The Saipa Pride sells over 340.000 units in Iran in 2005. It's an 11th straight record year for the Iranian new car market in 2005, up 10.1% year-on-year to 962.886 units. Peugeot (+31.4%) confirms it is the most popular brand in market, lurching to a record 36% share while Saipa…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * The Greek car market is relatively volatile over the period, down 4% in 2003 at 257,000 units, then up 12% in 2004 at 288,952 units and lastly down 7% in 2005…
Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models and each monthly Top 30 by clicking on the title! * The German car market is stable again this year, up 0.4% to 3,342,122 registrations. Surprise, surprise, the VW Golf leads for the 25th year in a row but is down…
Peugeot 307 * See the Top 10/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Peugeot has a brilliant time in Denmark! The Peugeot 307 is the best-selling car in the country for 3 years running, starting at 5,423 sales in 2003, then 5,959 in 2004 and 5,878 and 4%…
Daewoo Lanos 121,437 new cars found a buyer in Egypt in 2005. Below the Chevrolet TFR pickup (aka Isuzu D-Max) at 10,765 sales and 8.9% sales, the locally-produced Daewoo Lanos is #2 with 10,043 units and a solid 8.3% share. The Hyundai Matrix rounds up the podium with 8,270 sales…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * After a decade off, the Toyota Corolla is back atop the world models ranking in 2005 with 1,185,000 units produced, nearly double its 1997 score... In 2nd place but over 400,000…
The Dacia Logan takes control of the Romanian new car market in 2005. May 2020 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands and Top 305 All-models below. The Romanian car market is up another whopping 42.7% in 2005 to 251.407 units including 215.532 passenger cars, a new all-time record volume in…
Volvo V70 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Swedish car market is pretty stable over the period at 264,212 registrations in 2004 and 274,301 in 2005. The Volvo V/C70 stays comfortably on top of the sales ranking with…
In 2004, the Renault Kangoo is the best selling vehicle in Morocco with 3,500 sales, and keeps the lead in 2005 with 6,435 sales in a market up 17% at 63,655 units. The big 2005 event in Morocco is the start of Dacia Logan manufacture in the Casablanca factory. At…
Toyota Zace * Many thanks to Ben Wyn for the info! * In 2003, the Toyota Zace is the best selling car in Vietnam in a market totaling 42,557 units. Its stays leader in 2004 and 2005, until its replacement by the Toyota Innova in January 2006. In 2005 the…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market slightly down at -5% and 109,907 registrations, the Toyota Corolla, leader in 2002 and 2003, climbs back onto the top position with 6,241 sales and 5.7% (+20%). VW Passat The VW Golf…
The Toyota Corolla is the best selling vehicle in South Africa in 2004 and 2005. The VW Citi Golf celebrates its 20th anniversary with a very solid 3rd position in 2005. * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Vic Mouton! * In…
FAW Tianjin Xiali New vehicle sales in China leap up 16.8% year-on-year in 2005 to 5,360,615 units, including 2.77 million Passenger Cars (+23%). This year, new legislation aimed at containing sales growth by restricting car credit has the effect of reshuffling the models ranking entirely, bringing to an end two…
The Lada Samara misses out on the Russian pole position again. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a third consecutive record year for new car sales in Russia, up 11% to 1.632.464 units in 2005. The foreign wave continues to…
Toyota Kijang Innova The Indonesian new car market gains 11.7% year-on-year in 2005 to a 2nd all-time record in a row at 493.583 units according to manufacturers, 534.000 according to Gaikindo (add the Mitsubishi Colt at 35.000 sales). Toyota (+29.7%) almost triples the market growth to hit 36% share, its…