The Wuling Hongguang launched this month in India as the Chevrolet Enjoy. * This is Part 4 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 2 (Latin America), Part 3 (Eastern Europe) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * In the first 3 parts of this series we observed that…
Tajik musicians, Lada Zhiguli and Daewoo Nexia. Picture by marusia, all rights reserved. After Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, it's time to dust off another Central Asian car market: Tajikistan, the country in the region with the lowest car ownership rate at 35 per 1,000 inhabitants. The vehicle landscape in capital city Dushanbe has radically changed…
Civetchi/Dongfeng S30 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post * New car sales in Venezuela are down a painful 31% year-on-year to 8,193 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2012 to 130,553 units, still up 8% on 2011.…
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…