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Iran May 2014: Production back on track at +146%!

Iran Khodro Samand production is up a huge 638% year-on-year this month! * See the Top 8 most produced local models by clicking on the title! Thanks Od * Iran is back in business for good: car production is up a tremendous 146% year-on-year to 94,840 units in Ordibehesht 1393 which…

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Photo Report: The cars of Kashgar, South-Western China

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…

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Iran July 2013: Saipa Pride and Peugeot Pars stay afloat

Saipa Pride * See the Top 15 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. As is the tradition the Iranian monthly models ranking reflects production (not sales) but it actually gives a relatively close picture of…

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Guinea Bissau 2013: Toyota Prado could lead sales charts

Streets of capital Bissau are filled with 1980 Mercedes taxis. Picture by Jon Baker, all rights reserved. Last time I covered Guinea Bissau there was too little recent video footage available to draw any conclusions about the best-selling models in this African country. This has now changed, thanks to a 14…

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Iran January 2013: Iran Khodro Samand resists

Iran Khodro Samand * See the Top 18 most produced models by clicking on the title! * January 2013 roughly equals to Dey, the 10th month in the year 1391 of the Persian calendar. Over the period only 64,984 new vehicles were produced, a 45% year-on-year drop (to be compared…

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