The all-new GLA helped Mercedes break its monthly volume record this month. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * According to Automotive News, Mercedes set a new worldwide monthly sales record in March, up 13% year-on-year to 158,523 registrations. First quarter sales also reached an all-time…
Kia Cerato (UAE model shown). Kia sales are up 27% in 2013 in Nigeria. * See the Top 15 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * In a market up a shy 3% year-on-year in 2013 to 49,874 registrations, Toyota keeps by very far the lead of the brands…
Sales of locally-produced Mercedes are up a huge 116% year-on-year in China in February. See the February 2014 Top 66 All-brands ranking here See the 2 months 2014 Top 67 All-brands ranking here Finally today I can share with you a complete brands ranking for China for both February and…
Hyundai sold over 1 million units in China for the first time in 2013. * See the Top 70 best-selling brands here! * Thanks to Renato, Alexandra and IHS I can now share you the most popular brands of passenger cars in China for the Full Year 2013! A reminder…
Buick Excelle GT * See the Top 323 All-models and Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring in detail Chinese February sales figures it is now time to look at the year-to-date ranking to extract longer term trends. First observation is the podium is unchanged year-on-year, with…
VW Santana * NOW UPDATED with the Top 309 All-models and Top 66 All-brands rankings! * The Chinese market is up an insolent 18% year-on-year in February to 1.6 million units, brushing off all suggestions that it may slow down in 2014… Below the traditional Wuling Hongguang (65,129 sales), VW…
Mercedes E-Class * See the Top 176 All-models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New vehicle sales in Hong Kong are up a brilliant 28% year-on-year in February to 3,945 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 8,066 units, up 17% on 2013. Brand-wise, Toyota continues to reign…
The Mercedes E-Class was #1 in Hong Kong in 2012. We can now share with you Historical Data for Hong Kong (China) for the past decade, and all-models data for the 2005-2011 period will be uploaded shortly, so make sure to check in often. Hong Kong (China) Historical Data: Hong…
Fiat Ottimo * See the Top 320 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks CarnewsChina * As is the tradition on BestSellingCarsBlog, after going through January data in detail, we now zoom in on the all-new locally produced models making their first appearance in the Chinese ranking this month. This way you know all…
Record-breaking month for the VW Santana. * See the Top 66 All-brands and Top 320 All-modelss by clicking on the title! * This month, new vehicle sales are up a further 6% on January 2013 which was already an all-time monthly record to reach 2.16 million registrations. 19 models sold…
Traditional dance being performed at a BYD dealership in China. * See the China Full Year 2013 Report here! Thanks Alexandra * According to a study by TNS, Chinese car buyers' behaviour has changed drastically in 2013 compared to a year before, in a market where a record 379 brands of…
Mercedes S-Class * See the Top 170 All-models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Hong Kong new car market is up by a very healthy 9% year-on-year in January to 4,121 registrations. And as is the tradition, we have a very volatile models ranking this month,…
Indonesia is at an all-time high for the 4th year running. Photo © stefan.bernsmann. * See the Top 20 biggest car markets in the world in 2013 by clicking on the title! * To put a little perspective on all the Full Year 2013 data I have been publishing on BSCB…
The Wuling Hongguang is the most popular passenger car in China in 2013. * See the Top 354 All-local models and Top 70 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1980-2013 Historical Data for China here! * The Chinese new car market breaks a new record in 2013:…
Chery Tiggo 5 * See the Top 324 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks CarnewsChina * As is now the tradition on BestSellingCarsBlog, after going through December data by models and brands, we now zoom in on the all-new locally produced models making their first appearance in the Chinese ranking this month. This way you…