The Toyota Avalon has been popular in Turkmenistan since its original launch in 1995. We continue on our exploration of Central Asian markets: after Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan we find ourselves in Turkmenistan. And judging by the most recent videos of the streets of the capital Ashgabat, one thing is…
The Renault Clio IV-Peugeot 208 duel has well and truly started in France... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * Still a pretty grim outlook for the French new car market, after losing 14% at the same time last year,…
The Ford F-Series is on track for a second consecutive record year in Canada. * See the Top 260 All-models and Top 38 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * New light vehicle sales are up 2% year-on-year halfway through 2013 in Canada to 884,618 registrations. Even more so than…
Maruti DZire * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 17 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Surprise: over the first half of 2013, the Indian market is down 10% on 2012 to an estimated 1.281 million units when you add German premium brands. The Maruti Alto is…
The Lada Granta has replaced the Zhiguli in the hearts of Russian consumers. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Those who hoped the Russian new car market would cross the 3 million annual-unit mark in 2013 to become the…
Only 27 units separate the Honda Civic from the Hyundai Elantra in June... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 250 All-models & Top 36 All-brands! Clicking on title to see * New light vehicle sales in Canada are up 1% year-on-year in June to 171,825 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total…
BMW 3 Series * See the Top 300 All-models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Germany are down a painful 8% year-on-year halfway through 2013 to 1,502,630 registrations, meaning it is now the #5 market in the world, passed by Brazil. The…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * If you have read the last articles on Armenia and Ukraine you will know that the new generation Renault Symbol and Logan have been rationalised into one single model. As a result, countries that…
Fiat Palio * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * After India and Russia, it looks like traditional high-performer Brazil could also be starting to cough a little. New car sales are down year-on-year for the third fortnight in a row…
Kia Morning * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South Korean new car market is up a shy 2% year-on-year over the first 6 months of 2013 to 745,181 registrations (including imports). It's always fascinating to realise that South Korean brands have a…
The Hyundai HB20 and Chevrolet Onix have brought a bit of fresh air into the Brazil sales charts. * See the Top 200 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * After stagnating at the same stage last year (-0.3%), the Brazilian new car markets is…
The new gen Renault Symbol has failed to impress so far in Turkey. * See the Top 332 All-models and Top 37 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * We continue on our exploration of the worldwide Top 20 markets halfway through 2013, now to Turkey. Over the period…
Uz-Daewoo Nexia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * For only the second time ever on BestSellingCarsBlog I can share with you a monthly ranking for Kazakhstan, which thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz is now a monthly update on BSCB. We also have 6…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * As in neighbour Russia, new car sales in Ukraine hit the brakes in June: down 18% year-on-year to 16,534 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 104,276 units, down 5% on 2012.…
The Seat Ibiza may struggle to lodge a 5th consecutive year at #1 in Spain... * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 53 All-brands by clicking on the title! * As promised yesterday, I now kick start a series of articles that look at the year-to-date rankings of…