Tata Nano After Iraq and Myanmar, we continue exploring the 'Top 10 emerging engines of growth’ as nominated by Business Monitor International and now land in Sri Lanka. My previous Sri Lankan article was based on the observation of the streets of the capital city Colombo through recent YouTube videos and focused on the…
Toyota Innova (here pictured in Vietnam) * See the Top 3 best-selling models and Top 5 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks to Myk * Still very limited information for the Philippines so far, this article will be updated as and when new information comes in. New car sales…
Toyota Avanza * Now updated with 2012 year-to-date actuals! Many thanks to Eddy for the tip * * See the Top 20 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * The Indonesian new car market continues to progress at an incredible pace and breaks its monthly volume record…
Toyota Hiace in Hong Kong. Picture by Jeremy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 150 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * In October 3,712 new vehicles found a buyer in Hong Kong, bringing the year-to-date total to 35,145. Surprise on top: this month the Toyota Hiace is…
Dacia Duster * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 332 new vehicles found a buyer over the first half of November in Iceland, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,710 units. The Skoda Octavia leads again with 30 sales and 9% share, and is now…
Ford F250 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 244 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * Still by far the best-selling vehicle in the country at 8,020 sales this month and up 15% year-on-year, the Ford F-Series now adds up to 92,094 units so far in 2012. It should…
Honda N-One by Mugen * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While sales of regular vehicles were down 9% year-on-year in October, Kei cars are actually up 0.5% to 133,790 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,705,405 units, up 36% on 2011. This comes at a…
Toyota Fortuner * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Vietnamese new car market continues to struggle this year with sales down 21% year-on-year in October to 7,430, bringing the year-to-date total to 63,358 units, down 30% on 2011. The Toyota Fortuner is the…
The Hyundai Verna is the best-performing model in the Chinese Top 10 with sales up 56%. * See the Top 290 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Like it's now the tradition on BSCB, each month we delve into the year-to-date models ranking a little deeper for the…
Toyota Corolla in Islamabad, Pakistan. Picture by Mustafa Hashmi, all rights reserved. * See the Top 10 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * For Pakistan we have access to sales of locally produced models, courtesy of the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association. This is a pretty accurate representation of the…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! * After diving by 13% last month, new car sales in Poland reassure and are down just 2.5% year-on-year in October to 25,459 units. This brings the year-to-date total to 260,158 registrations,…
Ford Focus * Now updated with the Top 280 All-models and Top 35 best-selling brands! See title * If last month the effects of the China/Japan diplomatic tensions over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands could be felt, in October it becomes truly critical. Honda is down 54% year-on-year, Toyota down 44% and Nissan down 41%. In fact at…
The Geely LC Cross was just launched in Ukraine in October. * See the Top 220 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * 21,297 new vehicles found a buyer in Ukraine in October, bringing the year-to-date total to 172,040 units. Like last month, the Lada…
Buick Verano * See the Top 277 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After exploring US October sales, as per the monthly routine on BSCB we are now going through the year-to-date rankings in a little more detail to try and extract longer term trends. Over the first…
2013 Renault Fluence * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As usual we are getting Turkish sales figures with one month delay, and September is up a very encouraging 24% year-on-year to 49,360 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 379,617 units, down 8% on…