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…
Geely CK. Picture by photoscience, all rights reserved. * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * The Ukrainian new car market is down 17% year-on-year in December to 20,580 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 217,581 units, down 8% on…
Chery MVM315 * See the Top 17 most produced models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Omid * December 2012 corresponds roughly to the month of Azar in the year 1391 of the Persian calendar, and over the period only 60,869 vehicles were produced, a 53% year-on-year drop…
Iran Khodro Runna * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * In Mehr 1391, roughly equivalent to October 2012 in the Persian calendar, 61,336 new cars were produced in Iran, a 55% year-on-year drop, a slight improvement on the -66% experienced last month. Year-to-date…
"Obama" aka Dodge Charger * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Yesterday I had the pleasure to attend a Webinar from Business Monitor International about the Top 10 Emerging engines of growth in the Automotive industry, so I will write a few articles about these markets…
Iran Khodro Runna * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * Iranian production figures for the month of Shahrivar 1391, roughly equivalent to September 2012 in the Persian calendar, show a drop of 66% compared to a year ago with a total of just…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Igor * 19,639 new vehicles changed hands in Ukraine in August, bringing the year-to-date total to 131,018 units. After a historical month of July that saw a Chinese model, the Geely CK, climb…
Saipa Pride 111 * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB we go through local Iranian production figures as sales information is not available, however this should portray a relatively accurate picture of car sales in the…
Peugeot 504 Station Wagon in the background. Picture by Liki Fumei, all rights reserved. * Click on title for more street scenes and videos! * In 2011, 7,350 new cars were imported into Senegal, making it the biggest market in Western Africa. 585 of these were then re-exported in the…
Iran Khodro Runna * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As usual we explore local production figures for the Iranian market as sales data is not available, however this should represent a relatively accurate picture of car sales in the country as high…
Great Wall Voleex C30 * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As always the Iranian monthly models ranking reflects production (not sales) but is a pretty accurate representation of the most popular cars in the country as high import duties limit sales of…
Peugeot 405. Picture by kamshots. * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * As usual for Iran only models rankings by production (not sales) are available but they are a good reflection of car sales in the country as high import duties limit sales…
Peugeot Pars * See the Top 10 most produced models by clicking on the title! * In the Iranian calendar the month of April 2012 roughly corresponds to Farvardin, the first month of the new year 1391. As Peugeot slowly winds down after stopping the importation of CKD kits under…
Peugeot 405 * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In Iran the Year 1390 just finished on 19 March 2012 and the last month of the Persian year, Esfan, corresponds roughly to March 2012. 104,206 vehicles were produced this month, down 7% year-on-year and…
Changhe Freedom in Dushanbe, Tajikistan * See street videos of Dushanbe, Tajikistan by clicking on the title! * Tajikistan is at a crossroads of various civilisations and its car market reflects this, with Chinese, Russian, Iranian, Kazak and Uzbek influences. Up to mid-2010, almost half of the cars in circulation…