The Toyota Camry ranks #6 in Kazakhstan in August * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 10 brands by clicking on the title! * Nearly 18 months after the last and only Kazakhstan update on BSCB I am now able to give you much more recent data for this…
The VW Golf III sold 43,838 units in March 1993 in Germany alone, a record. * See the direct links to these 8 Historical Data posts by clicking on the title! * Looking to buy a new car? Find out about budget car insurance here. Thanks to STAC and a thorough…
Looks like the Lada Granta is finally getting its groove on in Russia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * At 258,761 registrations and up 15% year-on-year, this is the best August ever for new car sales in Russia, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Renault Duster * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another very solid month for new car sales in Russia, up 14% year-on-year both in July at 255,560 registrations and year-to-date at 1,669,455 units. The Lada Kalina is now the uncontested leader of the models…
The Hyundai Accent is #1 in 5 countries across the world * See the full list by clicking on the title! * Now that most official sales data is in for the first 5 months of the year we can start looking at the #1 models around the world in…
Chevrolet Cruze * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Russian car market continue on its insolent good run while most of Europe is slowing down, up 11% year-on-year in May to 260,944 registrations and bringing the year-to-date total to 1,141,484 units, up 15%…
Changhe Freedom in Dushanbe, Tajikistan * See street videos of Dushanbe, Tajikistan by clicking on the title! * Tajikistan is at a crossroads of various civilisations and its car market reflects this, with Chinese, Russian, Iranian, Kazak and Uzbek influences. Up to mid-2010, almost half of the cars in circulation…
Renault Clio Click on 'Read more' at end of post for the direct links to these 21 articles! Thanks to STAC I can now share with you detailed French yearly rankings since 1990! The 90s were the decade of the Renault Clio: launched in 1990, after two years of Peugeot 205…
Uz-Daewoo Nexia * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Misha * The Kazakh new car market grew a healthy 14% in 2010 at 21,560 registrations. The best selling model title changed hands, this year going to the Uz-Daewoo Nexia imported from Uzbekistan…
* Click on title for street scenes and video! * The Kyrgyz market is very similar to neighbour Kazahkstan, and should place the Toyota Camry on top on the sales ranking, ahead of the Toyota Prado and Land Cruiser. Old Ladas are still dominant in rural areas but should not…
Lada 2104 in Azerbaijan * Click on title for more street scenes! * Azerbaijan's streets are filled with various generations of Lada 2104/2105's and this model should still be the best selling car in the country in 2010. Other very successful cars here are the Hyundai Sonata, Kia Cerato Forte,…
ZAZ Lanos * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Ukrainian car market virtually stopped in 2009: it went from 623,253 sales in 2008 to 162,291, down a devastating 74%. In this context, the ZAZ Lanos, a 1998 Daewoo Lanos…
No official car sales figures available from Moldova, so my estimation is solely based on the observation of You Tube videos of the streets of the capital Chisinau. Please shout if you have any Moldavian car sales data! The Moldavian market seems to be strongly influenced by its neighbour Romania,…
Lada Priora * See the Top annual and monthly Top 56 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Russian car sales are hit full frontal by the Global Financial Crisis in 2009, almost halving the record 2008 score at -49% to just 1.465.917 units. Russian carmakers get a…
Lada 2107 * See the Top annual and monthly 53 All-brands and annual and monthly Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market soars 23.6% year-on-year in 2008 to smash its all-time volume record at 2.897.459 registrations. This remains the largest ever annual volume in Russia, making…