The Persian Gulf is the only region in the world where the Nissan Patrol still sells in significant numbers. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. After gaining 10% in 2013, new…
Hyundai Elantra * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Saudi Arabia are surprisingly down 4% year-on-year in January to 59,871 registrations, the only country in the region to lose ground this month. And there is another big surprise…
It's only a matter of months before the Ford Ecosport breaks into the UAE Top 100. * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Exceptional health of the Emirati new car market in this start of 2014: January sales are up 15% year-on-year…
The Ford Edge is among the 10 most popular vehicles in Qatar this month. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Qatari new car market is up 4% year-on-year in January to 7,745 registrations, and this month the Toyota Hilux edges…
Toyota Yaris * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Omani new car sales are up a shy 1% year-on-year in January to 17,344 registrations, and Toyota brilliantly monopolises the Top 6 best-sellers this month (vs. Top 4 over the Full Year 2013).…
Chevrolet Impala * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Kuwaiti new car market is up 6% year-on-year in January to 13,356 registrations, and the Toyota Prado builds on a record score in 2013 to sell 1,813 units this month for…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * After gaining 43% year-on-year last January, new car sales in Bahrain continue on their explosive growth: up another 24% to start the year 2014 at 5,394 registrations. Dislodged from the pole position…
Suzuki SX4 S-Cross. Suzuki sales are up 34% in February in France. * See the Top 300 models and Top 50 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * For the first time this year I can share with you detailed data for France. It gives us visibility beyond the…
Seat Leon * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 37 brands by clicking on the title! * The Swiss new car market is down 1% year-on-year in February to 21,931 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 42,145 units, down2 % on 2013. Brand-wise, below Volkswagen stable at 12.2%…
Buick Excelle GT * See the Top 323 All-models and Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring in detail Chinese February sales figures it is now time to look at the year-to-date ranking to extract longer term trends. First observation is the podium is unchanged year-on-year, with…
The Nissan Almera is up to a best-ever 8th place in February. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 55 All-brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Russia slow down their fall once again in February to -2% at 206,476 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
VW Santana * NOW UPDATED with the Top 309 All-models and Top 66 All-brands rankings! * The Chinese market is up an insolent 18% year-on-year in February to 1.6 million units, brushing off all suggestions that it may slow down in 2014… Below the traditional Wuling Hongguang (65,129 sales), VW…
The Toyota Hilux is still king of the desert in the Middle-East… Picture by 3zoz_1 * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and is one of the most dynamic car markets in the…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in Saudi Arabia are up a very satisfying 7% year-on-year in 2013 to 755,563 registrations, cementing the country as one of the 20 biggest car markets in the world (in…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Emirati car market is up a very robust 16% year-on-year in 2013 to 361,328 registrations, and we witness lots of movement atop the models ranking for once! Surprise surprise: whereas it only…