Volvo V70 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Swedish car sales are hit by the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 at -17% and 253,982 registrations. The new generation Volvo V70 smoothly takes the relay of the old gen and…
ZAZ Lanos * See the Top 9 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Record year for new car sales in Ukraine at 623,253 registrations. The locally-produced ZAZ Lanos dominates the sales charts with 55,783 units and 9% market share above the Chevrolet Aveo at 5.3% and the Lada…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After the Peugeot 206 from 2002 to 2005, the Peugeot 207 reigns over the Belgian market in 2007 with 16,779 sales and 3.2% and 2008 at 18,316 units and 3.4% respectively. It is followed by…
Honda Civic * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * With petrol hitting $4 a gallon, the US models ranking has gone through an eventful year, trucks have lodged their poorest performance in over 20 years and passenger cars climbed to…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Norway are down 15% in 2008 at 110,617 registrations, and the renewed VW Golf takes the lead in the country for the first time in 8 years at 5,079 sales and 4.6%.…
Hyundai Sonata After a scare in 2007, the Hyundai Sonata is back as the undisputed South Korea leader this year thanks to its facelift and sales up 3% to 123,208 units while the Hyundai Avante is down 21% to 87,579. The new gen Kia Morning (aka Picanto) is a roaring…
VW Polo * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The whole year saw the fight for the #1 spot in South Africa between the VW Polo and the Toyota Hilux get more and more intense. The Polo was #1 in January, April, July &…
Nissan Tsuru The Mexican car market is down 7% this year at 1,025,520 registrations. The Nissan Tsuru is the best selling car in the country for the 5th year in a row and it manages to improve its market share greatly from 5.8% in 2007 to 6.7% this year with…
Dacia Logan * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Even though sales in Romania are starting to decrease, the Dacia Logan manages to stay on top of the Central & Eastern European models ranking for the 4th consecutive year in 2008 with 75,858 sales…
VW Jetta * See the Top 115 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The VW Jetta is the best selling passenger car in China for the third year in a row, and at 202,303 sales it is still the only model…
Lada 2107 * See the Top annual and monthly 53 All-brands and annual and monthly Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market soars 23.6% year-on-year in 2008 to smash its all-time volume record at 2.897.459 registrations. This remains the largest ever annual volume in Russia, making…
Hyundai Accent and Renault Symbol * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Turkish car sales are down 14% in 2008 at 305,998 registrations. The Renault Symbol manages to keep its title of best-selling car in the country but it was very close: down 23%…
Holden Commodore Sportwagon * Click on the title for the Full Year 2008 All-models Top 276 and every monthly Top 40 * The Australian car market is down 4% in 2008 at 1,012,194 registrations, still only the second time in history it is above 1 million. The race for the title…
Chevrolet Aveo The Venezuelan car market reaches an all-time record in 2007 at 491,899 registrations (+43% over 2006) before falling 45% in 2008 at 271,622 units. The Top 4 best selling models stays unchanged over the period. Chevrolet reinforces its domination by placing 3 models on the podium: the Chevrolet…
In Chile the Toyota Yaris takes the lead in 2006 and holds this position in 2007 and 2008, while seeing its market share slip down from 8.4% to 5.9%, in line with the progressive fragmentation of the market. The Chevrolet Corsa drops to 2nd in 2006 and stays there too,…