The GAC Trumpchi GS5 features in the Hollywood blockbuster 'Transformers - Age of Extinction' * See the Top 76 All-models and Top 43 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * This is Part 5 of my special Strategy Series on Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out previous…
Great Wall Wingle This is Part 3 of my special Strategy series about Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out Part 1 (introduction and Medium & Heavy Trucks) here, Part 2 (Small, Medium & Large Buses and Light Trucks) here and Part 4 (Commercial Vehicles summary and MPVs) here. We are exploring the…
Haval H6 Sport * NOW UPDATED with the Top 65 brands & Top 312 models! Click on title to see * Passenger vehicle sales in China are up 13% year-on-year in April to 1.5 million as consumers brought forward purchases in anticipation more cities will implement ownership restrictions to fight pollution…
The Geely Emgrand 7 is the 2nd most popular import in Iran. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 90 imported models, Top 25 imported brands and an exclusive estimated Top 30 models including the local production. Thanks Behta and Sandeep * Thanks to a tip from two BSCB readers, I can…
Urumqi street scene (Click on any image to enlarge) After Beijing and Chongqing, we now travel to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region at the extreme West of China. As described in my previous article The cars of Chongqing - Central China, the Chinese hinterland is going to absorb most…
Who would have thought Venucia could glam up the Nissan Leaf? We are now getting serious and entering the Top 10 most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Beijing Auto Show. This is Part 7 of my Beijing Auto Show coverage, check out also Part 1- First impressions, Part 2 – Most impressive Chinese carmakers…
Remember when Auto Shows were fun and carmakers didn't take themselves too seriously? Today was the Press Day of Auto China 2014 in Beijing, the biggest annual Chinese Auto Show alternatively hosted in Shanghai and Beijing. My first striking impression is that even though China is now by far the…
Fiat Ottimo * See the Top 304 best-selling models and Top 63 brands by clicking on the title! * New Passenger Car sales in China are up 8% year-on-year in March to 1.6 million units. In the models ranking, the Wuling Hongguang is testing new territories, up 28% on March…
Is it the end of explosive growth in China? Not so fast... Before going through March brands and models detailed data in the next couple of days, a little taste of things to come in China: according to the state- backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, sales of Passenger Cars in…
The S80 is one of 20 models Chinese manufacturer FAW sells in Uruguay. * See the Top 54 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks Renato * In 2013, Uruguayan new car sales reach an all-time record for the 4th consecutive year, up 8% on 2012 to 57,333 registrations.…
Chevrolet Sail * NOW UPDATED with the Top 62 All-brands & Top 70 models! Thanks Andy & Carlos * The Colombian new car market is down 7% year-on-year in 2013 to 293,846 registrations. For the 28th consecutive year (!), Chevrolet is the most popular carmaker in the country thanks to…
Chery Tiggo 5 * See the Top 324 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! Thanks CarnewsChina * As is now the tradition on BestSellingCarsBlog, after going through December data by models and brands, we now zoom in on the all-new locally produced models making their first appearance in the Chinese ranking this month. This way you…
The Wuling Hongguang is the #1 Passenger Car in China in September. Yep, you read that right. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 65 All-brands & Top 313 All-models! Click on title to see * Finally - I know a lot of you have been waiting for it - I can share…
The Honda Jade lands directly at #79 this month. * See the Top 313 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * This month no less than 7 all-new nameplates make their appearance in the Chinese Passenger Car ranking, 6 of them Chinese. While the Honda Crider is currently 2013’s most…
The Kia K3 is now the best-performing all-new model so far in 2013. * See the Top 326 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after going through the monthly sales charts and focusing on the all-new models entering the ranking, we…