That's a lot more BYD cars on the roads... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As I detailed in my articles China: return to explosive growth expected and China: How local brands may finally find their mojo at home, sales growth is here to stay in China…
Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top models overall by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are up 5% year-on-year both in April at 456,651 registrations and year-to-date at 1,886,368 units. After 3 consecutive months of domination by the Wuling Hongguang,…
Bob Graziano: "Manufacturing in Australia is no longer viable" Breaking news: In a press conference that started 30 minutes ago, Ford Australia President and CEO Bob Graziano has announced that Ford is pulling out of manufacturing cars in Australia in October 2016. Graziano has confirmed local production of the Falcon, Falcon…
Picture courtesy of investgazeta.net, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * China became the largest automotive market in the world in 2009 while the US fell into recession. However since then, Chinese sales slowed from the strong double-digit growth of 2009 and 2010. This…
Great Wall Haval H6 * See the Top 308 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through April sales in detail for China, as is the tradition on BSCB we are now exploring the year-to-date ranking to try and extract longer-term trends. The two best-sellers continue to…
Honda CR-V * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 64 All-brands by clicking on the title! * CAAM data indicates that sales of all automobiles in China are up 13% year-on-year to 1,841,700 units in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,266,200 units. As is the tradition I give…
Chery Indis. Picture courtesy of Roman Vukolov at docent.livejournal.com * See the Top 333 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * See the Top 56 All-brands ranking here For the first time on BestSellingCarsBlog, I can offer you an all-models ranking for Russia. Exciting times indeed!…
Lexus RX in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Picture by filchist, all rights reserved. * See the Top 150 All-models Ranking by clicking on the title! * 3,050 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 15,487 units. Bit of reshuffle atop the models ranking:…
Nissan Qashqai. Picture by justinvg, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Better late than never I hear you say and you would be correct. Here come the much awaited February Roundup, albeit in a slightly more succinct version, with the March Roundup…
The Chery E5 could be just what the Chinese needed after all... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * It's no secret that apart from in the LCV segment, Chinese brands have been struggling at home for a while (see China February 2012: When will Chinese…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top 10 models overall by clicking on the title! * The new Light Commercial Vehicle market is up 4% year-on-year in China in March to 569,360 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,421,762 units, up 5% on 2012. The Wuling…
VW Golf * See the Top 157 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 5,525 new vehicles found a buyer in March in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,436 after 3 months. Surprise on top: after flirting with the highest ranking last September (#2) and November (#3) and…
VW Sagitar * See the Top 302 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through March sales in detail for China, as is now the tradition we are exploring the year-to-date ranking for a bit of a longer-term perspective on things. As we spoke about for the…
VW Lavida * NOW UPDATED with the Top 295 All-models and Top 65 All-brands! Click on title to see * In March the VW Lavida manages to top the Chinese models ranking for the third consecutive month thanks to 38,334 sales, up a massive 89% year-on-year, with the Ford Focus…
Can't be clearer... * Click on the title to see the full article! * This is Part 2 of 3 special reports on the Manila International Auto Show 2013. You can check Part 1 – an overview of the Filipino car market and its perspectives for the near future here.…