Ireland: 1993-2011 Historical Data now available!
The Ford Fiesta was #1 in Ireland in 1996
* See the direct links to these 11 Historical articles by clicking on the title! *
Thanks to STAC I can now share with you Historical Data for new car sales in Ireland for the last 20 years! The Opel Astra was king of Ireland in 1993 and 1994, then got passed by the Ford Fiesta in 1996 before the Fiat Punto took control from 1998 to 2000.
The Ford Focus was #1 in Ireland 9 times between 2001 and 2011
The Ford Focus then started a decade-long domination, topping the Irish models ranking from 2001 to 2011, only interrupted twice: by the Toyota Corolla in 2004 and the Renault Megane in 2010… Discover the Top 50 best-sellers in Ireland from 1993 to 1996, the Top 10 for 1998 and from 2001 to 2006, the Top 30 from 2007 to 2010 and the Top 50 most popular models in the country in 2011.
Direct links to 11 Historical Data posts below.
Ireland Historical Data:
Ireland 1993-1994: Opel Astra and Toyota Corolla shine
Ireland 1996: Ford Fiesta takes the lead
Ireland 1998-2000: Fiat Punto dominates
Ireland 2001-2003: Focus, Almera and Corolla on top
Ireland 2004: Toyota Corolla interrupts Ford Focus reign
Ireland 2005-2006: Ford Focus reclaims #1 spot
Ireland 2007: Focus, Avensis & Corolla on podium
Ireland 2008: Focus, Corolla & Mondeo dominate
Ireland 2009: Focus #1 in market down 64%
Ireland 2010: Renault Megane best-seller, ahead of Golf and Focus
Ireland 2011: Ford Focus reclaims pole position
Many thanks to STAC for helping compile this data!
The Focus was always a serious case of success!!
Sadly it seems to be the same all over Europe, at one time here in the UK they used to have a model fairly regularly in the top 10, if it wasn’t for the 500 (which is the tenth best seller so far this year), Fiat’s UK sales would be negligible, it is a shame because the Panda is an excellent city car, the problem is that they are weak in two very important segments, the supermini one (the Punto is getting old) and the small family car one (the Bravo is mediocre)
What did Fiat do wrong to go from hero to zero so quickly in Ireland? In the 90′s they had a top selling model with the Punto and now they often have not one model in the top 50!