1992 Ford EB Falcon. Picture by The Scooter Guy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to David+Paul * The Australian car market is back in shape in 1992, up 5% year-on-year to 542,077 registrations. 1992 will stay in history as…
VW Golf * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The traditional VW Golf / Opel Kadett battle for the European best-seller title takes a completely different direction in 1992. To improve its chances of putting its star model in the…
The Renault Clio is the most popular vehicle in Spain for the 2nd year running. After two years of decline, new car sales in Spain bounce back up 10.4% year-on-year in 1992 to 977.320 units. The entire Top 6 brands are in positive, with Renault (+7.6%) easily holding on to the…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market down 8% at 4,454,323 registrations, the Toyota Corolla remains the top seller at 260,777 units and 5.9% share, down 18%. In fact, Toyota monopolises the podium with the Mark II #2 again at 174,226…
The new generation lifts the Ford F-Series up 5.6% to #2. The Canadian light vehicle market skids down -4.7% year-on-year in 1992 to 1.213.344 units. Ford (-2.2%) overtakes Chevrolet (-11.7%) to take control of the brands ranking with 16% share vs. 15.6%, while Dodge (+0.7%) and Toyota (-10.5%) camp on…
I haven't managed to access official car sales data for Austria over the period, but in all likeliness the VW Golf should lead the ranking with a comfortable margin during the 25 years from 1977 to 1992. Three generations of the model were successively on sale these years: the 1st…
FSO Polonez Caro * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish marjet is relatively large, with 430,000 registrations over the first 11 months of 1992. Polish brand FSO (Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych) places the Polonez Caro, a rebodied Fiat 125p built under licence from…
The Nissan Sunny is the best-selling model in Greece in 1992 * See the Top 10 best-selling brands by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * For these two years I only have annual registrations of new car sales in the country and a Top 10 best-selling brands.…
Ford Taurus * See the Top 189 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * In 1992 the second generation Ford Taurus was launched but by mid-year the Honda Accord was still leading the passenger car rankings with 191,682 sales. Thanks to heavy promotions the Taurus…
The new model lifts the Proton Saga Iswara to a stratospheric 52.2% share at home. The Malaysian new car market hits the brakes in 1992 at -19.5% year-on-year to just 141.236 registrations. However local behemoth Proton and its sole nameplate the Saga, now called Saga Iswara, only drop -5.6% and…
The new generation Escort helps Ford to #1 brand in Ireland. New car sales in Ireland edge up 0.9% year-on-year in 1992 to 68.359. This year Ford (+3.5%) overtakes Toyota (-5%) to snap the brands pole position, while Opel (+15.8%) is back above Nissan (-5.3%) to return on the podium.…
The Mahindra Jeep is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in India in 1992. * See the Top 9 All-brands and Top 20 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market posts a second consecutive year-on-year decline, however slowing down its fall to -1.5% at 230.638 units. Brand…
Volvo 940 * See 'Read more for the Top 25 best-selling models! Many thanks to Torbjörn for the data * Compared to the 340,000 units reached in 1988, the Swedish car market is at a very weak 154,173 registrations in 1992. Launched in 1990, the Volvo 900 is the best-selling model…
The VW Santana is the best-selling vehicle in China in 1991. 501,838 new vehicles were registered in China in 1991, a 38.3% year-on-year surge. Volkswagen leads the way with over 50,000 sales, well above Isuzu (just under 15,000), Toyota (almost 12,800) and Beijing Jeep (11,300). FAW Tianjin rounds out the…
Lada 2105 * See the Top 8 all-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * The last years of existence of the Soviet Union see new car sales stagnate in the region: down 6% to 710,525 registrations in 1989 and up 0.1% in 1990 to 711,454.…