Toyota Prado in Cotonou, Benin 2010 * Click on title for more street scenes/videos with Beninese rap music! * Relatively developed market in Benin with the Toyota Hilux and Prado in all likeliness dominating the new car sales. Other successful models include the Honda CR-V, Hyundai Accent, Nissan Frontier, Toyota…
Toyota Prado in Lome, Togo * Click on title for more street scenes and video * Very little information to draw on as far as the car market in Togo is concerned. Based on only a few videos and photos of the streets of Lome, my bet is that the…
* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * New cars are relatively rare in the streets of the capital Kinshasa, and among them the clear leaders are the Toyota Hilux and Prado. The latter's old gen is the most ubiquitous car there and the new generation is promised…
Toyota Hilux in Livingstone, Zambia June 2007 * Click on title for more street scenes! * The Zambian car market shows the strength of Toyota: at least 1 in every 3 cars is a Toyota Corolla! In all likeliness the Corolla is still the best-selling car in the country these…
Toyota Hilux in Kasane, Botswana June 2007 * Click on title for more street scenes and Total market data for 1985-1999 * Toyota 'owns' the Batswana market with 1,958 sales and 40% market share in 2007, ahead of Nissan at 8% and VW at 5%. Observation in the country in 2007…
The South African market is up an impressive 22% in October with 44,055 registrations, and the #1 spot goes to the VW Polo Vivo, a restyled old gen Polo, with 2,576 sales and 5.8% of the market. The new Polo can only dream of this success: it is only 14th…
Thailand is the 'pick-up factory of the world': most pick-up trucks are actually built in the country, and it shows in the model ranking: the Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-Max fight it out for the 1st spot. Over 11 months 2008 the Toyota is ahead with an astounding 20.4% market…
Toyota Yaris in Cuzco, Peru December 2005 * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * I only have official figures for the first 9 months of the year, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in…
Toyota Hilux in Thailand, December 2004 I only have official Thai figures for November this year, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in touch! 4 of the 5 best selling vehicles in Thailand in November 2004 are pick-ups, cementing the country's status as 'pick-up…