Streets of capital Bissau are filled with 1980 Mercedes taxis. Picture by Jon Baker, all rights reserved. Last time I covered Guinea Bissau there was too little recent video footage available to draw any conclusions about the best-selling models in this African country. This has now changed, thanks to a 14…
Toyota Avanza in Manila, Philippines April 2013 * See the Top 20 all-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * CAMPI reported a record 87,226 sales for the carmakers they cover after 6 months in 2013, up 20% on 2012 and including 28,035 Passenger Cars, up 28% year-on-year. AVID reported sales…
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…
The Gleagle Panda GX2 is/was sold in Taiwan as the Tobe W'Car * See the entire photo album by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rutger van der Maar who recently travelled to Taiwan, I can share with you a Photo Album of the car landscape there. This is…
Kia Forte * See the Top 192 All-models and Top 26 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Roberto * Once again, as the mainland US market continues to be very dynamic at +9% in June, Puerto Rican sales are down 2% year-on-year to 9,388 registrations. The year-to-date total is however…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 25 models/Top 54 All-brands! Click on title to see * As in neighbouring Australia, the New Zealand new car market is euphoric in 2013 so far. Commercial vehicle registrations deliver their strongest June figure since 1982 at 3,181 units while Passenger Cars are…
The Chevrolet Cruze sold a record 32,871 units in the US in June. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 260 All-models/Top 37 All-brands! Click on title to see * Even the sunniest predictions for US June car sales were obliterated, with the market up 9% to 1.4 million registrations which brings…
Nissan Dayz * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Stephen * New Kei cars sales resist somewhat this month: down just 2% year-on-year to 183,915 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 1,070,616 units, also down 2% on 2012 and positioning the Japanese Kei…
Mitsubishi Lancer * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Big slap for Venezuelan new car sales in June, down a horrid 39% year-on-year to just 7,732 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 57,280 units, down 15% on 2012. After ranking 4th in February,…
The Toyota Hilux delivers its best-ever monthly volume in Australia this month. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 20 models and Top 46 All-brands! Click on title to see * Check out Toyota Place Never before had Australian consumers bought that many new cars in one month, 6 months and…
Hyundai i35 * See the Top 225 All-models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Ran @www.cartube.co.il * The Israeli new car market is down 2% year-on-year in June to 17,914 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still in positive at 111,859 units, up 1.3% on 2012. The models ranking…
Nissan Grand Livina * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Taiwan are up an encouraging 7% year-on-year in June to 32,579 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 182,327 units, down 2% on 2012. No surprise in pole position: the Toyota…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 43 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Norwegian new car sales are down just 0.9% year-on-year in June to 10,948 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 70,644 units, up 2% on 2012. If the VW Golf holds onto…
The new generation could help the Toyota Vios regain the #3 spot in Thailand... * NOW UPDATED with the Top 35 best-selling models & Top 32 All- brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin, Eddy and Falconz * Overall Thailand models data is relatively rare to come…