Toyota Innova Launched in January 2006 to replace the best seller Zace, the Toyota Innova is an instant hit in Vietnam and takes an out-of-this world share of the market at over 23% for its first year! The Innova sells 9,934 units over the full year, a new record for…
Honda Civic New light vehicle sales in Canada leap up 2.5% in 2005 to 1.583.599 units. Rare event atop the brands ranking: Chevrolet (+0.7%) reclaims the top spot off Ford (-4.5%) for the first time since 1991. Toyota (+2.3%) follows the market at 10.5% share in third place, with the…
* See the Top 45 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The VW Golf is once again the best selling car in Switzerland in 2006, but this time the #2 is the BMW 3 Series, boosted by the new generation going on sale this year. This is the…
VW Golf Plus Up 4% at 3,467,931 registrations, the German car market has its best year since 1999. It's official: the VW Golf has its worst full year since the launch of the nameplate in 1973, falling 12% to 148,879 sales and a paltry 4.3% market share. All this while…
Opel Astra * See 'Read more' for the Top 330 best-selling models and each Monthly Ranking! * Six years after holding the top spot for the last time, the Opel Astra is back in pole position in the Netherlands in 2006, however with 13,343 sales and 2.8% it is the…
Saipa is now the #1 brand in Iran with over 380.000 sales. 2006 is a historical year for new light vehicle sales in Iran: up 8.1% year-on-year to break the symbolic 1 million annual unit milestone for the first time at 1.041.321. This marks a stunning 12 consecutive years of…
Ford Focus * See the Top 303 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * New car registrations in Greece are stable in 2006 at 267,241 units. 5th in 2005, the Ford Focus jumps 4 spots to take the lead of the Greek models ranking for…
At 156,160 registrations, the Danish car market is up 7% in 2006. The Toyota Avensis gains one spot to claim the best selling car title this year with 5,747 sales and 3.7%. It is followed by the VW Passat boosted by the new generation at 5,355 units sold and 3.4%…
Chevrolet TFR The Egyptian car market is up 41% this year at 170,614 units. If the best-seller doesn't change - still the Chevrolet TFR Pickup at 14,305 sales and 8.4%, the rest of the Top 5 is reshuffled. Toyota Yaris The Hyundai Verna is up 7 spots, going from 3.8%…
Chevrolet Aveo The Colombian car market is up 38% in 2006 at 201,635 registrations. As far as the model rankings in concerned, it is a changeover year: the ageing Chevrolet Corsa gives way to the Chevrolet Aveo, #1 this year with 16,644 sales and 8.3% share. The Chevrolet Optra and…
Toyota Corolla Altis in Singapore October 2007 ( I took the picture during one of my trips there) In 2006 the Toyota Corolla Altis has a comfortable margin on top of Singaporean car sales with 10,910 registrations and 11% of the market. The Mitsubishi Lancer is #2 at 6.8% followed…
Renault has for a long time held a dominant position in Turkey, one of its main production hubs. The Renault Megane Sedan reigns over the Turkish market, stable at very high levels, ahead of the Renault Clio Symbol, and this for at least 3 consecutive years between 2004 and 2006.…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20/30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Finnish car market is relatively stable over the period, going from 142,642 units in 2004 to 148,161 in 2005 and 145,700 in 2006. The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car in the country…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * Very shy progression for the Polish car market in 2006, up 2% to a still mediocre 257,166 registrations. The Skoda Fabia is the favourite car in the country for the second consecutive year…
The VW Jetta is back to the #1 spot in the Passenger Car charts. New vehicle sales in China are back to their extravagant growth rate at +26.2% year-on-year in 2006 to 6,765,512 units, eclipsing 6 million units for the first time. Volkswagen (+38.2%) rallies back from two mediocre years…