Toyota Hilux, picture by snocat17 * Many thanks to Seba from Montevideo, Uruguay for making this post possible! * In 2010, Peruvian consumers bought 120,800 new cars, an increase of no less than 57% on 2009 and the new yearly volume record for the country, the first time above 100,000 annual…
VW CrossFox * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post. The Brazilian car market is up 5% over the first half of August at 139,851 registrations. The VW Gol delivers 13,509 sales over the period for a very solid 9.7% market share,…
Renault Sandero * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post * New car sales are stable in Brazil at 287,941 registrations this month, up 1% year-on-year, bringing the 2011 figure to 1,926,020, up a robust 8%. The fight for the top spot…
VW Voyage * See the Top 130 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' below! * Car sales in Brazil are up 14% at mid-July with 143,874 units. The VW Gol and Fiat Uno find themselves head-to-head again, both at 8.9% market share over the period with 12,865 and 12,752…
VW Gol The Brazilian car market is up 16% this month at 286,934 registrations and 10% year-to-date at 1,638,078 units. The two traditional best-sellers are both in good shape in June: the VW Gol sells 27,428 units, its highest volume in 6 months, for a 9.6% market share, its best…
Chery QQ * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * Car sales continue to impress in Brazil, up 16% during the first half of June. The two stars of the market are both very solid: the VW Gol is…
Fiat Strada * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * Brazilian car sales are up 27% in May at 300,534 units and up 8% year-to-date at 1,351,165. The VW Gol manages to steer away from the Fiat Uno a…
VW Gol Rallye * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * So close. For the second time in a row, the Fiat Uno is #1 at mid-month but gets passed by the VW Gol by month end. The…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Brazilian car market is level year-on-year at 149,604 registrations over the first half of April. The Gol-Uno battle is heating up, with the Uno back in pole position over…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time in months, the Brazilian car market is down: -14% in March at 288,758 registrations. However the year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 777,725 units. After…
* Click on title for the Full Laos Photo Report! * Observation in person during my stay in Laos 5 years ago and through YouTube videos of the streets of Vientiane indicate the Toyota Hilux dominates the car sales in Laos, with even more authority than in neighbouring Thailand where…
JAC Tojoy Still very limited, the new car market in Madagascar is dominated by Asian brands: Toyota is in the lead in Q2 2010 at 11.8% (down from 17.9% in Q4 '09), ahead of Nissan and Mitsubishi. However the big novelty in Q2 is the thunderous arrival of two Chinese…