Fijian smiles in Nadi. Picture © highluxphoto * See the Top 13 All-brands and Top 13 All-Toyota models by clicking on the title * Fiji is located about 2.000 km (1.300 mi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island with Vanuatu to the west and New Caledonia to the southwest. It is…
Toyota Land Cruiser Pickup * See the Top 10 brands, passenger cars & light vehicles by clicking on the title * Now updated with sales figures for the Top 5 passenger cars and light vehicles. For the first time in 8 years we now have access to official sales information for Botswana thanks to NAAMSA.Rankings…
The Toyota Hilux is #1 in an estimated 45 countries in 2014 (2015 model pictured). * See all 60 market-topping nameplates in the world by clicking on the title * Today the new generation Toyota Hilux was unveiled simultaneously in Thailand and Australia. What better day then to recap on all the…
Suzuki Lingyang taxi in Mudanjiang After Yanji in the Korean Autonomous Prefecture, we are now leaving the Jilin province, headed north to cross over to Mudanjiang in the Heilongjiang province, home to just under 1 million inhabitants. Mudanjiang does have an airport but it doesn’t have direct flights to either…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title * The Emirati new car market is up by a solid 7% year-on-year in 2014, still largely dominated by Toyota at 33.1% share above Nissan (16%), Mitsubishi particularly strong at 8.9%, Hyundai…
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 Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up ranks at a world-best #2 in Oman. * See the Top 25 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title * It's a year to forget for the Omani new car market: down 5% to 208,029 registrations. Surprisingly, Oman is the one…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title * Shock: new car sales in Kuwait are actually down year-on-year in 2014 at -1% to 152,477 registrations. Toyota (36.5%), Nissan (11.6%) and Hyundai (8%) top the brands ranking with Chevrolet at…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title * The Bahraini new car market is up a fantastic 14% year-on-year in 2014 to 59,853 registrations, and is dominated once again by Toyota at 44.2% share above Nissan (10.1%), Hyundai…
Skoda Yeti * See the Top 46 All-brands and Top 284 All-models by clicking on the title * The Latvian new car market is in excellent shape in 2014, up 17% year-on-year to 14,991 registrations. A big caveat before we dig into detailed sales figures for Latvia: a large part of new…
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…
The Toyota Harrier is up to #8 at home this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling models and All-local brands by clicking on the title! * Note this article also contains KEI cars data below the jump. Thanks Stephen. Another month in the red for new passenger car sales…
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…
Toyota Prado * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * New car saes in the United Arab Emirates are up 7% year-on-year in August to 33,227 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 266,257 units, up 12% on 2013. Down to 5th position in…
The Kia Cerato is up to #17 in the region this month. * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * The Gulf Cooperation Council area includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. New car sales in the region are up a very…