GM Holden Chairman Mike Devereux: "Building cars in Australia is just not sustainable" Mike Devereux, Chairman of General Motors' Australian subsidiary, Holden, has just announced 30 minutes ago in a press conference live on Australian Television that Holden will cease to manufacture cars locally in 2017, almost seven decades after…
The Jeep Cherokee sold over 10,000 units for its first full month in market. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 256 All-models and Top 38 All-brands! Click on title to see * If going through European car sales updates depresses you, I have one cure: follow the US market! It's another…
Volvo V40 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Email matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for an in-depth analysis of the markets mentioned here. What better way to finish one month and start a new one than going through our traditional World Roundup? None, I know. Before we start, may I interest you in…
The new generation Corolla could help Toyota retain its worldwide crown in 2013... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Over the first half of 2013, Toyota just announced it sold 4.911 million vehicles worldwide, down 1.1% year on year but enough to keep the Japanese…
The Chevrolet Cruze sold a record 32,871 units in the US in June. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 All-models/Top 37 All-brands! Click on title to see * Even the sunniest predictions for US June car sales were obliterated, with the market up 9% to 1.4 million registrations which brings…
The Chevrolet Spin is the first GM vehicle to really fit Indonesians' tastes. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Eddy * Can GM challenge a quasi-monopoly by Japanese manufacturers in fast-growing Indonesia? If you are a regular BSCB reader, you will know that Indonesia…
That's a lot more BYD cars on the roads... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As I detailed in my articles China: return to explosive growth expected and China: How local brands may finally find their mojo at home, sales growth is here to stay in China…
Bob Graziano: "Manufacturing in Australia is no longer viable" Breaking news: In a press conference that started 30 minutes ago, Ford Australia President and CEO Bob Graziano has announced that Ford is pulling out of manufacturing cars in Australia in October 2016. Graziano has confirmed local production of the Falcon, Falcon…
Picture courtesy of investgazeta.net, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * China became the largest automotive market in the world in 2009 while the US fell into recession. However since then, Chinese sales slowed from the strong double-digit growth of 2009 and 2010. This…
2014 Chevrolet Impala * See the full article by clicking on the title! * General Motors expert at Automotive News Mike Colias recently wrote an interesting article about sales of the Chevrolet Impala in 2013 which I thought I would mention here because this is an interesting 'profit over volume'…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 3 best-selling models and Top 5 carmakers by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the hard work of Rutger I am able to share with you some very rare data about the Kenyan new vehicle market, up a shy 1% year-on-year in…
The Ford F-Series lodges its best month since August 2007... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 263 All-models ranking! Click on title to see! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * As predicted 2 weeks ago, the US new car market is up 9% year-on-year in December to…
Chevrolet Aveo * See the Top 13 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Mexican new car sales are up a solid 9% year-on-year in 2012 to reach 987,747 registrations, and the best annual figure since 2008. If in 2011 the VW Clasico and Nissan Tsuru were…
It is time for me to send you all my best wishes for the New Year 2013, may it bring you and your loved ones all you ever wanted! 2012 was a fantastic year for BestSellingCarsBlog, going from strength to strength all thanks to you: You were 900,000 to visit…
Bangkok, Thailand. Picture by songglod. Never before had that many new vehicles been sold in Thailand: 1.4 million predicted for 2012. * See the full article by clicking on the title! * LMC Automotive predicts that worldwide 2012 sales of cars and trucks will top 80 million units for the…