Tasra my Peugeot Pars in the Dasht-e Lut desert, aka Empty desert. This is Part 4 of our exploration of Iran in a Peugeot Pars. You can see Part 1: Tehran here, Part 2: Isfahan here and Part 3: Shiraz here. We are now headed east towards the border with Afghanistan…
Road signs in Arabic script are to be read from right to left, but Persian numbers (at the centre) from left to right. This is Part 3 of our exploration of Iran in a Peugeot Pars. You can see Part 1: Tehran here and Part 2: Isfahan here. After enjoying…
The new Renault Sandero has finally landed in Brazil. * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! * The Brazilian new car market is falling deeper and deeper into recession with a very tough 17% year-on-year drop in August to 259,152 registrations.…
The Chevrolet Onix breaks its monthly volume record this month in Brazil. * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * No sign of recovery for the Brazilian new car market: down another very disappointing 14% year-on-year in July to 279,815 registrations,…
Brazilian Chery QQ * This is Part 2 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 3 (Eastern Europe), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * If Chinese carmakers have started exporting to Africa in the early 00′s, they set foot in Latin America even earlier, with JAC starting…
Fiat Strada * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands! * New car sales in Brazil are back in great shape, up a very healthy 11% year-on-year in February to 245,941 registrations which brings the year-to-date total to 545,692 units, up 5% on 2013. Just…
Peugeot Pars * See the Top 20 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, I can share with you local Iranian production figures as sales data remains unavailable. For now this is a pretty accurate picture of what cars are the most popular in…
The Nissan Pulsar is the most popular all-new model in 2013 at #21. * See the Top 297 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Like every Quarter I can share with you an all-models ranking for Australia which enables us to get the full picture in this very…
Honda Civic * See the Top 160 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Down 23% in August but up 6% in September, the Brazilian new car market is back into negative in October at -4% to 313,490 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,951,825…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog for a more in-depth analysis of this market. New car sales in Brazil are down year-on-year again in July at -8% to 323,916 registrations, however the year-to-date…
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…
VW CrossFox * See the Top 75 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * Brazilian new car sales take a breather over the first half of June, down 4% year-on-year to 167,891 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up a very healthy 7% or…
Hyundai HB20S * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * The Brazilian new car market is up a whopping 29% year-on-year in April to 316,705 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,104,341 units, up 9% on 2012. This month the Top 6…
The new model could help the Sandero keep the Colombian pole position in 2013... 18/03/2020 update: Now with Top 30 brands including each monthly volume. * See the Top 70 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Juan Felipe * After a record year in 2011, the…
Chevrolet Onix * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Brazil are up a very healthy 15% year-on-year over the first half of December to 181,623 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,472,285 units, up 7% on 2011. Traditionally extremely…