The Honda HR-V cracks the Indonesian Top 5 for its 2nd month in market... * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Indonesian new car market clearly marks a pause in 2015 with February sales down a worrying 21% year-on-year to just 88,738 registrations,…
The Wartburg 353 was among the best-sellers in East Germany in the sixties. Best Selling Cars Blog now covers detailed Historical Data for 104 markets. Highlights include France since 1894, Germany for each year since 1946, UK for each year since 1965, Australia since 1946, Sweden since 1950, Brazil since 1954 and Norway and Italy since 1956. The next batch…
The Honda HR-V cracks the Indonesian Top 20 for its first month in market. * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Indonesian new car market continues its readjustment: down a relatively brutal 9% year-on-year in January to 94,194 registrations. The Toyota Avanza sells…
The Mazda Biante ranks just outside the Indonesian Top 50 in 2014. See the Full Year 2014 Top 95 best-selling models and Top 10 brands here For the first time on BSCB we are able to go beyond the traditional Top 20 models to extend the ranking to the Top…
The Honda Mobilio peaked at 10% share in May. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 10 brands and brands by clicking on the title * Whereas the Indonesian new car market evolved at record heights for most of the year, a horrendous last couple of months (November at…
The on-DO is the first Datsun to crack the Top 10 anywhere in the world. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title * A flicker of hope: just as analysts predict the Russian new car market will be down 25% in 2015…
Honda Brio Satya (Thailand model shown) * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The uninterrupted period of explosive growth has brutally come to an end for new car sales in Indonesia: November sales are down a harsh 19% year-on-year to just 91,268 units. However…
Datsun GO+ * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Indonesia have plateaued this year with October down 6% year-on-year to 105,357 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still evolving at all-time high levels - for now: up 1.8% on 2013…
Datsun Go+ Panca * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Red flags all around: one of the most dynamic new car markets is the world over the past 3-4 years, Indonesia is getting a cold. For the second time in the past 3 months,…
The Honda Mobilio is now firmly installed at #2 in Indonesia. * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car manufacturers around the world (but mainly in Japan) can breathe a sigh of relief: the shocking 20% drop of the Indonesian new car market -…
The Datsun Go+ invasion has begun... * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * It had to happen one day: new car sales in Indonesia screech to an abrupt halt in July: down a very surprising 20% year-on-year to just 89,932 registrations. The year-to-date total…
Honda Mobilio * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Indonesia are up 4% year-on-year in June to 108,707 registrations, bring the halfyear total to 629,393 units, up 5% on 2013 and on track for another record sales figure over the…
Honda Mobilio * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Shock, horror: for the first time in at least 4 years, the Indonesian new car market is down year-on-year in May at -2% to 97,147 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up a beautiful…
Has the Honda Mobilio plateaued already? * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 5 brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Indonesia are up another 5% year-on-year in April to 106,811 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to a record 435,280 units after just 4…
The Wuling Hongguang launched this month in India as the Chevrolet Enjoy. * This is Part 4 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 3 (Eastern Europe) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * In the first 3 parts of this series we observed that…