Kazakhstan is the fastest growing car market in the world. Photo © Eric Lafforgue * See the Top 50 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * Thanks to OICA I can share with you the overall Full Year 2013 sales figure for 143 countries in the world! I…
Yesterday Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia announced the one millionth Duster produced in its Curitiba, Brazil plant, only 4 years after its original launch. This announcement was made as pictures of a Duster rescuing a Porsche Macan in distress were doing the rounds on the net (see below). A…
Surprise: the Fiat Strada is the best-selling model in Brazil this month. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Brazilian consumers bought 228,728 light vehicles in March, a harsh 15% contraction over March 2013, bringing the market back into negative…
Fiat Strada * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands! * New car sales in Brazil are back in great shape, up a very healthy 11% year-on-year in February to 245,941 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 545,692 units, up 5% on 2013. Just…
Chevrolet Agile * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 20 brands! * For the first time since last September, the Brazilian new car market is up year-on-year at +1% to 299,768 registrations. Below the VW Gol sovereign at 7.2% of the market, the Fiat Uno is…
* See the Top 10 best-selling cars of all time in Brazil by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Marcelo de Vasconcellos, I can share with you today the list of the 10 most popular nameplate in the history of automobile in Brazil. And the #1 is not the…
New generation Ford Fiesta * See the Brazil December 2013 post here * * See the Brazil Full Year 2013 post here * I know there has been a little bit of debate around the performance of the Ford Fiesta in 2013 in Brazil given a new generation has been…
The Chevrolet Onix wins its first full year contest with the Hyundai HB20 - by 13 units... * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out Brazilian Historical Data spanning the last 60 years here! * 2013 will remain…
The Ford Fiesta had never ranked that high and sold that well in Brazil... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 180 models and Top 20 brands! Click on title to see * * The Full Year 2013 Top 200 models and Top 20 brands Report is here! * The Brazilian new car…
Ford Ecosport Policia in Argentina December 2013 * Many thanks to my dear Mum and Dad for this report! * Thanks to my dear parents backpacking across South America, I can share with you today an exotic Photo Report, just to smooth into 2014 nicely. Just click on the images…
Chevrolet Prisma * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Brazil are down 3% year-on-year to a still very solid 288,221 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,240,020 units, down 2% on 2012. The stability of the…
Honda Civic * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Down 23% in August but up 6% in September, the Brazilian new car market is back into negative in October at -4% to 313,490 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,951,825…
Fiat Siena * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * After alarmingly dropping by 23% last month, the Brazilian new car market is happily back into positive territory in September, up 6% year-on-year to 293,961 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to…
Audi A3 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Once again I ask: what better way to finish one month and start a new one than going through our traditional World Roundup? I don't think there is any! Before we start, don't forget to catch the…
Fiat Siena * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands! See title * Potentially the result of the social unrest that has characterised the country in the last couple of months, the Brazilian new car market falls deeper into recession in August, down a dramatic…