Toyota Yaris * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Saudi new car market is up 11% year-on-year in March to 69,015 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 194,479 units, up 5% on 2013. After the Hyundai 'hijack' from January (Hyundai Elantra #1…
Toyota Vios (Thai model shown) * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Vietnam enjoy their 13th consecutive month of year-on-year growth at a mammoth +26% in April to 10,116 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to 34,284 units, up an…
The Toyota Hilux is king of the desert in the Middle-East… Picture by 3zoz_1 Gulf Cooperation Council 2005-2019: All Make and All Models monthly data available. Contact us here for more details Selected Historical Data below: Gulf Cooperation Council Full Year 2011: Toyota Hilux, Corolla and Camry on top Gulf Cooperation Council Full Year…
RAM Pick-up sales are up 23% so far in 2014 in the US. * See the Top 263 models and Top 38 brands by clicking on the title! * Every month on BSCB after going through US April sales we explore the year-to-date charts to try and extract longer-term trends. Thanks to…
Jeep is up 52% year-on-year in April. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 models, Top 15 groups and Top 40 brands! * New light vehicle sales in the USA are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in April to 1,390,513 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,134,255 units, up 3% on…
Kashgari man and Jonway UFO A380 After exploring the extraordinary pick-up landscape in Kashgar, some 3.400km away from Beijing in South-Western China, we now go into its overall car landscape. In Chinese classification, we have gone from first-tier city (Beijing), 2nd-tier (Chongqing), 3rd-tier (Ürümqi) and now with Kashgar we are at…
Toyota Vios * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Only incomplete data - a Top 10 excluding LCVs - is available for now for Vietnam, where new car sales were up a splendid 22% year-on-year in March. This brings the First Quarter total to…
Chongqing street scene (Click on any picture to enlarge) Now that you know the secrets of Beijing hutongs and the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Beijing Auto Show, we go on a bit of adventure inside China. First stop is Chongqing, one of the fastest-growing cities on earth, 1.500km…
Dongfeng Number 1 Concept This is it: the top of the crop, the utmost impressive Chinese carmakers at the Beijing Auto Show. It doesn’t get better than this. Would you have guessed them? This is Part 8 of my Beijing Auto Show coverage, check out also Part 1- First impressions, Part 2 – Most…
Road Train vs. Skoda Octavia… Who wins? I have been mentioning the new generation Skoda Octavia on BestSellingCarsBlog a lot in the past 6 months as it progressively climbed the European rankings to reach an all-time high 5th place in October and November 2013, ranking inside the Top 10 for 5…
The Kia K900 lands at #249 in the US. * See the Top 261 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring US March sales we now go into the First Quarter results in detail to try and…
Ram 1500 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 best-selling models and Top 40 brands! * Car makers worldwide can exhale a sigh of relief: after a very slow start of 2014 (-1% in both January and February), US sales are back to a more dynamic 6% year-on-year increase in…
The Persian Gulf is the only region in the world where the Nissan Patrol still sells in significant numbers. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. After gaining 10% in 2013, new…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Saudi Arabia are surprisingly down 4% year-on-year in January to 59,871 registrations, the only country in the region to lose ground this month. And there is another big surprise…
It's only a matter of months before the Ford Ecosport breaks into the UAE Top 100. * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Exceptional health of the Emirati new car market in this start of 2014: January sales are up 15% year-on-year…