The Lada 2101-2103 was the dominant force in the USSR in the seventies. The direct links to 31 USSR/Russia Historical posts are below. 24/06/2019 update: Monthly All-brands rankings are now available without interruption from January 2008 onwards. The start of a big scale overhaul of BSCB's Historical Data, sales figures for…
Great Wall Wingle This is Part 3 of my special Strategy series about Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks) here, Part 2 (Small, Medium & Large Buses and Light Trucks) here and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary and MPVs) here. We are exploring the…
Guarding his Chana pick-up with pride. (Click on any photo to enlarge) After Beijing, Chongqing and Ürümqi, as promised we are now headed 1.080km South-West to the hinterland of the hinterland: Kashgar, China's westernmost city and predominantly populated by Muslim Uyghurs. To give you a rough idea of what Kashgar looks like, the…
Like this fennec fox, Chinese carmakers have been walking against the wind in Africa. And it's worked. With the Beijing Auto show approaching fast, I though it would be timely to publish an updated version of my 5 Part strategy study of how successful Chinese manufacturers are abroad. Part 1 is…
Will the ChangAn Eado be the Chinese model to crack Western Europe? * See the full article by clicking on the title! * We have covered how Chinese models were struggling to rule their own market, but how do their fare outside of China? Based on all the data I…
Great Wall Sailor and Toyota Hilux * See more street scenes by clicking on the title! * Next country in line to be put under the spotlight: Iraq! The Iraqi car market is a pretty difficult one to approach, with not much recent YouTube video material to draw upon and…
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…
The Lada Samara misses out on the Russian pole position again. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a third consecutive record year for new car sales in Russia, up 11% to 1.632.464 units in 2005. The foreign wave continues to…
Chery makes its entrance in the charts with a Seat Toledo produced under license. For the first time in Chinese history, new vehicle sales top 2 million in 2001 at 2,100,233 units, up 12.4% year-on-year. Volkswagen (+4%) once again can't keep up with the market growth but comfortably stays in…