World 2011: Toyota Hilux leader in 34 countries UPDATED
Toyota Hilux
* See the list of 56 models #1 in at least one country by clicking on the title! *
Now that nearly all 2011 data is out, I can share with you a summary of which models appear in pole position the most often. This information is exclusive to Best Selling Cars Blog, you won’t find it anywhere else! This is not a reflection of the highest sales volumes which are the object of another post, only how many times a specific model manages to rank #1 in any country.
Toyota places no less than 8 models in pole position in at least one country, Chevrolet & Ford 5 and Nissan & Volkswagen 4.
Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Hilux is king of the world at this little game: it is #1 in 34 countries, albeit including 25 in Africa where the volumes are very low. As a result the Hilux is actually only #22 in the world in terms of sales. The Toyota Corolla follows with 18 countries, including 10 in Africa and 5 in Asia. The Corolla is the only model to rank #1 in at least one country of each continent: Africa, Asia, Europe, America and Oceania.
The Skoda Octavia is the best-performing European model, #1 in 8 countries
Then until a few months ago we used to find the VW Golf, but it is now the Skoda Octavia, going from #1 in 4 countries in 2010 to #1 in 8 countries in 2011! Excellent performance of Skoda here with a 3 year-old model that is slowly but surely growing on Eastern and Western European consumers alike.
The Pyeonghwa Samchunri is #1 in North Korea
The VW Golf follows, #1 in 7 countries, then we find the Toyota Camry, #1 in 5 countries (to be taken with caution as they are all BSCB’s estimates), and the Hyundai Accent/Verna and Toyota Land Cruiser, both #1 in 4 countries. There are 6 models #1 in 3 countries, 15 cars #1 in 2 countries and 28 models #1 in just one country.
See ‘Read more’ for the full list of all 57 #1 models and in which countries they do so.
Methodology: in case there is official data available, I have used the final 2011 ranking. For the countries with no official data, the #1 models are estimations based on thorough observation of the streets of each country through recent YouTube videos and therefore should be relatively close to reality.
Number of countries in which the model ranks or is estimated to rank #1:
(Click on the country to see the detailed ranking)
Toyota Hilux: 34 – Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Congo (Dem Rep), Congo (Rep of the), Cote d’Ivoire, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Iraq, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Yemen
Toyota Corolla: 18 – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Georgia, Jamaica, Kenya, Myanmar, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Skoda Octavia: 8 - Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Slovakia
VW Golf: 7 - Austria, Belgium, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland
Toyota Camry: 5 - Cambodia, Hong Kong (China), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Hyundai Accent/Verna: 4 - Cuba, Egypt, Mongolia, Panama
Toyota Land Cruiser: 4 - Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Somalia
Chevrolet Aveo: 3 - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Dacia Logan: 3 - Belarus, Moldova, Romania
Mitsubishi L200/Triton: 3 – Gambia, Honduras, Madagascar
Toyota Prado: 3 - Guinea, Kuwait, Togo
Toyota Yaris/Vios: 3 - Guatemala, Malta, Philippines
Chevrolet Classic: 2 - Argentina, Uruguay
Chevrolet Spark: 2 - Denmark, Macedonia
Ford Focus: 2 - Cyprus, Ireland
Ford F-Series: 2 – Canada, USA
Ford Ranger: 2 - Haiti, Sierra Leone
Hyundai Elantra: 2 - Jordan, South Korea
Kia Picanto/Morning: 2 - Lebanon, Vietnam
Lada 2104/2105: 2 - Armenia, Azerbaijan
Maruti Alto: 2 - Bhutan, India
Renault Clio: 2 - France, Slovenia
Renault Symbol: 2 - Algeria, Tunisia
UzDaewoo Nexia: 2 - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
VW Polo/Polo Vivo: 2 - Lesotho, Netherlands
BMW 5 Series: 1 – Singapore
Chevrolet Cruze: 1 - Mauritius
Chevrolet Optra: 1 - Libya
Daihatsu Terios: 1 – Costa Rica
Ford Transit Connect: 1 - Turkey
Hyundai i10: 1 – Nepal
Hyundai Tucson: 1 - Dominican Republic
Kia Cerato Forte: 1 - Syria
Lada Kalina: 1 – Russia
Mitsubishi Pajero: 1 – Ghana
Nissan Qashqai: 1 - Lithuania
Nissan Sunny: 1 – Sri Lanka
Nissan Tiida: 1 – Chile
Opel Corsa: 1 – Greece
Proton Saga: 1 - Malaysia
Pyeonghwa Samchunri: 1 – North Korea
Range Rover: 1 – Albania
Renault Kangoo: 1 - Morocco
Renault Megane: 1 - Portugal
Saipa Pride: 1 – Iran
Seat Ibiza: 1 – Spain
Skoda Fabia: 1 – Bosnia
Toyota Avanza: 1 – Indonesia
Toyota Prius: 1 – Japan
VW Clasico: 1 – Mexico
VW Gol: 1 – Brasil
Volvo V70: 1 – Sweden
Wuling Sunshine: 1 – China
ZAZ Lanos: 1 – Ukraine
The Skoda Octavia was sold to 387 200 units (whose approximately 5000 old Octavia MK1) in 2011 with eight victories, it’s the record!
Matt: je t’ai laissé mes mails. Je vais bientôt continuer de t’occuper .pour les statistiques pour la France des années 2000.
Hello Mat! .. is there a chart of best selling cars worldwide by numbers .. i mean not by country because i think that this is not fair .. thanks
@yo
The Focus has been since 2001 best selling car in Cyprus. I´ve been there last year and there´s a lot of them. We see good cars on the roads, much better than in Greece. I even saw a lamborghini murcielago near the hotel and a Ferrari 599!!!
Where did you find the info about Cyprus..?? focus3 on top..
JATO http://www.jato.com but it’s a few years old.
cheers
M
merci du travail
De rien tibodus!
M
Congratulations Hilux!!