The Wartburg 353 was among the best-sellers in East Germany in the sixties. Best Selling Cars Blog now covers detailed Historical Data for 104 markets. Highlights include France since 1894, Germany for each year since 1946, UK for each year since 1965, Australia since 1946, Sweden since 1950, Brazil since 1954 and Norway and Italy since 1956. The next batch…
HR-V effect? Honda is the #1 foreign brand in Malaysia in January. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales are up 1% year-on-year in Malaysia in January to 50,602 registrations, continuing a record-breaking run that has now lasted over two…
Perodua Axia - Perodua holds just under 30% of its home market in 2014. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 100 models by clicking on the title * The Malaysian new car market is up 1.6% year-on-year to lodge a third consecutive record year at 666,465 registrations. By…
Perodua Axia Advance and Standard G * See the Top 50 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Malaysia are up an encouraging 6% year-on-year in November to 55,309 deliveries, bringing the year-to-date total to 601,801 units, up 1% on 2013. Below the traditional leader…
Perodua Axia * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Malaysia are down 2% year-on-year in October to 54,187 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 546,492 units, now up a very feeble 0.5% to a record 546,492 units after 10 months.…
Nissan Sylphy * See the Top 50 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are down a harsh 13% year-on-year in September to 47.771 registrations, however the year-to-date total still stands at a record 492.302 units, up 1% on 2013. Both local manufacturers Perodua…
Perodua recently unveiled the Axia (aka Daihatsu Ayla) * See the Top 45 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up by a tiny 0.04% year-on-year (or 21 units!) to 51,125 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 444,534 units, up 3% on 2013.…
Proton Preve and Suprima S * NOW UPDATED with the Top 44 All-brands ranking - click on title to see * New vehicle sales in Malaysia are up 3% year-on-year in July to 60,267 registrations. According to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), this increase is due to the the festive period…
The Perodua Myvi should still be the best-selling model in Malaysia. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands ranking! Click on title to see * Malaysian consumers bought 58,561 cars in June, bringing the half-year total to a record 333,142 units, up 6% on 2013. This increase is due to…
Honda holds 13.2% of the Malaysian car market (Thailand City pictured). * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up 13% year-on-year in May to 55,939 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 274,581 units, up 6% on 2013. Perodua…
Perodua Myvi. Picture by Shandys Lee, all rights reserved. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Malaysia are up a very solid 12% year-on-year in April to 58,732 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 218,642 units, up 4% on 2013 which was…
The new Vios helped Toyota up to 16.8% share this month. * See the Top 45 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * The Malaysian new car market is up 2% year-on-year in March to 58,919 registrations, bringing the First Quarter total to 159,910 units, up just 1% on…
The Wuling Hongguang launched this month in India as the Chevrolet Enjoy. * This is Part 4 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 3 (Eastern Europe) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * In the first 3 parts of this series we observed that…
Perodua MyVi. Picture by Shandys Lee, all rights reserved. * See the Top 46 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * According to Malaysian website Motortrader, while it was expected that February would be another weak month after January in Malaysia because of the long Lunar new year holidays, new…
Honda CR-V. Honda grabs 12.7% of the Malaysian market this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 45 All-brands ranking! Click on title to see * The Malaysian new car market is down 9% year-on-year in January to 50,273 registrations. According to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), the decline is…