Maruti Wagon R * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * Is this the rebound everyone had been waiting for? After gaining ground for the first time in almost a year last month, in June new car sales in India are…
Toyota Yaris (Chinese model pictured) * See the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 9 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * The Thai new car market continues its free fall: down another 38% year-on-year in May to just 69,681 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 367,112…
Honda holds 13.2% of the Malaysian car market (Thailand City pictured). * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up 13% year-on-year in May to 55,939 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 274,581 units, up 6% on 2013. Perodua…
Suzuki Wagon R * See the Top 15 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * Only sales of locally-produced models are available monthly in Pakistan, giving us an insight into what should form roughly 80% of the overall Pakistani market. In May sales of these vehicles are down…
Maruti Swift DZire * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * For the first time since last August, the Indian new car market gains ground year-on-year: up 5% 202,659 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,046,375 units, down 3% on 2013.…
Honda City * See the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * Handicapped by the unstable political situation and the end of incentives to first car buyers, the Thai new light vehicle market is down 33% year-on-year in April to 73,260…
Brand new Toyota Vios in Hotan, China - May 2014 (Click on any photo to enlarge) After exploring the Karakoram Highway - see the updated Photo Report with a full study of the car landscape here - and travelling on the South Silk Road like a Boss, we now arrive…
The Xcent is already Hyundai's 2nd best-selling model in India. * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in India continue on their downward spiral at -8% year-on-year in April to 183,388 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total…
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…
Sigma Defender * See the Top 13 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association, we have access to monthly sales of locally produced models in Pakistan, which is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular new cars in the country as imports are…
Datsun Go * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in India are down 5% year-on-year in March to 232,423 registrations (ex-Commercial Vehicles), bringing the First Quarter total to 660,328 units, down 4% on 2013. We have been…
The Datsun Go starts at US$5,340. Only in India is such low pricing possible at the moment. Staying in India for a couple of days has enabled me to get a much better understanding of the Indian new car market and its dynamics which have very unique characteristics. In fact,…
Maruti Wagon R in Old Delhi - March 2014 (click to see full size) * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * On my way back from Europe to Australia, I was lucky enough to be able to stop over in Delhi, India for a few…
Perodua MyVi. Picture by Shandys Lee, all rights reserved. * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * According to Malaysian website Motortrader, while it was expected that February would be another weak month after January in Malaysia because of the long Lunar new year holidays, new…
Toyota holds one third of the Thai new vehicle market in 2013. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 70 models and Top 38 All-brands. Thanks Aero & Falkonz * After hitting a record 1.44 million registrations in 2012, new vehicle sales in Thailand are down 8% year-on-year in 2013 to 1,324,722…