Geely Emgrand EC7 (South African version shown) * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Igor * As always the month of September is pretty weak in Ukraine at just 14,379 registrations, down 27% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 157,620 units, now up…
The Toyota Probox is the most popular used Japanese import in Omsk. This is Part 5 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this Long Term Photo Report here. We are now travelling almost 1000 km South East of Yekaterinburg to Omsk, the start of…
The Opel Astra is extremely popular in Yekaterinburg. This is part 4 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now travelling a further 940 km East to Yekaterinburg, where the car landscape is once again very different from the…
Lada Samara in Kazan, Tatarstan Russia - September 2013 This is part 3 of a Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now off to Kazan, 800 km East of Moscow in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Now that Russia’s…
Lada Zhiguli * See the Full Photo Report and my estimated Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * Over the last couple of weeks I have been backpacking my way along the Trans-Siberian railway, hopping on and off the train and discovering very different car landscapes along the…
Bogdan 110 * See the Top 240 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Ukraine are up a whopping 42% year-on-year in August to 27,850 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 143,421 units, up 9% on 2012. Big surprise atop the models ranking: after delivering…
ZAZ Sens * See the Top 175 best-selling models & Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Igor * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. The Ukrainian new car market is down a painful 13% year-on-year in July to 17,913 registrations, bringing…
Geely Emgrand EC7 * See the Top 127 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * After one month off due to the unrest in the country, Egypt is back on BSCB for June figures, up 17% year-on-year to 16,002 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
The Lada Granta has replaced the Zhiguli in the hearts of Russian consumers. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Those who hoped the Russian new car market would cross the 3 million annual-unit mark in 2013 to become the…
The Gleagle Panda GX2 is/was sold in Taiwan as the Tobe W'Car * See the entire photo album by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rutger van der Maar who recently travelled to Taiwan, I can share with you a Photo Album of the car landscape there. This is…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * As in neighbour Russia, new car sales in Ukraine hit the brakes in June: down 18% year-on-year to 16,534 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 104,276 units, down 5% on 2012.…
VW Lavida * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring the June sales charts in detail and looking at the all-new entrants in the ranking, I give you the 6 months summary for China. If the US market (our first 6 months update)…
Lada Granta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * This is it: the Russian market is now officially as depressed as the rest of Europe: with June down 10% year-on-year to 241,346 registrations, we have our 4th consecutive month of…
Lada Largus * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * It's official: there are now some cracks in the Russian new car market. Whereas we had witnessed almost 3 full years (34 consecutive months) of year-on-year growth until last March, May…
FAW V2. FAW is now among the Top 10 most popular brands in Uruguay. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * While writing my summary article about how Chinese carmakers are setting themselves up for success in Latin America, I realised I hadn't updated…