The Lada 2105-7 (Riva) reclaims the best-selling title it had held for decades before 2009. * See the annual and monthly Top 57 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * After sinking 49% in 2009, aggressive scrappage schemes enable the Russian car market to bounce back up 30.3%…
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.…
Another massive month for the Brazilian market with 311,318 registrations in November, +31% vs. 2009! The Year-to-date figure is just under 3 million at 2,967,760 sales and +9%. The VW Gol is as strong as ever and delivers its best 2010 month in terms of volume at 29,697 units (9.5%). It…
Absolutely no car sales data coming from Jordan, so I'm using YouTube videos of Amman's streets to find out more about this market. This is complete speculation based on very little information so please get it touch if you have any more info! It looks like the old generation Mitsubishi…
The Brazilian market keeps on delivering very solid figures month after month: it is at 287,537 registrations in October (+2% - third market in the world after China and the USA), and 2,656,461 units over 10 months 2010 (+7%). The models ranking is very stable with the VW Gol at…
The Uruguayan car market is on fire in 2010: with 42,675 registrations, it's up 64% on 2009 and constitutes a new record for the country, beating the 36,771 units figure from 1998. Chevrolet dominates at 27.3% market share and sales up 92%, It was the first brand to sell more…
Lada Priora * See the Top annual and monthly Top 56 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Russian car sales are hit full frontal by the Global Financial Crisis in 2009, almost halving the record 2008 score at -49% to just 1.465.917 units. Russian carmakers get a…
ZAZ Lanos * See the Top 9 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Record year for new car sales in Ukraine at 623,253 registrations. The locally-produced ZAZ Lanos dominates the sales charts with 55,783 units and 9% market share above the Chevrolet Aveo at 5.3% and the Lada…
Lada 2107 * See the Top annual and monthly 53 All-brands and annual and monthly Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market soars 23.6% year-on-year in 2008 to smash its all-time volume record at 2.897.459 registrations. This remains the largest ever annual volume in Russia, making…
Lada 2105 * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Anton for the tip * The Russian car market is up 20% year-on-year to reach a record 2,344,785 units in 2007, its first time above 2m annual sales. The Lada 2104-7 stays in pole position…
VW Jetta * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After a couple of years of high volatility, the models ranking podium stabilises somewhat in 2007. The VW Jetta keeps its best seller title and becomes the very…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling foreign nameplate in Russia in 2006. * See the Top 63 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market enjoys a 4th consecutive all-time record year in 2006, up a fantastic 19.7% year-on-year to 1.953.998 registrations. As it…
Saipa is now the #1 brand in Iran with over 380.000 sales. 2006 is a historical year for new light vehicle sales in Iran: up 8.1% year-on-year to break the symbolic 1 million annual unit milestone for the first time at 1.041.321. This marks a stunning 12 consecutive years of…
The VW Jetta is back to the #1 spot in the Passenger Car charts. New vehicle sales in China are back to their extravagant growth rate at +26.2% year-on-year in 2006 to 6,765,512 units, eclipsing 6 million units for the first time. Volkswagen (+38.2%) rallies back from two mediocre years…
The Toyota Avanza is the new leader in Indonesia. New car sales in Indonesia are hit full frontal by another economic crisis in 2006 at -40.2%, tumbling down to 295.326 units - the lowest annual score since 2002 - 314.000 according to Gaikindo. Toyota (-30%) resists much better, improving its…