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…
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…
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…
DS5 LS. The DS brand is separate from Citroen in China. * Check out Part One of this Special Report on French manufacturers here * This is Part 2 of my special feature on the future of French manufacturers. You can see Part 1 here. After evaluating both French manufacturers…
Dongfeng Fengshan H30 Cross. PSA could use Dongfeng's Fengshan brand as its low-cost option. * Check out Part 2 of this Special Report on French manufacturers here * Lately there has been a lot of talk, speculation, and actual structural changes within both French car manufacturers, Renault and PSA Peugeot-Citroen,…
The S80 is one of 20 models Chinese manufacturer FAW sells in Uruguay. * See the Top 54 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Renato * In 2013, Uruguayan new car sales reach an all-time record for the 4th consecutive year, up 8% on 2012 to 57,333 registrations.…
Toyota Hilux sales in New Caledonia are up 33% in 2013. * See the Top 110 best-selling models and Top 38 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephane * New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia, are down 10% year-on-year in 2013 to…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 10 models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * The Chilean new car market is up a very solid 11% year-on-year in 2013 to 378,240 registrations, way higher than the 350,000 forecast at the start of the year and to my…
Chevrolet Sail * NOW UPDATED with the Top 62 All-brands & Top 70 models! Thanks Andy & Carlos * The Colombian new car market is down 7% year-on-year in 2013 to 293,846 registrations. For the 28th consecutive year (!), Chevrolet is the most popular carmaker in the country thanks to…
Mitsubishi Lancer sales are up 23% in Venezuela in 2013. * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * It was a very tough year for the Venezuelan new car market, down a harsh 24% on 2012 to 98,878 registrations, not helped…
Honda Crider * See the Top 324 All-local models by clicking on the title! * * The Full Year 2013 Report is here! * Thanks to over 2 million vehicles sold in December, up 18% year-on-year, China confirms its status of biggest car market in the world and finishes 2013…
The Wuling Hongguang just passed the VW Lavida to become #1 year-to-date in 2013. * See the Top 345 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we've gone through November data by models and brands, it's time to study the year-to-date models ranking in China to extract…
Record RAV4 sales helped push Toyota to #2 overall this month. * See the Top 66 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the best-selling passenger cars in November in China, let's shed the light on the brands ranking. Keep in mind this ranking doesn't include…
Mitsubishi Sportero (aka Triton) * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Stephane * After a two month-hiatus, new car sales data for New Caledonia, an overseas French territory located North-East of Australia, is back on BSCB thanks to Stephane! Note October data is a little…