World 2006-2008: Toyota Corolla should stay on top

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…

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Czech Republic 2008: Fabia #1, Ford Fusion up to #3

Ford Fusion March 2020 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 325 All-models. The Czech market is up a healthy 8.4% in 2008 at 143.661 registrations. Homegrown carmaker Skoda (-9.3%) continues to lose share at 31% vs. 37% a year prior. In contrast Ford (+28.6%), Renault (+22.9%), Volkswagen (+27.1%)…

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Europe 2008: VW Golf defies the GFC

VW Golf * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After two years of chaos, the European models ranking is back to stability - albeit rocked by the GFC - with only 2 models sharing the #1 spot throughout the year. The VW Golf is…

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Japan 2008: Honda Fit crowned

Honda Fit * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After starting with a bang in November 07, the Honda Fit generation 2 continues to dominate the Japanese sales ranking, on top 10 months out of 12, peaking at 25,933 sales in March and finishing…

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Switzerland 2008: Octavia closes in on Golf

* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The main event in 2008 in the Swiss car market is the constant progression of the Skoda Octavia which is starting to threaten the multi-decade-long leadership of the VW Golf...…

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Poland 2008: Skoda Octavia closes in on Fabia

Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * The Polish market is up 9% in 2008 at 344,270 registrations, and the models podium stay unchanged compared to 2007. The Skoda Fabia leads the way for the 4th consecutive year with 14,717…

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