The Toyota Prado is by far the best-selling vehicle in Kuwait in 2015. * See the Top 44 All-brands and Top 258 All-models by clicking on the title * The Kuwaiti new car markets declines for the second straight year in 2015 at -1.2% to 150.893 registrations, but market leader…
The Nissan X-Trail is the best-selling SUV in Australia for the first time. Picture caradvice.com.au * UPDATED with the Top 50 brands and Top 290 All-models * The Australian new vehicle market is going from strength to strength this year with November sales figures hitting an all-time high of 98.639 units, up 7%…
The VW Jetta is #1 in six Chinese provinces in 2014, including Jilin (above). Today and for the first time on BSCB we are able to share with you the five best-selling nameplates for each and every one of China's 31 provinces. As detailed during my various travels across the…
The Toyota Land Cruiser 200 reclaims the UAE Top spot off the Toyota Hilux in 2015. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * A rare treat: UAE returns to BSCB with a Top 20 brands and Top 50 models for…
The Mitsubishi L200 holds a strong 8.5% market share in Senegal (2016 model pictured). * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and models by clicking on the title * Thanks to the CE Auto newsletter, we can share with you today exclusive data for Senegal over the Full Year 2014. New car…
The Mitsubishi Lancer EX ranks 2nd overall in the UAE so far this year. * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The UAE new car market is up 1% year-on-year over the First Quarter of 2015 to 101.676 registrations. Toyota is…
The Nissan Patrol is the third best-selling vehicle in Qatar so far in 2015. * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The new car market in Qatar is up a very pleasant 6% year-on-year over the 1st Quarter of 2015 to 25.154 registrations. Toyota unsurprisingly…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…
Hyundai Elantra taxis in Yanji After Changchun, we hop on a short 45 mins flight to Yanji, capital of the little-known Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, next to the North Korean border. Yanbian was created in 1955 as a reward for Koreans who fought on the side of the communists in the…
Nissan Patrol (UAE model shown) * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Qatar are up 6% year-on-year in 2014 to 95,171 registrations. As it is the case in every country in the region, Toyota dominates the…
The Nissan Terrano (a rebadged Renault Duster) found 10,843 Russian buyers in 2014. * See the Top 434 All-models by clicking on the title * After going through the All-brands and Top 25 models rankings, it is now time to explore the Full Year 2014 Russian models sales charts in its…
The Haval H1 is the most successful new entrant in China this month. * See the Top 343 best-selling local models by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the monthly Chinese ranking, we feature in detail the all-new models making their first appearance in…
Nissan Tiida * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car sales in the United Arab Emirates are up a spectacular 24% year-on-year in June to 32,760 registrations, bringing the half-year total to 199,277 units, up 20% on 2013. The Toyota Hilux…
We are in China. I promise. (Click on any photo to enlarge) This is Part 9 of my China 2014 Photo Report series, you can see all previous Reports here. We are now heading 840km North-East from Hotan to Kuqa, still in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Western China. This…
Kashgari man and Jonway UFO A380 After exploring the extraordinary pick-up landscape in Kashgar, some 3.400km away from Beijing in South-Western China, we now go into its overall car landscape. In Chinese classification, we have gone from first-tier city (Beijing), 2nd-tier (Chongqing), 3rd-tier (Ürümqi) and now with Kashgar we are at…