The Subaru Forester ends the month on the podium. The Icelandic new car market drops -12.3% year-on-year in August to 1,166 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume off -12.8% to 12,702. Tesla (+2275%!) is ultra dominant at 24.4% share, its highest level since the 34.1% of September 2021. Tesla sells almost…
Fiat Palio Way * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 200 models by clicking on the title * After a decade of uninterrupted growth taking the Brazilian new light vehicle market from 1.35 million units in 2003 to 3.65 million in 2012, 2014 marks the 2nd consecutive year of recession…
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…
Fiat Siena * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * After alarmingly dropping by 23% last month, the Brazilian new car market is happily back into positive territory in September, up 6% year-on-year to 293,961 registrations, reducing the year-to-date fall to…
DKW Vemag Vemaguet * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * Today I am taking you on a trip back in time, 50 years back exactly to what models were successful in Brazil in 1963... If Historical Data is something you are interested in,…
1959 Pontiac Catalina * See the Full Article by clicking on the title! (and enjoy) * Over the last 2 years I have been writing this blog and the last 25 years I have been fascinated by car sales around the globe, there has been a few things I haven't got…
Fiat Uno * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see! * At mid-March 2012, 132,935 new vehicles were registered in Brazil, down 7% year-on-year. For the first time in 2012, the Fiat Uno leads the models ranking at mid-month and with 10,955 sales and…
The very first 2011 figures come from Brazil, thanks to Fenavabre's bi-monthly updates. Brazilian car sales are up 16% at 114,015 registrations halfway through January, and the VW Gol is off to a great start just under 10% share at 11,262 sales, way above the Fiat Uno (7.5%) and VW…
Lada 2105 * See the Top 8 all-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * The last years of existence of the Soviet Union see new car sales stagnate in the region: down 6% to 710,525 registrations in 1989 and up 0.1% in 1990 to 711,454.…
Lada Samara * See the Top 15 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * In 1988, the private new car market is down 8% year-on-year to 754,600 registrations, with the sales to state organisations, intelligence services and the army down 14% to 165,950 units. The VAZ…
VAZ 2106 (aka Lada 1600) * See the Top 14 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * Thanks to Alex we are going back in time 25 years today because I can finally share with you for the first time on BSCB official models data…
VW Brasilia VW Fusca production in Brazil peaked at over 250,000 units in 1972 but has been slowing down since. In 1977, the drop accelerates to -22% at 161,004 units or 166,828 sales. This puts the Fusca's best selling car title under threat by another VW star: the Brasilia. In…
The VW Fusca dominates Brazilian production and sales over the period with a very comfortable margin at 229,273 units in 1974 (-3%), 217,896 in 75 (-5%) and 206,098 in 76 (-5%). VW Brasilia Launched in 1973, the VW Brasilia was developed uniquely for the Brazilian consumer, and it is an…
Topping off over 10 years of constant progression, the VW Fusca reaches what remains its highest production volume ever in Brazil in 1972 at 252,209 units. It then drops 6% in 1973 at 237,509. The Fusca claims 40% of the total Brazilian production in 1970, up to 45% in 1972…
The VW Fusca continues to dominate Brazilian car sales and production, constantly progressing over the period to reach a 48% share of all production in 1967, 53% in 1968 when it passes the 100,000 units for the first time at 123,089 and 47% in 1969. The VW Kombi, in production…