Old vs. new: Renault now sells the Sandero in Madagascar, but the Renault 4 is still ubiquitous in the streets of Antananarivo. Picture © Davidaus * See the Top 10 best-selling brands in Antananarivo by clicking on the title * Only car sales statistics for Madagascar's capital city Antananarivo are…
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…
The CMC Veryca is up to 5th place overall in March. * See the Top 12 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Taiwan are down slightly year-on-year in March at -1% to 33,892 registrations, however first quarter results are frankly…
Toyota Auris * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 75 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Sweden are up a fantastic 14% year-on-year in March to 31,590 registrations, delivering a 15th consecutive month of year-on-year gains and the 2nd best-ever March in history. The…
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…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-seller in Paraguay in 2014. * See the Top 15 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * It's a good year for new light vehicle sales in Paraguay: up 9% on 2013 to 30,691 deliveries, however the last two months of 2014…
Luxgen U6 Turbo * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 60 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Taiwan are up a beautiful 8% year-on-year in January to 47,986 registrations, the best January score since 2011. Toyota is above 30% share thanks to 14,571…
Ssangyong Tivoli * See the Top 53 All-local models and Top 5 local brands by clicking on the title * Sales of new local models are up 5% year-on-year in January to 111,620 deliveries, and it's a good month for Light Commercial Vehicles, with the Hyundai Porter up 4 spots on…
The Nissan Pulsar is inside the Irish Top 20 in January. * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 34 All-brands by clicking on the title * Ireland is the most time-sensitive new car market in the world, with January - when new licence plates are issued - traditionally…
Hyundai Santa Fe * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title * According to data shared by Central European market data specialists www.ceauto.co.hu, the Moldovan new car market is up a very vigorous 16% year-on-year in 2014 to 5,020 registrations. The Dacia Logan improves faster than the market to…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Very dynamic marketplace in Taiwan with new car sales up 12% on 2013 to 423,829 registrations, the first time Taiwanese consumers purchase more than 400,000 new vehicles in a single since 2005…
The VW Vento jumps to #4 in Mexico this year. * UPDATED - See the Top 258 All-models and Top 39 All-brands by clicking on the title * * Check out 10 years worth of Mexican archived data here * Exactly as I predicted last month, the Mexican new car…
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…