Toyota Hilux * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is composed of the states bordering the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. 106,191 new vehicles were registered in the region in December, bringing the final 2011 total…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 75 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * 112,569 new vehicles were registered in Kuwait in 2011, including 10,074 in December. Yet another country - the third in the region - where Thai floods and production disruption cost the…
Toyota Hilux. Picture by Nora Al-Soli. All rights reserved. Toyota Camry. Picture by Ageel. All rights reserved. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Saudi car market accounts for roughly half of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region with…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Qatari consumers bought 62,346 new vehicles in 2011 and two models stand out from the crowd this year: Qatar's favourite is the Toyotal Land Cruiser with 5,955 sales and 9.6%…
Ford F-Series Now with a Top 45 All-brands and Top 300 All-models instead of Top 150 models. Car sales in Canada edge up 1.9% in 2011 to 1.587.487 registrations, making it the 12th biggest car market in the world behind South Korea and above Iran. Ford (+3.3%) remains head and…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Saudi Arabia is the biggest market in the Gulf Penisula region (GCC) with 44,320 registrations in November. Like in all other countries in the area, a Toyota leads the models ranking…
BMW 7 Series See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Qatari consumers bought 5,733 new vehicles in November and once again Toyota has a stranglehold over the market. The big Land Cruiser is the best-selling vehicle in the country with a…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * 9,186 new vehicles were registered in Kuwait last month and there is one model that stands out from the crowd here: the Toyota Prado. It leads with 745 sales and 8.1%…
Honda Civic * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * For the first time this year in Canada, the Ford F-Series is not the best-selling vehicle in the country... This honour goes to the newly relaunched Honda Civic, now benefiting fully from the arrival…
Mercedes M Class * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models: click on the title to see * The Ford F-Series leads the way again this month in Canada with 6,950 sales, however the twin trucks from General Motors do better and add up to 8,444 units: the GMC Sierra…
GMC Sierra and Toyota Land Cruiser in Dubai, September 2011 * See the estimated Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * I was lucky enough to stop over in Dubai over the weekend for the second time in 2 months, so I can…
Toyota FJ Cruiser in Dubai, July 2011 I was lucky enough to stopover in Dubai over the weekend so I can update you on the Emirati car market. Toyota looks like it is still leading the way by a very large margin there, with the Toyota Corolla, Camry and Land…
Fiat 500 Canadian car sales are up a healthy 7% in April at 159,942 registrations. The Ford F-Series is on top again with 8,858 sales and 5.5% share. Now counted together, the twins Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra are close behind, landing in 2nd place with 8,479 sales and 5.3%.…
The Ford F-Series remains the most popular vehicle in Canada in 2010. Now with All-brands and All-models rankings instead of the Top 50 models. New light vehicle sales in Canada recover somewhat in 2010 at +6.6% to 1.558.487 registrations, still the lowest volume since 2004. Ford (+18.6%) posts a stunning…
The Pontiac Pursuit is #13 in Canada in 2007. The Canadian market is up 2.4% in 2007 to 1.653.771 registrations, the 2nd largest annual volume in history below 2002 (1.696.803). Ford (-3.1%) remains the #1 brand in the country despite losing one percentage point of market share to 13.1%, and…