Brazilian Chery QQ * This is Part 2 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 3 (Eastern Europe), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * If Chinese carmakers have started exporting to Africa in the early 00′s, they set foot in Latin America even earlier, with JAC starting…
FAW V2. FAW is now among the Top 10 most popular brands in Uruguay. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! * While writing my summary article about how Chinese carmakers are setting themselves up for success in Latin America, I realised I hadn't updated…
Dacia Logan * See the Top 50 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Flying in the face of the overall depressed trend in Europe, new car sales in Belgium are up an impressive 10% year-on-year in April to 53,036 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 202,196 units. Very…
The Chery E5 could be just what the Chinese needed after all... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * It's no secret that apart from in the LCV segment, Chinese brands have been struggling at home for a while (see China February 2012: When will Chinese…
Can't be clearer... * Click on the title to see the full article! * This is Part 2 of 3 special reports on the Manila International Auto Show 2013. You can check Part 1 – an overview of the Filipino car market and its perspectives for the near future here.…
BMW sales are up 60% year-on-year in Belgium in January 2013. * See the Top 44 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! The Belgian new car market starts the year extremely well, up 13% year-on-year in January to 50,684 registrations. If Renault is leader like in January 2012 with…
Mercedes E-Class. Mercedes sales are up 70% year-on-year in Portugal in January. * See the Top 34 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Could this be the end of the tunnel for the Portuguese new car market? In January, sales are up a shy but positive 0.3% year-on-year…
Mongolia is one of the world's Top 10 Emerging engines of growth. Picture by bag_lady, all rights reserved. * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Over the past week we have explored some of the world's Top 10 Emerging engines of growth as nominated by Business Monitor International.…
The new gen Toyota Auris has just launched in Greece. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 38 All-brands ranking! Click on title to see. Thanks to Bill/Yo * Very quick update on the Greek market midway through November and the situation is getting even worse now. At only 1,020 sales,…
The 2013 model is not responsible for the Outlander's record October... * See the evolution of Mitsubishi Outlander's sales in Australia by clicking on the title! * Today Caitlin Beale, Manager of Corporate Communications at Mitsubishi Australia, kindly confirmed to me that the Mitsubishi Outlander did deliver its strongest ranking,…
The 200,000th Citroen DS3 in Poissy, France November 2012 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Citroen achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday, with 200,000th DS3 rolling off the firm's production line in Poissy, France. Launched in March 2010, the DS3 hit Russia later that year, Argentina…