The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling model in Brazil for the first time in history. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 130 models by clicking on the title * No sign of recovery for the Brazilian new car market: down another depressing 23% year-on-year in August to…
For the second time in two months, BestSellingCarsBlog features in Britain's biggest-selling weekly car magazine, Auto Express, in this week's issue on sale since Wednesday 26/08. After a selection of best-selling global cars you’ve never heard of in June, this time I go through ten Chinese carmakers you need to know about and their…
Nasir Al-Mulk mosque in Shiraz, Iran With Iran agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for the end of economic sanctions, carmakers are scrambling to the starting blocks in order to best benefit from the opening of a high-potential market to competition. If you are a regular BSCB reader, you…
The future car buyers of Nigeria. Picture © Devesh Uba, all rights reserved. Africa is progressively shedding its image of a continent embroiled in poverty, corruption and never-ending wars. Yet the dramatic Ebola outbreak in Western Africa is a harsh reminder that the road to development is a long and tortuous one. Three years…
The Renault Logan is the best-selling model in Ukraine so far this year. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 316 All-models by clicking on the title * After a year-long absence, the monthly Ukrainian brands ranking comes back to BSCB. Even though new car sales in Ukraine are down…
The Hyundai Grand i10 is among the 10 most popular models in South Africa. * See the Top 320 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * In South Africa, Hyundai, Kia, Great Wall and (on and off) Mercedes only share total brand sales but not models splits. For the…
As expected, the Suzuki Super Carry leads the Myanmar sales charts in 2015. * See the Top 18 best-selling brands and Top 85 models by clicking on the title * It's a rare moment when a country opens up to car sales data, and just as it is opening up…
Suzuki is the new king of the Uruguayan market. * See the Top 40 All-brands Ranking Table below * No improvement in sight for the new car sales in Uruguay, down 14% year-on-year in July to 3.816 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 29.033 units, down 5% on 2014. Suzuki…
Renault sales are up 12% year-on-year in Colombia despite an ageing range. * See the Top 30 best-selling brands by clicking on the title * After two consecutive months in hell at -16% (April and May), Colombian new car sales seem to be stabilising: -3% in June, and now -4%…
The Renault Logan could outpace the VW Polo for the #1 Belorussian spot in 2015. * See the Top 25 brands and Top 30 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Belarus are up 3% year-on-year to 11.391 registrations, however note this batch of data doesn't include manufacturers…
The Hyundai Solaris tops Russian sales charts for the third time this year already. * See the Top 53 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * A Top 100 models ranking and analysis is now available here After dropping by 36% over the First Half, Russian…
The new Chevrolet Sail will reach Chilean shores shortly. * See the Top 60 All-brands by clicking on the title * The Chilean new car market is back to hell in July: down a harsh 19% year-on-year to just 22.247 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 152.740 units, down…
The Jeep Renegade is now among Brazil's 20 most popular vehicles. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 120 models by clicking on the title * Bad news again coming from Brazil: with sales down 22% to 219.410 units in July and down 20% year-to-date to 1.489.243, we…
Renault sales are up 23% in a market down 2%, mainly thanks to the new Sandero. * See the Top 34 All-brands and Top 194 All-models by clicking on the title * The Argentinean new car market confirms it is stabilising with sales down just 2% year-on-year in July to 59.777…
Kia Sportage * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title * 19.171 new light vehicles found a buyer in Lebanon over the First Half of 2015, including 1.124 light commercials. Kia is still master in command with 3.471 sales and 18.1% share above Toyota at 3.274…