Dongfeng ranks just outside the Top 10 this year. This is Part 2 of my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at Auto Shanghai 2015, you can see Part 1 (#35 to #21) here. Today we are going from #20 to #11, and the manufacturers are now getting pretty…
Toyota Hilux * See the Full Year 2014 sales by segment by clicking on the title * For the first time ever on BSCB I can share with you official sales data for Tanzania. In 2014, the Tanzanian new vehicle market is up by a solid 12% to a still shy 3,762 registrations.…
Gotta do what you gotta do when it rains... Daihatsu Xenia in Ubud, Bali Indonesia * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Eddy * 2012 will remain a very important year in the history of Indonesian car sales: for the first time…
2014 Chevrolet Silverado. GM went hard on pick-up truck incentives this month to draw down their 139 days of inventory ahead of the introduction of 2014-model trucks in Q2 2013. * NOW UPDATED with new predictions. See the full article by clicking on the title! * Automotive News published another round of predictions for…
Ford Ranger. Picture by YaZo, all rights reserved. * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Austin * Pick-up truck sales in Thailand are a good indication of the future success of these vehicles worldwide, straight from the country where they are all produced…
The Model G1 Truck was the very first Toyota, produced in August 1935. * See the Top 10 best-selling Toyotas in Australia ever by clicking on the title! * Yesterday Toyota announced it had produced its 200 millionth vehicle after 76 years and 11 months of existence. The very first…
Toyota Innova in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 2011 The Vietnamese car market is down 26% in December at 11,198 registrations, bringing the 2010 figure to 112,224, down 6%. The Toyota Innova keeps the title of best selling car in Vietnam in 2010 with 7,419 sales and 6.6%. The Toyota Fortuner, #2 at…
The VW Santana continues to dominate the Chinese charts. The Chinese new vehicle market only edges up 0.8% year-on-year in 1998 to 1,496,210 units, yet still an all-time record. Volkswagen (+9.5%) scores a robust result in the brands pole position with almost 300,000 sales and more than double the volume…
The VW Santana 2000 is only 3,000 sales below the Santana in 1997. New vehicle sales in China accelerate their growth in 1997 at +11.9% year-on-year to 1,484,948 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (+19.8%) outraces the market to easily top the charts with over 270,000 sales. FAW Tianjin (+4%) follows but…
Volkswagen sold 100,030 units of the Santana in China in 1993. This year more than one million new vehicles were sold in China for the first time, at 1,056,679. That's a whopping 44.5% year-on-year improvement. Volkswagen (+32.7%) easily keeps the lead yet can't quite match the market growth, resulting in…