Tiny sales figure this month in Ireland: only 1,771 registrations (+104% year-on-year). The year-to-date figure is a more respectable 90,369, up 64%. The Renault Megane leads the ranking in November with 114 sales and 6.4%, but the relevance of this figure is minimal given the size of the market this…
The Irish market follows a very particular pattern every year: it starts with all guns blazing in January (16,617 sales in 2010) and progressively dies away throughout the year (only 500 sales in Dec 09). Even if October 2010 is at +191% vs. Oct 09 it only totals 3,546 sales.…
Ford Focus * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2009 the Irish market is hit hard by the GFC: it is down 64% on 2008 at only 54,355 registrations. In this context, 27 out of the Top 30 best selling models see their…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Irish car market struggles in 2008, down 19% to 149,855 registrations. The Ford Focus conserves its pole position, but with 7,156 sales (4.8% share) it falls faster than the market at -29%. The Toyota…
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Solid car market in Ireland this year with 184,864 registrations. The Ford Focus, #1 for the third consecutive year, is above 10,000 sales at 10,101 and 5.5% of the market. Two Toyotas follow: the Avensis at #2…
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After being interrupted by the Toyota Corolla in 2004, the Ford Focus reclaims the Irish models ranking leadership in 2005 with sales up a massive 64% to 10,976 units thanks to the 2nd generations now…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After 3 consecutive years in pole position, the Ford Focus gives up its crown to the Toyota Corolla, best-seller in Ireland in 2004 with 6,857 sales, up 4% on last year. Granted it is only…
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * Many thanks to Erik and Florian for making this post possible! * Launched in 1998, the Ford Focus established itself as the best-selling model in Ireland in 2001 and stayed on top for 3…
The Fiat Punto is #1 in Ireland for the third straight year. The Irish new car market stuns in 2000 with a stratospheric 32.5% year-on-year gain lifting the annual volume way above the 200.000 mark for the first time in history at 230.804. Toyota (+33.8%) is back above Ford (+29.6%)…
The Fiat Punto remains the #1 vehicle in Ireland in 1999. New car sales in Ireland are up for the 6th year in a row in 1999 at +19.6% to 174.229 units which is believed to be a new all-time record for the country. Brand-wise, Ford (+19.6%) exactly matches the…
The Fiat Punto is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in 1998. It's a 5th consecutive year in positive for the Irish new car market in 1998 at +6.6% to 145.715 registrations. This year it's Toyota (+23.5%) that spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking at 11.5% share, but it…
Ford is back to #1 brand in Ireland in 1997. It's a second consecutive double-digit gain for the Irish new car market with sales up a whopping 18.7% in 1997 to 136.662 units. Even though it trails the market, Ford (+12.3%) reclaims the top spot while VW-Audi (+35.7%) leaps up…
Ford Fiesta The Irish new car market shoots up a spectacular +32.5% year-on-year in 1996 to 115.121 units. Opel (+34.2%) manages to outpace the market to snap the brands pole position for the first time this decade off Ford (+21.8%) with Toyota (+7.7%) very shy at #3. Fiat (+112.8%), VW-Audi…
The Punto helps Fiat up 31.7% in Ireland in 1995. The Irish new car market continues to gallop ahead at +8.1% to 86.905 registrations in 1995. The Top 6 brands are unchanged on 1994 but evolve in vastly different ways: Ford (+3.1%) keeps the lead at 14.8% just above Opel…
The Ford Fiesta climbs onto the Irish podium in 1994. New car sales in Ireland finally get out of the rut they had been since the start of the decade with 1994 volumes shooting up 25.3% to 80.402. Ford (+37.6%) cements its domination of the brands charts by posting the…