Irish green Renault Kadjar + Fluence near the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland - August 2017 I was lucky enough to be able to drive through part of the western coast of Ireland for five days in mid-August, and as is always the case when actually finding oneself in the actual…
The Toyota Corolla could be the best-seller in Georgia in 2014. Today we get a more detailed insight into the car parc of Georgia, an ex-USSR state located in Caucasus with Russia to the north, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan to the south and the Black Sea to the west. Thanks…
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…
The Toyota Avalon has been popular in Turkmenistan since its original launch in 1995. We continue on our exploration of Central Asian markets: after Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan we find ourselves in Turkmenistan. And judging by the most recent videos of the streets of the capital Ashgabat, one thing is…
Great Wall Sailor and Toyota Hilux * See more street scenes by clicking on the title! * Next country in line to be put under the spotlight: Iraq! The Iraqi car market is a pretty difficult one to approach, with not much recent YouTube video material to draw upon and…
Opel Astra * See each year's Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the amazing work of Florian from Germany, I can now share with you a Top 100 Models Ranking Table for Germany for each year from 1990 to 1999! The decade started with…
Street Scene in Asmara, Eritrea. Picture by Eric Lafforgue. All rights reserved. The Eritrean car market is very easy to decipher because a handful of cars clearly dominate the streets. In all likeliness and judging by the number of old gen models filling the streets, the Toyota Hilux should be…
Vauxhall Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * For the first time since 2003, new car sales in England are up, at +3% this year with 2,404,007 registrations. For the first time since it became the best selling car…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After 3 consecutive years of reduced sales, the Polish car market is back on the up in 2003 at 363,800 registrations, 17% better than in 2002. For the first time in Poland, the Skoda Fabia…
Opel Astra * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * A carbon copy of the German market, the best-selling models in Switzerland over the period are the VW Golf and Opel Astra. The Golf sells 17,369 units in 1998 and 16,704 in 2001 while the…
I could only access data for the first 5 months of 1998, when the VW Gol ranked #1 with over 21,000 sales each month, adding up to 119,044 units and 17.4% market share over the period. The Gol is also the best selling car in Brazil in 1999 and 2000.…
VW Golf * See the Top 10/15/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The VW Golf is very popular in Norway over the period, finishing #1 each year, at 8,356 sales in 1998, 5,900 in 1999 and 5,819 in 2000. The #2 spot changes hands each year, from…
Opel Astra 2nd generation * See each year's Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Once again the Dutch car market is strikingly stable with the two same models in the lead over the 9 year period! The transition from the Opel Kadett…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * At this stage I don't have access to yearly rankings for Norway up until 1993, only a Top 25 models for the whole decade from 1990 to 2000. If you have more…
Ford Focus * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The UK market is down 2.2% at 2.2 million registrations this year. For its first full year of sales, the Ford Focus doesn't waste time and take control of England with…