Toyota Corolla * See the Top 35 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I have been telling you that this world's best selling models ranking published by Forbes was looking dodgy. Now that most 2011 world markets have come through, it is time for a big update and more…
The Mazda3 delivered one of 2011's biggest surprises by taking the lead in Australia * See the direct links to Full Year 2011 data in 85 countries by clicking on the title! * You now have access to Full Year 2011 official sales figures for 85 countries and territories. That's…
Toyota Hilux * See the list of 56 models #1 in at least one country by clicking on the title! * Now that nearly all 2011 data is out, I can share with you a summary of which models appear in pole position the most often. This information is exclusive to…
The Hyundai Elantra is the first Korean car to sell 1 million annual units worldwide * THIS ARTICLE IS OUT OF DATE! For the updated 2011 ranking featuring the Corolla, Focus and Golf on the podium CLICK HERE * The more I was looking at this ranking from Forbes the…
Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Picture by Andras Pfaff * See the Top 20 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * To give a bit of perspective to all the models data I publish here, I thought I would make a Top 20 biggest car…
Beijing, China In 2011 the global car market is expected to have grown 4% over 2010 to a new record: 75 million units. Both industry analysts IHS Automotive and LMC Automotive agree on that figure in their estimates. This is actually quite an impressive feat considering the impact on world…
The Opel Corsa was #1 in Portugal in 2001 * See the direct links to these 52 new posts by clicking on the title! * While it may not seem like it given there has only been a couple of new posts in the last few days, I have been…
The VW Passat was #2 in Austria in 2001 * View the links to these 23 new posts by cliking on the title! * I am taking advantage of the Christmas holidays to upload more historical data for various countries. For the first time on Best Selling Cars Blog you can…
Chana Taurus - Chana was the biggest Chinese car manufacturer in 2010 Ok I know this site is all about the best-selling models, not brands, but I'm making an exception today and sharing with you the Top 45 best-selling car manufacturers in the world in 2010: click on 'Read more' at…
According to Wards Auto, the number of vehicles in operation worldwide surpassed the 1 billion-unit mark in 2010 for the first time ever, at 1.015 billion compared to 980 million in 2009. The figure reflects the approximate number of cars, light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses registered worldwide. Out of…
I found this beautiful map of the world's best-selling cars by country, citing me as the source :-) (albeit in very very very small letters...wink). Click on the map to download and zoom. If you have created this map please get in touch, it is not 100% up-to-date... As you…
VW Beetle 1980 Toyota Corolla Historical Info on the best selling cars around the globe since 1960 has now been posted. Pretty straight forward really, with the VW Beetle in the lead all through the sixties and into the mid-seventies, then losing its top spot when production dropped due to…
Best Selling Cars now covers 154 countries around the world, so we can rank models by the number of times they appear #1 in any given country (more on the methodology below). This is exclusive to Best Selling Cars, you won't find it anywhere else! Toyota places 4 models in the…
No surprises, the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car in the world in 2009, thanks to very strong results in the USA, Japan, China and most of Asia and Africa. 908,661 units of the model were sold in 2009 alone. The Ford Focus takes the second spot with 781,139 registrations,…
Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla should continue to deliver outstanding worldwide production and sales numbers over the period, probably over a million units. I have no official sales or production data here, so if you do please get in touch! Before 2006, the worldwide and US Corollas were very different…