The Wuling Hongguang is the #1 Passenger Car in China in September. Yep, you read that right. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 65 All-brands & Top 313 All-models! Click on title to see * Finally - I know a lot of you have been waiting for it - I can share…
Peugeot Mongolia official launch ceremony - July 2013 * Many thanks to Marc Bocque for organising this interview! * This is Part 17 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. Coinciding with my stay in Mongolia, French manufacturer Peugeot, after confirming…
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…
Lada Largus in Yekaterinburg, Russia September 2013 * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Russian new car market is down for the 7th month in a row in September, but the fall is reduced to 5% this time at…
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…
The Toyota Corolla is now #1 year-to-date in New Zealand. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands! See title * The New Zealand new car market is once again euphoric in September: up 16% year-on-year to 10,070 registrations. This is split into 2,799 light commercial vehicles,…
Hyundai i30 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * NOW UPDATED with the 9 months Top 50 best-selling models thanks to Luka * No real sign of improvement for new car sales in Croatia, up a shy 2% on…
The Skoda Octavia breaks into the German Top 5 for the very first time this month... * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down a very reasonable 1% year-on-year in September to 247,199 registrations, bringing…
Geely Emgrand EC7 (South African version shown) * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Igor * As always the month of September is pretty weak in Ukraine at just 14,379 registrations, down 27% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 157,620 units, now up…
The Buick Encore is now the best-selling all-new model in 2013. * See the Top 276 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After going through the September sales data, let’s try and extract some longer-term trends by looking into the year-to-date charts. In spite of a 4% year-on-year drop…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Poland are up a magnificent 16% year-on-year in September to 24,669 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total well into positive at 239,723 units, up 3.5% on 2012. After…
Hyundai Avante * See the Top 5 brands and Top 50 All-local models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local models in South Korea are down a harsh 13% year-on-year in September to just 101,021, to which you should add around 13 to 15,000 imports, counted separately…
Hyundai Grand i10 * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 14 brands by clicking on the title! * The Indian new car market slows down its decline in September to just -3% year-on-year at 207,198 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,833,683 units, down 8% on 2012. By…
The Skoda Octavia delivers its strongest market share since February 2012. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in the Czech Republic are up a reassuring 6% year-on-year in September to 13,208 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall…
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…