The Peugeot 206 SD remains in production in Iran and accounts for 70% of 206 sales. * Click on the title to see the Top 15 most produced cars, Top 10 pickups, imports & brands * Thanks to a partnership with CE Auto newsletter, we can now share with you a monthly update about…
335 UAZ Cargo found a new home in Russia over H1 2015. * See the Top 360 All-models by clicking on the title * Exclusive to BSCB, we now have access to an All-models ranking for the First Half of 2015 in Russia. Light Commercial Vehicles are now included, which…
The Baojun 730 is the 6th most popular light vehicle in China this month. * See the Top 325 All-local models and Top 10 manufacturers by clicking on the title! * Sales of new passenger cars in China confirm their cooling off, up 'just' 6.6% year-on-year in October to 1.708.900…
Renault Logan (Brazilian model pictured) * See the Top 165 All-models and Top 15 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Ldman * Egyptian new vehicle sales are definitely back on an explosive growth trend after a couple of wobbly years due to an unstable political situation. The market is up…
Urumqi street scene (Click on any image to enlarge) After Beijing and Chongqing, we now travel to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region at the extreme West of China. As described in my previous article The cars of Chongqing - Central China, the Chinese hinterland is going to absorb most…
Brazilian Chery QQ * This is Part 2 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 3 (Eastern Europe), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * If Chinese carmakers have started exporting to Africa in the early 00′s, they set foot in Latin America even earlier, with JAC starting…
Mitsubishi Lancer sales are up 23% in Venezuela in 2013. * See the Top 60 best-selling models and Top 20 brands by clicking on the title! * It was a very tough year for the Venezuelan new car market, down a harsh 24% on 2012 to 98,878 registrations, not helped…
Chevrolet Orlando * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. New car sales in Venezuela are down a painful 21% year-on-year in July to 8,686 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 65,966 units,…
Mitsubishi Lancer * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Big slap for Venezuelan new car sales in June, down a horrid 39% year-on-year to just 7,732 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 57,280 units, down 15% on 2012. After ranking 4th in February,…
Chevrolet Orlando * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After surging by 29% last month, the Venezuelan new car market is disappointingly back down 5% year-on-year in May to 11,145 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 49,548 units, down 10% on 2012. Faithful…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Today I give you the much awaited World roundup for April 2013. After two months of stardom for the Nissan Qashqai, we welcome new faces under the spotlight this month. What makes the headlines in April is…
DongFeng S30 * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Venezuelan new car sales are back in shape in April, up a very robust 29% year-on-year to 12,764 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 38,403 units, still down 11% on 2012 however. For once,…
Nissan Qashqai. Picture by justinvg, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Better late than never I hear you say and you would be correct. Here come the much awaited February Roundup, albeit in a slightly more succinct version, with the March Roundup…
The Ford Fiesta on sale in Venezuela is still the previous generation. * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Venezuela are still not feeling too good, down another 21% year-on-year in March to 12,039 registrations which brings the year-to-date total…
DongFeng S30 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Venezuelan new car market put the breaks on in February: down a painful 31% year-on-year to 8,058 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 13,600 units, down 24% on 2012. Leader in 2012, the…