Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Brazilian car sales are up a nice 10% in January at 252,697 registrations. After being interrupted by the Fiat Uno last month the VW Gol reclaims the pole position with 19,050 sales and 7.5% share…
Chevrolet Cobalt * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * It's time for our bi-monthly rendez-vous with the Brazilian market: over the first half of January car sales are up 5% to 119,344 registrations. The VW Gol reclaim the market's leadership with 9,429 sales and…
VW Gol and Fiat Uno In December the Brazilian car market is down a surprising 9% to 329,198 registrations, bringing the final 2011 total to 3,425,596 units, up just 3%. For the 2nd time only this year after February the Fiat Uno manages to snap the pole position away from…
Lada Granta All my best wishes for this new year, may it bring you all you have ever wanted! A very exciting year ahead, with a lot of important new launches that are bound to reshuffle the models rankings of many countries... For those of you that were checking this…
2012 Fiat Palio * See the Top 175 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Brazilian car sales are down 11% year-on-year with 157,514 registrations during the first half of December. Once again the Fiat Uno is getting dangerously close to the VW Gol with 11,900 sales and 7.6%…
VW Gol * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Unusual month in Brazil where car sales are actually down 2% at 305,252 registrations, bringing the 2011 year-to-date total to 3,096,410 units, up 4%. The VW Gol enjoys its 10th month in pole position this…
VW Gol The Brazilian car market is up 16% this month at 286,934 registrations and 10% year-to-date at 1,638,078 units. The two traditional best-sellers are both in good shape in June: the VW Gol sells 27,428 units, its highest volume in 6 months, for a 9.6% market share, its best…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time in months, the Brazilian car market is down: -14% in March at 288,758 registrations. However the year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 777,725 units. After…
1969 Chevrolet Opala: among Brazilian best sellers throughout the seventies I have now completed a review of the Brazilian market going back to 1954. Witness the domination of the VW Beetle (called Fusca in Brazil) from 1954 through the sixties and seventies... Explore the 1980's 'malaise' with the Fiat 147…
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…
Fiat Strada After a weak January, the Fiat Uno is back in the race for #1 with a 8.4% share half-way through February, as the VW Gol drops to 8.8%. The VW Fox/CrossFox stays 3rd above 5%, and the Fiat Strada, a pick-up based on the Fiat Palio, climbs to…
Slow start for Venezuelan car sales this year at 5,803 registrations, down 22%. Chevrolet holds no less than 51% of the market and places 4 models in the first 4 spots: the Chevrolet Aveo is #1 at 20.4%, followed by the Optra (12%), C-3500 pick-up (9.1%) and Spark (5%). The…
Another massive month for the Brazilian market with 311,318 registrations in November, +31% vs. 2009! The Year-to-date figure is just under 3 million at 2,967,760 sales and +9%. The VW Gol is as strong as ever and delivers its best 2010 month in terms of volume at 29,697 units (9.5%). It…
Renault Symbol Controlled by annual import quotas, the Tunisian market is nevertheless growing a whopping 76% over 2009 with around 35,300 registrations in the first 9 months of 2010. Like in neighbouring Algeria, the Renault Symbol is the best-selling car here, with 6,867 units sold and a massive 19.5% market share.…
Fenavabre publishes detailed car sales data twice a month, so we have access to the Brazilian models ranking for the first half of November. The market is up a massive 30% over '09 with 160,583 registrations. The Gol/Uno fight seems to be over already with the Gol reaching 9.9% at…