clicking on the title! * August marks the second month of the ProCreAuto program, an aid to the purchase for new local cars with credits from the Banco Nación launched by the Argentinean government to boost…
Renault Clio Mio * See the Top 200 All-models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Not only is the Argentinean new car market struggling overall in the wake of import tax increases and galloping inflation (-30% in July to 61,213 registrations and -24% year-to-date at 442,091), its…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * The Argentinean new car market continues to crash and burn after a tax increase was implemented on January 1. In June it is down 31% year-on-year to 51,540 registrations, bringing the…
The Fiat Palio is #1 in Argentina for the first time this month… * See the Top 190 All-models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The combined effect of a tax hike on imported models put in place on January 1 and the devaluation of the…
VW Gol Trend * See the Top 185 All-models and Top 35 All-brands by clicking on the title! * That's it: the change in car tax in place since January 1 finally has a deadly toll on new car sales in Argentina, crashing down 35% year-on-year in April to 52,901…
Brazilian Chery QQ * This is Part 2 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 3 (Eastern Europe), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * If Chinese carmakers have started exporting to Africa in the early 00′s, they set foot in Latin America even earlier, with JAC starting…