Kia Sportage * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 25 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2013 post here * First December data to pop up is Iceland. New car sales in the country are down a harsh 37% year-on-year to 353…
Ford Falcon * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * Now that most of the globe has passed the milestone, I wish to all my readers a wonderful new year 2014, may it be the best so far! To celebrate, I thought I would share with…
Hawtai Lusheng E70 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Erik * A couple of days ago, Chinese websites Autohome and Carnewschina reported that Hawtai Motor have just exported 300 Hawtai Lusheng E70 taxis to North Korea. Carnewschina says "the taxis will be deployed in the…
The VW Golf VII is #5 so far in December in France. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French new car market is stable year-on-year over the first 12 days of December, and compared to our last weekly update the Top 7…
Renault Clio IV * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * First December data is starting to trickle through: in France over the first 6 opening days of the month the market is down 3% year-on-year to almost 37,000 units. Intermediary figures are…
I told you it was big news here... (first time I bought that many newspapers on the same day!) * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Now that we all have had time to digest the news that Holden will close its Australian operations in 2017,…
1969 International Scout See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title - Click on the pictures to enlarge! * Following the success of my Trans-Siberian Long Term Photo series, I have decided to share with you what can be seen in the streets of Sydney, Australia where I…
GM Holden Chairman Mike Devereux: "Building cars in Australia is just not sustainable" Mike Devereux, Chairman of General Motors' Australian subsidiary, Holden, has just announced 30 minutes ago in a press conference live on Australian Television that Holden will cease to manufacture cars locally in 2017, almost seven decades after…
Toyota Hilux in Namibia. Picture by MrBlackSun, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Sonico * Thanks to Sonico I can share with you for the first time on BSCB official models sales data for Namibia. Disappointing figures for the new car…
Seat Ibiza * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 brands & Top 10 models! Click on title to see - Thanks IJP * Whereas other regions of the UK were in clear positive territory, new car sales in Northern Ireland are up only 0.6% in 2012 to 47,519 registrations, however the first…
The Perodua MyVi is likely to have kept the title of best-selling car in Malaysia in 2012 * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Aero for the tip * Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) figures show that new car sales in the country are up…
Lada Priora * See the Top 20 models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Juan Felipe * The Kazakh new car market is on fire in 2012: up an out-of-this-world 114% on 2011 to a record 95,313 registrations! Its previous best was 60,513 before the financial crisis…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council is composed of the sates bordering the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. December turned out to be the biggest month of the year in the region…
Toyota Land Cruiser. Picture by Mishari Al-Reshaid, all rights reserved. * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Bahraini new car market finishes the year with a bang, up an astounding 79% year-on-year in December to 4,542 registrations, bringing the Full…
Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Omani new car market is up 27% year-on-year in December to 18,782 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 206,920 units, up 23% on 2011. While last year the Toyota…