Cars and Albania, world’s surprise

TIRANA, May 15 – Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: Albania, The Richest Country In The World? _ this is an article written by Matt Gasnier last Sunday for The truth about cars – Australia.
Albania is a country without any official car sales data available, it writes.
Now if you want to know about the bestselling models in less obscure countries in the world, you’ve found the right place. There are 154 other countries to explore in my blog, he says.
The Albanian car market is very particular, according to him. Exploring the streets of Tirana and Durres through YouTube video reveals that as much as 1 in every 3 cars in circulation in the country is a second-hand 1990’s Mercedes. Probably the highest concentration of Mercedeses anywhere in the world!
There are very few new cars in the streets, and they are the most unexpected. The most common new cars in Albania are luxury SUV’s. And when I say luxury, I mean Range Rover, Ranger Rover Sport ŠBMW X5, Mercedes M-Class and GL-Class ơnd Porsche Cayenne.
these cars will set you back at least USD 50,000 (unless, you bought them somewhere, well, cheap.) That doesn’t seem to be an issue for the Albanian consumer.
Interestingly, a few models have Albania as their only European port-of-call like the VW Gol, imported from Brazil, the Chery QQ straight from China and Toyota Avanza from IndonesiaŠA very particular market indeedō
Matt Gasnier, based in Sydney, Australia, runs a blog named Best Selling Cars, dedicated to counting cars all over the world.