The Ford Ranger tops the Australian sales charts for the first time this month. Picture caradvice.com.au * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 280 All-models * The Australian new vehicle market is down 2.4% year-on-year in September to 100.200 registrations, meaning the year-to-date total is now only 0.2%…
Leaning towards the American market: Australia. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 All-brands and Top 285 All-models - click on title to see * October sales in Australia are disappointing: down 1% year-on-year to 93.357 units, however the year-to-date tally is still at all-time record heights, up 2.4% on 2015 to…
The Hyundai Grand i10 is among the 10 most popular models in South Africa. * See the Top 320 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * In South Africa, Hyundai, Kia, Great Wall and (on and off) Mercedes only share total brand sales but not models splits. For the…
The Dacia Dokker is the best-selling nameplate in Bulgaria in 2014. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 170 All-models by clicking on the title * The Bulgarian new car market is up 30% year-on-year in July to 2.561 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total to an estimated 17.168 units,…
The Renault Captur is #1 in Bulgaria for the 2nd straight month. * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 178 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Bulgaria are up a whopping 23% year-on-year in June to an estimated 3.220 registrations, lifting the year-to-date total to…
The Great Wall Steed is among the 10 most popular vehicles in Namibia. * See the Top 10 brands, passenger cars & light vehicles by clicking on the title * Now updated with sales figures for the Top 5 passenger cars and light vehicles. New vehicle sales in Namibia are up an elephant-like 36%…
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…
Dacia Dokker * See the Top 30 best-selling brands and Top 170 models by clicking on the title! Thanks Kaloyan * The Bulgarian new car market is up 3% year-on-year in September to an estimated 2,050 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 19,258 units, up 8% on 2013. One thing…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 30 brands and Top 163 All-models by clicking on the title! Thanks Kalo * New car sales in Bulgaria are down 2% year-on-year in July to 1,974 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still up on 2013 at an estimated 15,104 units, up 10%.…
Dacia Dokker * See the Top 179 All-models and Top 33 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Kaloyan * The Bulgarian new car market is up 8% year-on-year in May to an estimated 2,624 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 13,130 units, up 12.5% on 2013. Bulgarian sales data…
Karakoram Highway at Bulong Lake (click on any image to enlarge) After Ürümqi and Kashgar, we continue on our adventure through the Xinjiang Uyghur, China's Westernmost autonomous region. Today we take the legendary Karakoram Highway on the Chinese side for 450km between Kashgar (altitude 1.260m) and the Khunjerab Pass on the…
Chongqing street scene (Click on any picture to enlarge) Now that you know the secrets of Beijing hutongs and the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Beijing Auto Show, we go on a bit of adventure inside China. First stop is Chongqing, one of the fastest-growing cities on earth, 1.500km…
The Qoros 3 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show last April. * This is Part 5 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 3 (Eastern Europe) and Part 4 (Asia) * The first 4 Parts in this series have shown Chinese manufacturers securing the…
TagAz has been manufacturing the Chery Tiggo in Russia - rebranded Vortex Tingo. * This is Part 3 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * As illustrated in Africa and Latin America, Chinese manufacturers have been working extra-hard…
Road Train vs. Skoda Octavia… Who wins? I have been mentioning the new generation Skoda Octavia on BestSellingCarsBlog a lot in the past 6 months as it progressively climbed the European rankings to reach an all-time high 5th place in October and November 2013, ranking inside the Top 10 for 5…