Ford Maverick sales are up 89.4% year-on-year in February. Based on data by TD Ecomonics, the US new light vehicle market gains 8.7% year-on-year to 1.14 million units as supply shortages thaw. This leads to 2.18 million sales over the first two months of the year, up 5.3% over the…
Ram sales are up 28% year-on-year in the U.S. so far in 2019. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are down -2.1% year-on-year over the First Half of 2019 to 8.446.693 units, the lowest H1 volume in the U.S. since 2014 (8.16m). Behind this relatively modest drop hides the…
The Honda CR-V shoots up to #4 overall in July. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 275 models by clicking on the title * The Second Half of 2016 starts in a very shy fashion in the U.S. with July sales up just 0.5% year-on-year…
Ford F-350 in Prudhoe Bay, AK After starting in Barrow, the northernmost settlement in the United States, our second stop takes us 200 miles (320 km) south east to Prudhoe Bay, again on the Arctic Ocean. As I detailed in the opening report, there are no roads linking Barrow to Prudhoe Bay,…
Ford F-150 in Barrow, Alaska. Last year, I crossed the United States from Coast to Coast — New York to LA — in a Ram 1500 Tradesman, happily nicknamed Albert. You can follow last year’s coverage here. This year we embark on another crossing, this time from North to South, albeit…
Chevrolet Impala * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Kuwaiti new car market is up 6% year-on-year in January to 13,356 registrations, and the Toyota Prado builds on a record score in 2013 to sell 1,813 units this month for…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Saudi Arabia are up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in 2013 to 755,563 registrations, cementing the country as one of the 20 biggest car markets in the world (in…
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…
Toyota Camry * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. New car sales in the region, currently one of the most dynamic in the world, are up 10% year-on-year in…
Lexus LX * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * After gaining a huge 47% year-on-year in July 2012, new car sales in Qatar are up a further 23% in July 2013 to 7,702 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 51,344…
The Hyundai Elantra is the best-selling passenger car in the Gulf region this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 230 models and Top 35 brands! Many thanks to John * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. The Gulf Cooperation Council is composed of the…
Hyundai Elantra * NOW UPDATED with the Top 200 models and Top 35 brands! Many thanks to John * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. New car sales are down 5% year-on-year in Saudi Arabia to 60,002 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 363,523 units,…
Toyota RAV4 * 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. And it's another very positive month for the region, with sales up 12% year-on-year…
The Toyota Yaris was #1 in Iceland from 2005 to '08 and in '12. Pic by dadiolli, all rights reserved. Iceland is without a doubt one of the car markets that suffered the most from the 2008-2009 financial crisis, with sales going from 19,316 in 2007 to 2,750 in 2009…
Toyota Hilux * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Jerome who recently visited Erbil in Iraq and was kind enough to share his pictures to be published on BestSellingCarsBlog, I can share with you more detail about the Iraqi new car market for 2012.…