Great Wall Hover * You can see the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * Today Cote d'Ivoire is under the spotlight! 3,380 new cars were sold in Cote d'Ivoire during the first 6 months 2010, up 22% on 2009. The full year figure was expected to…
Daihatsu BeGo Terios in Costa Rica Now it's the turn of Costa Rica to be under the spotlight! The Costa Rican car market differs from its neighbours in the fact that Toyota isn't completely owning the place. Favoured by end consumers and rental car companies alike, the Daihatsu Terios (called…
Toyota Corolla Click on the title for more photos! The next country under the spotlight: Afghanistan. This is the country where Corollas come to die. Different generations of second-hand Corollas coming from around the world finish their life there and account for up to 90% of the passenger vehicles in the…
Holland Car Awash Executive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia September 2010 * Click on title for Addis Ababa street scenes! * The second country to be put under the spotlight this month is Ethiopia, where along from the usual suspects Toyota and other Japanese and Korean brands, a local brand, Holland…
Mitsubishi L200 - picture by Al Hayat * Click on title for more info and pictures * * Now updated with pictures from Emirati newspapers Al Khaleej and Al Hayat * YouTube videos of the streets of Libya's capital, Tripoli, show that in all likeliness, the Chevrolet Optra, old gen Mitsubishi…
Toyota Corolla * Click on title for street scenes and videos! * * Many thanks to Hapa who made this post update possible! * Toyota literally owns the Kenyan car market with at least half of all cars in circulation former generations of Corolla, Camry, Yaris, RAV4 or Land Cruiser.…
Hyundai Accent * Click on title for street scenes and videos! * * Many thanks to Alharith for making this update possible! * The Sudanese car market is pretty straight forward to decipher as a few cars emerge clear winners. The Toyota Hilux is in all likeliness the best-selling vehicle…
Picture by Imran Akram. All rights reserved. The Saudi car market has not been affected much by the economic crisis, with sales up 1% in 2009 at 595,586 units, the 2010 BMI forecast being +2% at 619,220 units. Observation of the main capital cities' streets through YouTube videos indicate the…
Range Rover * Click on the title for Albanian street scenes! * * Many thanks to Matthias from Germany who made this post's update possible! * The Albanian car market is very particular, with as much as 1 in every 3 cars in circulation in Tirana and Durres second-hand Mercedes.…
The New Zealand car market is up 16% in January at 7,523 registrations. Boosted by strong rental vehicles sales, the Toyota Corolla reigns with 903 sales and no less than 12% of the market, followed by the Holden Commodore at 380 sales (5%) and the Suzuki Swift at 265 units…
Official Pakistani car sales figures only take into consideration the models produced locally, which gives a pretty good idea of actual car sales given imports are very limited. Nearly 1 in every 3 new cars sold in the country is a Toyota Corolla! It totals 44,098 sales over the year…
* Click on title for the Full Laos Photo Report! * Observation in person during my stay in Laos 5 years ago and through YouTube videos of the streets of Vientiane indicate the Toyota Hilux dominates the car sales in Laos, with even more authority than in neighbouring Thailand where…
Austrian car sales are up 4% in December at 20,366 sales with the 2010 total up 2% at 328,563 registrations. The VW Golf is the best selling car in the country at 16,986 sales (5.2%) ahead of the VW Polo at 12,340 sales (3.8%) and the Hyundai i30 at 8,017…
Never before had Argentineans bought that many cars in a year: 662,591 registrations in 2010 is the new record for this market, up 29% on 2009. In December the VW Amarok (#12, 892 sales) is ranked above the Toyota Hilux (#19, 625 sales) in Argentina for the very first time.…
Volvo V60 The Swedish market finishes a formidable year on a high: +53% in December, and +36% for the full year at 289,477 sales. The Volvo V70 is at stratospheric heights this month with 15.7%, and 8.8% (25,568 sales) over the full year, exactly double the sales of the VW Golf…