This is Part 6 of our Dacia Duster adventure through 10 countries and 9000 km around the Black Sea, you can read Part 1: Transnistria here, Part 2: Chernobyl here, Part 3: Belarus here, Part 4: Crossing the Black Sea and Georgia here and Part 5: Azerbaijan here. As a reminder this Test Drive happened before COVID-19…
Changan is now inside the Top 5 brands in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi new car market is up 19.3% year-on-year over the first seven months of 2021 to 326.094 units vs. 273.302 over the same period in 2020. Toyota (+20%) just edges past the market growth to improve its share…
Nasir Al-Mulk mosque in Shiraz, Iran With Iran agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for the end of economic sanctions, carmakers are scrambling to the starting blocks in order to best benefit from the opening of a high-potential market to competition. If you are a regular BSCB reader, you…
The locally-produced Brilliance H330 displays a Pars Khodro logo in Iran. * See the Top 30 most produced cars and Top 10 pick-ups by clicking on the title * For the first time in over a year, we resume sharing full production figures for Iran here at BSCB. We are adding…
Renault Duster * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 202 All-models by clicking on the title * No sign of recovery for the Kazakh market which has now been in decline for a full year: down a harsh 31% year-on-year in April to just 9.573 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
UAZ now holds 5.1% of the Kazakh market vs. 2.8% in FY2014. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 188 All-models by clicking on the title * A year ago one of the fastest-growing new vehicle markets in the world, Kazkahstan is stuck in negative territory this year with…
The S80 is one of 20 models Chinese manufacturer FAW sells in Uruguay. * See the Top 54 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Renato * In 2013, Uruguayan new car sales reach an all-time record for the 4th consecutive year, up 8% on 2012 to 57,333 registrations.…
Like a ghost riding the desert... Forget cars, motorbikes are the preferred motorised means of transportation in the Gobi. This is Part 14 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. The last update was just an introduction to the Gobi region,…
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…
Hyundai Azera in Northern Mongolia * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is part 11 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. After going through Siberia and crossing the Lake Baikal up to Ulan Ude…
FAW V5 and UAZ Bukhanka * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 9 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. This time we are doing a tiny little hop 80 km South…
GAZ logo This is Part 6 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are moving 940km North East of Omsk to… Tomsk (hard to not confuse the two but I will do my best). And I am happy to…
Uz-Daewoo Nexia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Misha * The Kazakh new car market grew a healthy 14% in 2010 at 21,560 registrations. The best selling model title changed hands, this year going to the Uz-Daewoo Nexia imported from Uzbekistan…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling foreign nameplate in Russia in 2006. * See the Top 63 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market enjoys a 4th consecutive all-time record year in 2006, up a fantastic 19.7% year-on-year to 1.953.998 registrations. As it…
The facelifted Oda lifts IZH up 83% to 4th place in the Russian brands ranking in 2000. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales edge down 1.8% year-on-year in 2000 in Russia but remain above the symbolic…