For the first time, the Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling passenger car in Brazil. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 140 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Brazil show clear signs of progress in March: down just 1% year-on-year to 225,981 registrations,…
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…
The VW Up finishes the month just 374 sales below the Gol... * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * The situation worsens for new car sales in Brazil, now down an abysmal 28% year-on-year in February to just 178,822 registrations,…
The Chevrolet Onix has now outsold the VW Gol during 4 of the past 5 months. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 130 models by clicking on the title * After gaining 5% year-on-year in December, new car sales in Brazil are back into ugly, negative territory…
Fiat Palio Way * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 200 models by clicking on the title * After a decade of uninterrupted growth taking the Brazilian new light vehicle market from 1.35 million units in 2003 to 3.65 million in 2012, 2014 marks the 2nd consecutive year of recession…
The Renault Sandero hits its highest ever monthly volume in Brazil in December. * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 150 models by clicking on the title * For the first time since last February, new car sales in Brazil are encouragingly gaining ground year-on-year: up 5% to 353,558…
Fiat Palio Fire Way * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Brazil are slowing down their decline in November at -3% to 279,826 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still down a disappointing 8% on 2013…
Fiat Palio Fire Way * See the Top 150 models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Marcelo * The Brazilian new light vehicle market is stuck in muddy waters this year, down another 7% year-on-year in October to 291,412 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 2,695,393…
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 Ka * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * It’s definitive. 2014 will remain a key year of change for the Brazilian new car market. Long-established trends are shifting fast and rippling through the entire market to affect each manufacturer…
The new Renault Sandero has finally landed in Brazil. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The Brazilian new car market is falling deeper and deeper into recession with a very tough 17% year-on-year drop in August to 259,152 registrations.…
The Chevrolet Onix breaks its monthly volume record this month in Brazil. * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * No sign of recovery for the Brazilian new car market: down another very disappointing 14% year-on-year in July to 279,815 registrations,…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * The Soccer World Cup definitely has had a noxious effect on new car sales in Brazil so far: June sales are down a painful 17% year-on-year to 250,655 registrations, bringing the…
Yet to come to Brazil, the new gen Renault Sandero is already on sale in Central Europe (above). * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 30 brands! * For the 6th time in the past 8 months, the Brazilian new car market is down year-one-year, although in…