Kia remains #1 in Iraq and the Telluride is the best-selling 2019 launch. Picture yallamotor.com Discover a decade worth of Iraqi Historical Data here. Contrasting with most surrounding Middle Eastern markets, Iraq is firmly on the mend after years of war, sporting a third consecutive double-digit annual gain in 2019…
The Ram Pickup outsold the Ford F-Series for the first time in December. Discover over 35 years of Canadian Historical Data here. New light vehicle sales in Canada endure a second straight year of decline in 2019 at -3.7% to 1.928.829 registrations, the first time the market drops below the…
Ram (+31.3%) delivers the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 25. No sign of improvement for the Canadian new light vehicle market, enduring a 14th straight month of year-on-year decline in April at -4.4% to 183.754, leading to a year-to-date drop of -3.3% to 602.369. According to local consultancy Desrosiers…
Hyundai-Kia is the only Top 10 group to manage a double-digit gain in February. Canadian new light vehicle sales celebrate a sad milestone in February: a full year, or 12 consecutive months, of year-on-year declines at -2.1% to 123.341 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down 3.8% to 234.465. According to local…
Jeep sales are up 24.9%, helped by the Wrangler (+62%). Picture motortrend.com * See the Top 15 groups, Top 37 brands and Top 265 models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Canada are currently enduring a negative streak without precedent this decade: September, down 6.7%…
The Ford F-Series breaks its Canadian monthly volume record for the 6th time in 19 months. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 37 brands and Top 267 models by clicking on the title * The Canadian new light vehicle market continues on its record run in September, up 8%…
The Chevrolet Equinox (+80%) helps General Motors up 11.9% this month. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 288 models by clicking on the title * At last! After eight consecutive months of decline, September marks the first positive month of 2017 with a solid 6.3%…
GMC Sierra in Petersburg, Alaska After stopping in Juneau, we now take the Alaska Marine Highway — the ferry in simple terms — on a little over five hour sail to reach the next town in our journey: Petersburg, definitely the most picturesque fishing station I got to visit in Alaska. Nicknamed…
Chevrolet Colorado in Juneau, Alaska After Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, we fly south-east to Alaska’s capital city, Juneau. Juneau is continental America’s only state capital that cannot be reached by car — only boat or plane — as its road network does not connect it to any other towns. It is bound…
Nissan Patrol * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Kuwaiti new light vehicle market is up 3% year-on-year in March to 16,376 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 41,786 units, up a shy 1% on 2013. The Toyota Prado continues to…
GMC Sierra - Pick-up trucks have brought the US market up big time in 2013. * See the Top 278 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After going through November sales figures, we now follow the BSCB tradition to try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the…
The Infiniti Q50 ranks #190, the second best-selling all-new model in 2013. * See the Top 278 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the October sales data, as is the tradition on BSCB we try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts.…
One of the many Hummers I saw in Ulaanbaatar * Check out the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 16 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. After one week in the Gobi desert, saying that…
US sales of Porsche Boxster are up 216% so far in 2013. * See the Top 272 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition, after exploring in detail July sales in the US, we look into the year-to-date models ranking to extract longer-term trends. We…
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…