The Ford F-Series lodges its 33rd consecutive winning year in the US in 2014. See First Quarter 2015 updates for the Top 12 markets in the world here This article is the portal to all Full Year 2014 Reports, you can find below all updates already live. This list is updated…
The Volkswagen Group is getting closer to Toyota thanks to its strength in China. Bloomberg News announced today that the Volkswagen Group, boosted by strong sales in China and despite a marked slowdown in the US, is catching up with market Toyota Motor Corp. for the much coveted annual global crown.…
7 million units later… (1997 Toyota Prius) Toyota confirmed it sold its 7 millionth hybrid vehicle worldwide in September, 17 years after first launching the Prius in Japan in 1997. The total includes 3.3 million sold in Japan, 2.5 million in the United States, 770,000 in Europe and more than…
Mercedes C-Class The Mercedes brand sold 162,746 vehicles worldwide in September, the best-ever month in its 88-year history and a 14 percent year-on-year increase. This enables Mercedes to pass Audi and rank #2 premium brand in the world below BMW for the month of September. Even though Audi sales are…
Albeit at a slower rate, China is still the main engine of growth in the automotive market in 2014. Based on data published by POLK, global passenger car sales are up 4.7% year-on-year in September to 6.927.151 registrations. This brings the year-to-date total to a record 59.242.409 units, up 4.6% on…
BMW is under attack from Audi and Mercedes, with all 3 manufacturers breaking records. Worldwide results are in for the first 7 months of the year for German premium brands and according to Automotive News it looks like BMW's crown is starting to be in danger from Audi and Mercedes. But let's…
Can Volkswagen overtake Toyota to become the world's biggest manufacturer in 2014? * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Volkswagen Group is closing in on Toyota as the global leader in vehicle sales, with a rapid expansion drive in China while Toyota curbs growth to focus…
Range Rover Evoque Global sales for Jaguar Land Rover are up a very robust 14% year-on-year over the First Half of 2014 to reach 240,372 vehicles, mainly due to an outstanding performance in China. Land Rover is up 14% to 196,785 units while Jaguar is up 16% to 43,587. China…
One VW XL1 sold worldwide in 2013. * See the Top 1102 best-selling models in the world by clicking on the title! * Many thanks to Austin Rutherford for helping to compile this data. No this is not a typo and yes it took a while but here it is:…
The Q3 and GLA are lifting Audi and Mercedes worldwide... Both Mercedes and Audi continue to post record sales in April and year-to-date, partly thanks to the strength of their compact range. On Tuesday, Mercedes announced its global sales were up 14% year-on-year in April to 133,077 vehicles, buoyed by…
Only commercialised in a handful of countries, the Ford F-Series is #3 worldwide in 2013. * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As an appetiser for the full Top 1000 models that will be published shortly, I now give you temporary figures for the…
Rolls-Royce presented the $1.6m Phantom Pinnacle Travel Collection in Beijing this week. * Click on title to see the Global, China and US sales of 6 luxury manufacturers! * Global, China and US sales of luxury manufacturers are a rare find so I trust you'll enjoy this... According to an…
Toyota Tundra. Global Toyota sales are up 6% year-on-year so far in 2014. Toyota announced yesterday they sold 2.583 million vehicles worldwide over the First Quarter of 2014, enabling the Group to keep the world leadership for the third Quarter in a row. General Motors comes second with 2.42 million…
The new sedan enabled the Toyota Corolla to keep its worldwide crown in 2013. As it has been the case for almost two years now, Toyota and Ford are at odds when it comes to declaring which is the best-selling car in the world. Ford quotes Polk saying the Ford…
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…