Toyota Hilux * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title * Another record month for new vehicle sales in New Zealand: February is up 8% year-on-year to an all-time high 9,877 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 21,544 units, up 10% on…
Runaway success: the Honda HR-V in Thailand. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 9 brands by clicking on the title * Sadly, the Thai new car market continues to sink deeper into recession with another harsh 13% year-on-year drop in January to just 59,721 registrations. Toyota remains…
Toyota Yaris (Chinese model shown) * NOW UPDATED with the Top 193 All-models and Top 40 All-brands * Catastrophic year for new car sales in Thailand: as soon as the government's "first car" incentive program was ditched in mid-2013, the market has fallen back to 2011 levels. If a very strong first…
The Ford Ranger tops the New Caledonian sales charts for the 6th year running. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 40 All-brands by clicking on the title * Stable. That's what new car sales in New Caledonia, a small French Overseas Territory located north-east of Australia, are:…
Honda HR-V * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Thailand just can't step out of a nightmarish year so far in 2014: down another 21% year-on-year in November to just 73,068 registrations after drops of 20%…
Nissan Navara * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * As the demise of the Thai new vehicle market is approaching its one year anniversary, logically the year-on-year declines become smaller: from -35% in July to -31% in August, -26% in…
Nissan Navara * See the Top 50 best-selling models & Top 20 brands by clicking on the title * The Thai new light vehicle market slows down its free fall slightly in September at -26% year-on-year to 69,137 registrations vs. -31% in August and -35% in July. The year-to-date total now…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling non-Toyota in all 4 nations covered in this report. * See the Top 50-200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Now that Gulf Cooperation Council data is available for August, I will share with you the highlights in each country…
Nissan Navara * See the Top 50 models and Top 34 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * Traditionally with a little bit of delay I can share with you detailed information about the Thai new car market for August, and the news continue to be pretty bad with…
Finally 2013 German sales of the Citroen C4 Picasso are known. * See the Top 350 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Although it has improved somewhat in 2014 with the VAG Group finally sharing some splits (Golf, Leon, A6…), one of the most…
Honda Jazz * See the Top 30 best-selling models and Top 60 brands by clicking on the title! * At 10,313 registrations this month, the New Zealand new car market is up 10% year-on-year and delivers the best July score in 29 years! Commercial vehicles are at an all-time high…
The new generation Nissan Navara is sure to be a hit in New Caledonia when it launches. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 33 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Stéphane * The new car market in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located North-East of Australia, continues to…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * In June, new car sales in Australia are down just 0.4% year-on-year on what was an all-time record month for the industry in June 2013, making June 2014 the second biggest month ever…
Great Wall Wingle This is Part 3 of my special Strategy series about Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks) here, Part 2 (Small, Medium & Large Buses and Light Trucks) here and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary and MPVs) here. We are exploring the…
Guarding his Chana pick-up with pride. (Click on any photo to enlarge) After Beijing, Chongqing and Ürümqi, as promised we are now headed 1.080km South-West to the hinterland of the hinterland: Kashgar, China's westernmost city and predominantly populated by Muslim Uyghurs. To give you a rough idea of what Kashgar looks like, the…