The Toyota Avalon has been popular in Turkmenistan since its original launch in 1995. We continue on our exploration of Central Asian markets: after Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan we find ourselves in Turkmenistan. And judging by the most recent videos of the streets of the capital Ashgabat, one thing is…
The Lada Granta has replaced the Zhiguli in the hearts of Russian consumers. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Those who hoped the Russian new car market would cross the 3 million annual-unit mark in 2013 to become the…
Ford Transit Minibus in Tbilisi, Georgia March 2013. * See the Full article featuring street videos by clicking on the title! * A lot has happened since my last update on Georgia. Firstly, there is a new stream of yellow Ford Transit minibuses everywhere in the capital Tbilisi. This is…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling car in Kyrgyzstan, most of them used though. Next country to be dusted off as I haven't covered it in almost 3 years is Kyrgyzstan. What is striking when viewing recent videos of the streets of the capital Bishkek is the complete absence of…
Uz-Daewoo Nexia * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! * For only the second time ever on BestSellingCarsBlog I can share with you a monthly ranking for Kazakhstan, which thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz is now a monthly update on BSCB. We also have 6…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * As in neighbour Russia, new car sales in Ukraine hit the brakes in June: down 18% year-on-year to 16,534 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 104,276 units, down 5% on 2012.…
Ford S-Max * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Janis Kalejs * New car sales in Latvia are down 10% year-on-year in June to 1,155 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 6,077 units, down 7% on 2012. Given the size of the…
Lada Granta * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * This is it: the Russian market is now officially as depressed as the rest of Europe: with June down 10% year-on-year to 241,346 registrations, we have our 4th consecutive month of…
The Renault Duster is up to a best-ever #25 in the world this month. * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Very stable worldwide models ranking this month: the entire Top 5 is identical to March. The Ford Focus manages…
Renault Duster * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 30 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * Today I give you extremely rare data coming from Kazakhstan thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz. I hope you enjoy! Kazakhstan confirms it is one of the world's Top 10 engine…
Lada Largus * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 56 All-brands by clicking on the title! * It's official: there are now some cracks in the Russian new car market. Whereas we had witnessed almost 3 full years (34 consecutive months) of year-on-year growth until last March, May…
Peugeot 3008. Picture by josemiguelmartinez, all rights reserved. * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Janis * New car sales in Latvia are down 7% year-on-year both in May at 1,144 registrations and year-to-date at 4,922 sales. Down to #5 last month,…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Has the Russian car market peaked out? Will we have to wait 2014 to see it pass the 3 million annual sales milestone ? It would appear so, with new car sales…
Chery Indis. Picture courtesy of Roman Vukolov at docent.livejournal.com * See the Top 333 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * See the Top 56 All-brands ranking here For the first time on BestSellingCarsBlog, I can offer you an all-models ranking for Russia. Exciting times indeed!…
Skoda Rapid * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * In March, 308 new vehicles found a buyer in Macedonia, bringing the year-to-date total to 968 units. Surprise on top: the Skoda Rapid celebrates its first pole position anywhere in the world thanks…