The Lada 2101-2103 was the dominant force in the USSR in the seventies. The direct links to 32 USSR/Russia Historical posts are below. 24/06/2019 update: Monthly All-brands rankings are now available without interruption from January 2008 onwards. The start of a big scale overhaul of BSCB's Historical Data, sales figures…
The Lada Granta gains 43.6% and the Renault Logan 31.1% in January in Russia. After being hit full frontal by Crimea-related sanctions, Russian new car sales had brilliantly rallied back, managing 16 consecutive months of double-digit gains between May 2017 and August 2018. Since then, the growth has petered out, with September…
Thanks to its facelift, the Lada Granta climbs back up to the #1 spot at home. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Russia end a streak of 16 consecutive months of double-digit gains in September, gaining…
The Lada Vesta is the best-selling vehicle in Russia for the third month running. Picture zr.ru * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market steps up 11% year-on-year in August to 147.388 registrations, marking a 16th consecutive…
The Vesta is the 6th Lada nameplate to have held the monthly #1 spot in Russia this decade... * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Compensating for a particularly low score a year ago in January 2017 (weakest month in seven…
Lada Granta sales are up 22% to #2 overall in 2014 in Kazakhstan. * UPDATED - See the Top 253 All-models and Top 41 All-brands * The Kazakh new car market has gone from being the fastest growing in the world to full-on recession in the space of one year: 2014.…
1966 ZAZ 966 - ZAZ dominated Ukrainian sales for almost 50 years. Historical info spanning the past five decades is now available for Ukraine on BSCB! For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Ukraine belonged to then, Lada models were selling strongly alongside the local ZAZ sedans we estimate were the…
The GAZ Gazelle tops the Kazakh models ranking this month. * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * Building on a record year in 2013, the Kazakh new car market is up a further 22% in February to 10,863 registrations, bringing the year-to-date…
The Lada 2106 may have topped the Belorussian sales charts in the eighties. Historical info going back to five decades ago is now available for Belarus on BSCB. For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Belarus belonged to then, and Lada models reigned supreme. It's only been since 2010…
Lada Priora * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * In 2013, Kazakhstan is officially the fastest-growing new car market in the world, gaining 74% on 2012 to an all-time record 165,710 registrations. The Top 3 best-sellers are unchanged vs. 2012: the Lada…
The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is up to #8 this month in Kazakhstan. * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * * The Full Year 2013 Report is here! * New car sales in Kazakhstan are up a whopping 73% year-on-year in December…
First time inside the Kazakh Top 10 for the Skoda Rapid * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * New car sales in Kazakhstan have clearly not exhausted their growth potential yet, up another 58% year-on-year in November to 16,898 registrations. This brings…
Renault Duster sales are up 793% year-on-year in Kazakhstan in October... * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * Thanks to Irina from www.akab.kz, I can share with you October sales data for Kazakhstan, one of the (if not the) most dynamic car markets in…
Virtually unchanged since 1966 and #9 this month: the UAZ Bukhanka * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Irina * In September the Kazakh new car market doesn't disappoint: it is up another huge 90% year-on-year to 16,196 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
FAW V5 and UAZ Bukhanka * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 9 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Photo Report here. This time we are doing a tiny little hop 80 km South…