Toyota Hilux * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is composed of the states bordering the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. 106,191 new vehicles were registered in the region in December, bringing the final 2011 total…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * Qatari consumers bought 62,346 new vehicles in 2011 and two models stand out from the crowd this year: Qatar's favourite is the Toyotal Land Cruiser with 5,955 sales and 9.6%…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 110 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Ldman * After many attempts at guessing the list of best-selling cars in the UAE based on a couple of short trips there, I can finally share with you official sales figures thanks…
GMC Sierra and Toyota Land Cruiser in Dubai, September 2011 * See the estimated Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * I was lucky enough to stop over in Dubai over the weekend for the second time in 2 months, so I can…
Toyota FJ Cruiser in Dubai, July 2011 I was lucky enough to stopover in Dubai over the weekend so I can update you on the Emirati car market. Toyota looks like it is still leading the way by a very large margin there, with the Toyota Corolla, Camry and Land…
Picture by Imran Akram. All rights reserved. The Saudi car market has not been affected much by the economic crisis, with sales up 1% in 2009 at 595,586 units, the 2010 BMI forecast being +2% at 619,220 units. Observation of the main capital cities' streets through YouTube videos indicate the…
Toyota Hilux in Monrovia, Liberia * Click on title for more street scenes and video! * Liberia is still in the midst of recovering from the long civic war that tore the country apart, so understandably priority is not given to cars in this context. About half of all cars…
* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * New cars are relatively rare in the streets of the capital Kinshasa, and among them the clear leaders are the Toyota Hilux and Prado. The latter's old gen is the most ubiquitous car there and the new generation is promised…
The latest official data I could get my hands on dates back to 2003 and was limited to Abu Dhabi. The Toyota Land Cruiser was leading the way then ahead of the Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sunny, Nissan Patrol and Mitsubishi Lancer. Observation in Abu Dhabi and Dubai during my last…
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…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2009 is 'annus horribilus' for car sales in Iceland, the market contracting by 89% year-on-year at its worst around mid-year, finishing at -76% and 2,570 registrations... In this context and for the first time in…
2002 Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Record car market in Australia this year with 824,309 units sold, up 7% year-on-year and beating the previous record of 807,649 in 1998. The Holden Commodore sees its sales boosted by the arrival of the new…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * In 1998 the Australian car market breaks its own record for the 2nd time in a row, up 12% to pass the 800,000 annual units for the first time at 807,649, only…