Nomadic life in action: Proud Mongolian woman in front of her family's Hyundai pick-up with her ger all packed-up in the back. * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * I'm back! Thank you all for your patience, the Gobi desert was an amazing experience that I…
Chevrolet Aveo * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales up 17% at 11,910 units in December in Venezuela bring the final 2011 total to 120,689 registrations, down 4%. 85% of sales are models produced locally, vs. 87% in 2010. The Chevrolet…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Venezuelan car market is down a worrying 20% in November at 9,064 sales, bringing the year-to-date total to 108,779 units, down 5%. Surprise on top: the Ford Fiesta is #1 for the second month in…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on this article's title or 'Read more'! * Venezuelan car sales are stable in October at 10,394 registrations but down 4% year-to-date at 99,715 units. For only the second time in the last 12 months, the Ford Fiesta leads…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Car sales in Venezuela are down 9% this month at 10,975 registrations and down 4% year-to-date at 89,321 units. No surprise on top: the Chevrolet Aveo leads the way with 1,129…
Mitsubishi Lancer * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Venezuelan car market is stable in August at 10,987 registrations, with the year-to-date total down 4% at 78,346 units. The Chevrolet Aveo dominates again with 2,061 sales and 18,8% share,…
Hyundai Accent * Click on title for street scenes and videos! * * Many thanks to Alharith for making this update possible! * The Sudanese car market is pretty straight forward to decipher as a few cars emerge clear winners. The Toyota Hilux is in all likeliness the best-selling vehicle…
Ford F350 Fragile month for car sales in Venezuela, down 11% year-on-year at 10,325 registrations, bringing the 2011 total to 67,359 units, down 4%. No surprises on top: the Chevrolet Aveo is still distant leader but sees its market share drop by 5 percentage points on June at a still…
Jeep Grand Cherokee The Venezuelan car market is down slightly this month at -1.6% and 10,228 registrations, bringing its 5 months 2011 total to 45,449 units and -7%. The Chevrolet Aveo is more dominant than ever with 2,434 sales and a massive 23.8% share, followed by the Ford Fiesta at…
* Click on title for the Full Laos Photo Report! * Observation in person during my stay in Laos 5 years ago and through YouTube videos of the streets of Vientiane indicate the Toyota Hilux dominates the car sales in Laos, with even more authority than in neighbouring Thailand where…
Videos of the streets of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, reveal that in all likeliness the Toyota Hilux is the best selling car in the country. Salvadoreans are very fond of pick-ups: the Mazda BT-50, Mitsubishi L200 and Nissan Frontier are also very popular. Other successful models…
Toyota Yaris The Maltese car market is influenced by neighbours Greece and Italy and, in all likeliness, should be led by the Toyota Yaris. The other models that could step onto the podium in Malta are the Hyundai Getz, Fiat Grande Punto and Peugeot 207. Nissan Juke The previous generations…
Toyota Yaris in Yemeni street There are no official car sales figures available for Yemen, so I relied on observation of the main Yemeni cities' streets through YouTube videos. They show that in all likeliness, the Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Yemen, followed by the Toyota Yaris Sedan.…
The Lebanese car market is doing well in 2010 with 25,565 cars sold in the first 9 months, a 5% increase on '09. Japanese cars account for 39.2% of total sales (down 15%), Korean cars for 30.8% (up 87%!) and European 23.3%. The Association of Automobile Importers in Lebanon released…
Hyundai Accent Era * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Turkish car market is booming in 2009, up 21% to 369,819 registrations. After many years of Renault domination, the Hyundai Accent Era, perhaps boosted by end-of-life price readjustments, is a distant leader in…