Norway 1964: Beetle at 10,000+ sales, Ford Taunus 12M/15M #2

VW Beetle

* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene *

Up 15% on last year, the Norwegian car market passes the 50,000 annual registrations for the first time in 1964 at 55,326 units. For the 6th time in a row the VW Beetle is in pole position and thanks to sales up 25% it is the first model in the history of automobile in Norway to sell over 10,000 units in a single year at 10,092 sales and 18.2% share vs. 16.8% in 1963.

Ford Taunus 12M

The Ford Taunus 12M/15M is up a huge 147% year-on-year to land at a best-ever 2nd place with 4,538 units and 8.2%, and is followed by the Opel Rekord/Caravan at 7.1%, the Volvo Amazon at 6.2% and the Opel Kadett at 5.9%.

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Full Year 1964 Top 10 Ranking Table below.