Best Selling Cars now covers 154 countries around the world, so we can rank models by the number of times they appear #1 in any given country (more on the methodology below). This is exclusive to Best Selling Cars, you won't find it anywhere else! Toyota places 4 models in the…
Toyota Fortuner in HoChiMinh City, November 2010. Picture by my dear Mum and Dad. At 11,198 registrations this month, the Vietnamese market is down 9% year-on-year and 4% year-to-date at 99,798 sales. The Toyota Innova regains its first spot with 811 sales (7.2%) followed by the Toyota Fortuner at an…
Very strong sales figures this month in China, with each of the Top 3 cars delivering yearly bests. The VW Lavida is #1 for the second month in a row at 25,072 sales and 227,087 year-to-date (#2). The FAW Xiali N3/N5 continues its impressive progression and gains one more spot…
* Click on title for more street scenes! * Georgian consumers were very fast to shed their Soviet past: there are virtually no Ladas anymore in the streets of the capital city Tbilisi. The Toyota Corolla should take the lead of the sales ranking in 2010, followed by the Hyundai…
Street Scene in Yerevan, Armenia. Picture by ls2_zed. All rights reserved. * Click on title for more street scenes and videos! * Lada dominates Armenian car sales, with the 2104/2105 very likely to be the best-seller, and the 4x4 (aka Niva) also doing well in spite of its old age.…
* Click on title for street scenes and video! * The Kyrgyz market is very similar to neighbour Kazahkstan, and should place the Toyota Camry on top on the sales ranking, ahead of the Toyota Prado and Land Cruiser. Old Ladas are still dominant in rural areas but should not…
* Click on title for more street scenes and video! * Two cars have been dominating the Turkmen market for many years now: the Toyota Camry (starting with the 1996 generation) and the Lada 2105. These two models add up to almost half the cars in circulation in the capital…
Lada 2104 in Azerbaijan * Click on title for more street scenes! * Azerbaijan's streets are filled with various generations of Lada 2104/2105's and this model should still be the best selling car in the country in 2010. Other very successful cars here are the Hyundai Sonata, Kia Cerato Forte,…
* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * Very small car market in Gambia, and the observation of the streets of the capital city Banjul reveal a likely domination by the Mitsubishi L200, with the Toyota Corolla and Hyundai Tucson also strong sellers. This is speculation only so…
Solid numbers in Australia with +2% year-on-year in November at 87,342 registrations and +12% YTD at 948,487. 2010 will be only the third year in history the Australian market is above 1 million units. In November the Toyota Corolla is #1 for first time in 2010 with 4,536 sales and…
Excellent month for car sales in Denmark: up 47% year-on-year at 13,125 registrations, and up 37% year-to-date! The Chevrolet Spark takes the lead in November with 4.1%, ahead of the Opel Corsa and the Peugeot 107. The Toyota Aygo is still leader year-to-date, but the Opel Corsa climbs 2nd and…
Jamaican Toyota Corolla * Click on title for street scenes and videos! * Around one third of vehicles in the streets of the capital city Kingston are various generations of Toyota Corollas, and the current model is in all likeliness still the best selling car in Jamaica. The Jamaican car market…
* Click on title for street scenes and video! * The Nicaraguan car market is pretty easy to read as 2 cars stand out by far: the Toyota Hilux, probably the best-selling car in Nicaragua, and the Toyota Yaris Sedan following not far behind. Other popular cars in the country…
The most recent official data I could gather for Dominican Republic car sales dates back to 2005 (details below the jump), so a few things have changed since then. One thing is certain, there is a history of high sales for the affordable Nissan pick up of the moment, and…
* Click on title for street scenes and videos! * As in neighbouring Dominican Republic, Haitians seem to be fond of Nissan pick-ups, with the Nissan Frontier really successful. However its seems the Ford Ranger has taken the lead in this troubled year 2010 in Haiti. Pick-ups are a great…