The VAZ 2106 is currently the most frequent model in circulation in Russia... * See the Top 20 most frequent models/Top 55 brands by clicking on the title! * This is Part 20 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. Now that the…
Virtually unchanged since 1966 and #9 this month: the UAZ Bukhanka * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * In September the Kazakh new car market doesn't disappoint: it is up another huge 90% year-on-year to 16,196 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Lada Largus in Yekaterinburg, Russia September 2013 * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * The Russian new car market is down for the 7th month in a row in September, but the fall is reduced to 5% this time at…
Honda Airwave This is Part 8 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 855km East to Irkutsk, which is 80 km off Lake Baikal. And here again a fascinating car landscape awaits… From roughly 30% of…
The Toyota Ist is by far the most popular used Japanese import in Krasnoyarsk. This is Part 7 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now moving 450km East to Krasnoyarsk in the midst of Siberia. And this…
GAZ logo This is Part 6 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are moving 940km North East of Omsk to… Tomsk (hard to not confuse the two but I will do my best). And I am happy to…
The Toyota Probox is the most popular used Japanese import in Omsk. This is Part 5 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this Long Term Photo Report here. We are now travelling almost 1000 km South East of Yekaterinburg to Omsk, the start of…
The progressive spread of the new gen sedan should help the Corolla keep the worldwide lead... * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Now that Middle-Eastern figures are out in the open, thanks to the hard work of Austin I…
The Opel Astra is extremely popular in Yekaterinburg. This is part 4 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now travelling a further 940 km East to Yekaterinburg, where the car landscape is once again very different from the…
Lada Samara in Kazan, Tatarstan Russia - September 2013 This is part 3 of a Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now off to Kazan, 800 km East of Moscow in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Now that Russia’s…
The new generation Range Rover is already everywhere in Moscow! This is part 2 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. We are now travelling 700 km South-East to Moscow, the capital of Russia and home to 11.5 million inhabitants.…
Lada Zhiguli * See the Full Photo Report and my estimated Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * Over the last couple of weeks I have been backpacking my way along the Trans-Siberian railway, hopping on and off the train and discovering very different car landscapes along the…
Follow the Russian route in my Trans-Siberian trip on the map (click to enlarge)... (Mongolian map below) This post lists all Trans-Siberian Railway Photo Reports as they get published. Be sure to check it often so you don't miss any! 1. Russia Part 1: St Petersburg, Russia (published 28 September…
Lada Largus * See the Top 30 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Irina * Thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz, I can share with you August sales data for Kazakhstan, a market that defies gravity this year: after gaining 71% year-on-year in June and 87% in…
Lada Niva * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, I can share with you the latest sales figures for Moldova. Over the first 8 months of the year, 2,413 passenger cars found a buyer in the country.…