Vintage American car in Cuba. Picture by Walter Lo Cascio. All rights reserved. The Cuban car market structure is a fascinating testimony of the country's last 60 years history. Its famous 1950's American cars (60,000 are still in circulation), relics of the pre-revolutionary period, are now outnumbered by over 100,000 Ladas,…
Thimphu street Observation of the streets of the capital Thimphu through YouTube videos indicate a Bhutanese market very similar to its neighbour India: out of 3,168 imported cars in 2009, 42% were Marutis and 31% Hyundais. The Maruti Alto, Hyundai Santro and Hyundai i10 look like the best-sellers in Bhutan.…
The Maruti Alto remains #1 in India. The Indian new car market continues to grow, scoring a 7th consecutive record year in 2008 at 1.544.700 units, up 2.2% year-on-year. Brand leader Maruti (-1.8%) drops to below 700.000 units and 45.2% share, and the hero of the year is without a…
Maruti Alto * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 110 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in India continue to gallop from record to record, signing a 5th consecutive all-time high volume in 2006 at 1.469.459 units, up 20% year-on-year. This time Maruti (+14%)…
* See the Top 25 All-brands and Top 95 All-models by clicking on the title * Indian new vehicle sales gain a further 7.3% in 2005 to lodge a fourth consecutive record volume at 1.225.678 units. Maruti continues to follow the market to remain very stable market share-wise at 42%.…
The Maruti Alto, left, ends the year 20.000 sales below the 20 year leader, the Maruti 800, right. * See the Top 23 All-brands and Top 80 All-models by clicking on the title * The new vehicle market in India is expanding by leaps and bounds, up another 23.7% to annihilate…
The Maruti 800 is back up to 18.5% share in India. * See the Top 20 All-brands and Top 65 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a very impressive surge for Indian new vehicle sales at +20.1%, smashing the all-time volume record established just last month at 923.599…
The Tata Indica is up to 9.6% share in India four years after launch. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 60 All-models by clicking on the title * After a 3% drop in 2001, the Indian new car market is back on its record run in 2002 thanks…
The Maruti 800 is back above 20% market share. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 55 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle deliveries in India tilt into negative in 2001 at -3.1% to 729.496 units. Leader Maruti (+5%) has reacted and sees its share rally back…
The Hyundai Santro is up to #2 in India - the highest a foreign nameplate has ever ranked. * See the Top 18 All-brands and Top 50 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market edges up 5.2% to a new record 752.687 units in 2000,…
The Tata Indica is considered India's first indigenously developed passenger car. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 45 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in India are back in frank positive territory in 1999, soaring 35% to a record 715.699 units. The Indian car…
The Hyundai Santro is the best-selling foreign nameplate in 1998 after just 4 months in market. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 40 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market endures a 9.5% year-on-year drop in 1998 to 530.342 units. However brand leader…