The Ford Escort was #1 in Ireland in 1974 18/04/2024 update: Now with brands data for 1972 (1 new article). 20/08/2019 update: Now with information for 1983 and 1985 (2 new articles). 18/07/2019 update: Now with an annual All-brands ranking from 1990 to 2000 (7 new articles). The direct links…
Honda Civic * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 65 models by clicking on the title * The Thai new car market is once again and encouragingly up year-on-year in June - it's the 5th time in the past 8 months - with deliveries up 9% to 66.049 units,…
Could Tesla one day save Peugeot? Or Fiat? And Chrysler? * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * This post is sponsored by Nottingham based garage Arnold Tyres I have related the success of the $70,000 Tesla Model S electric sedan in my latest Californian updates (see Q1…
Subaru BRZ * See the direct link to original article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex C * I don't normally do updates throughout the month for other countries than France, Brazil and Iceland but this event I thought was interesting enough to deserve its own article.…
Peugeot 206 SD * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * 125,030 passenger cars were produced in Iran in December, up 9% year-on-year. December is actually the 9th month of the Persian year 1390, so no Full Year summaries yet for Iran. Over 9…
Brazilian car sales are up 22% in February at 258,841 registrations. Massive event this month: the Fiat Uno passes the VW Gol for the very first time to become Brazil's best selling car! At 21,470 sales it grabs 8.3% of the market, compared to 20,989 and 8.1% for the VW…
Videos of the streets of San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, reveal that in all likeliness the Toyota Hilux is the best selling car in the country. Salvadoreans are very fond of pick-ups: the Mazda BT-50, Mitsubishi L200 and Nissan Frontier are also very popular. Other successful models…
The Moroccan car market is expanding slightly in 2009 with 93,761 registrations (+3%) and the Dacia Logan, built in the country, grabs 15.1% of the market with 14,200 units sold. The 2003 Renault Kangoo is 2nd with 11,543 sales (12.3%) and the Kia Picanto closes the podium in 3rd at…
Mazda is the leading brand in Israel and the Mazda3 the best-selling car with no less than 12.3% of the market in 2009 at 21,269 sales, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 7.1% and the Hyundai i30 at 4.9%. The ranking by segment over the first 6 months 2010 indicates…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Ecuadorian car market is at -18% in 2009 with 92,764 registrations. Chevrolet leads the way and delivers an impressive 1-2-3 in the models ranking: The Chevrolet Aveo first generation (called Aveo Activo) is #1 with 10.7%…
Nissan Sentra No car sales data available for Bolivia, so this is a very rough estimation based on my observations during my trip to Bolivia in December 2005. A lot has happened since, so if you have any info about car sales in Bolivia please make sure to get in…
One model is head and shoulders above the competition in Peru: the Toyota Yaris, with the sedan being the preferred version. It delivers 2,564 sales in just 4 months, or 12.4% of the market. The Kia Rio comes in 2nd at 5.5%, ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 4.2%. Top…
Two models fight it out for the first place in Chile: the Chevrolet Aveo is first in January 2010 with 1,094 sales and 5.6% of the market, just ahead of the Hyundai Accent at 1,030 sales and 5.2%. The Chevrolet Spark takes the 3rd place with 3.7%. The first 4WD…
Chevrolet dominates the Colombian car sales and places the Aveo first with 13,870 registrations and 12.1% of the market (vs. 13.5% in 2009), and the Spark 2nd with 6,502 sales and 5.7%. In third, the Renault Sandero, helped by the Stepway version (pictured below), gets a solid 4.7% market share,…
Since 1996, a joint venture between the Uzbek government and GM-Daewoo produces cars locally under the Uz-Daewoo brand (click here for more info). As a result, the Uz-Daewoo Nexia, a 2008 restyled Opel Kadett/Daewoo Nexia, leads the models rankings in Uzbekistan ahead of the 2001 Uz-Daewoo Matiz.