The Hyundai Santro is up to #2 in India - the highest a foreign nameplate has ever ranked. * See the Top 18 All-brands and Top 50 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market edges up 5.2% to a new record 752.687 units in 2000,…
Opel Astra 2nd generation * See each year's Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Once again the Dutch car market is strikingly stable with the two same models in the lead over the 9 year period! The transition from the Opel Kadett…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * At this stage I don't have access to yearly rankings for Norway up until 1993, only a Top 25 models for the whole decade from 1990 to 2000. If you have more…
The Chevrolet Joy/Swing, based on the Opel Corsa, is #2 in Mexico. It's a second consecutive record annual volume in Mexico in 1999 with sales up 5.9% to cross the 700.000 unit-milestone for what is believed is the first time in history at 716.938. Chevrolet (+1.7%) loses share for the…
Renault Clio * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French car market is stable in 2000 at 2,133,884 registrations. The Renault Clio keeps the lead at 8.8% but the Peugeot 206 is getting significantly closer at 8.3% for its 2nd full year of…
Daewoo Rezzo (aka Tacuma) * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea for the 2nd year running in 2000 thanks to 105,111 sales, down 7% year-on-year. Excellent performance of the…
The Changan Star is up to #2 in China in 1999. After marking a pause in 1998 (+0.5%), new vehicle sales in China gain 8.2% year-on-year in 1999 to 1,619,025 units. Despite trailing the market, Volkswagen (+3.6%) becomes the first manufacturer in Chinese history to hit 300,000 annual sales. It…
Renault Clio * See the Top 20 best-selling modelsby clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * 272,841 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in 1999. For the first time since the launch of the nameplate in 1990, the Renault Clio manages to climb on top of the Portuguese…
Ford F Series Chevrolet C/K Silverado * See the Top 20 best-selling models and Top 75 Passenger Cars by clicking on the title! * Unsurprisingly, the Ford F-Series leads the models ranking in the USA in 1999 with 869,001 units, ahead of the Chevrolet C/K Silverado at a best-ever 636,150 sales,…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Marc * Italian cars sales are down slightly this year at -2% and 2,331,898 registrations. The Fiat Punto is facelifted and stays the best-selling model in Italy for the 6th year in a…
Ford Focus * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The UK market is down 2.2% at 2.2 million registrations this year. For its first full year of sales, the Ford Focus doesn't waste time and take control of England with…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian car market jumps 30.3% year-on-year in 1998 to 104.055 registrations, its first six-digit figure this decade. Suzuki enjoys a second consecutive year atop the brands ranking with deliveries soaring…
Skoda Felicia * See the Top 15/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The car market is stable over the period in Czech Republic at 141,200 registrations in 1998 and 146,300 in 1999. The Skoda Felicia dominates the models ranking head and shoulders, reaching…
The Skoda Felicia, actually an evolution of the 1987 Skoda Favorit, launches in October 1994 and replaces the Favorit atop the Slovakian car sales for the next 5 years, in all likeliness reaching market shares of between 33 and 50%. More details about the Skoda Felicia here, more pictures: click on…
Opel Astra * See the Top 55 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 8 years after the nameplate was launched and 6 months after the 2nd generation appeared in showrooms, the Opel Astra achieves what it had been designed for: act as a serious threat to the VW…