Maruti Alto * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 110 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in India continue to gallop from record to record, signing a 5th consecutive all-time high volume in 2006 at 1.469.459 units, up 20% year-on-year. This time Maruti (+14%)…
Chevrolet Silverado * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Ford F-Series leads the US models ranking for the 26th time in a row with 680,589 sales, down 13%, however the fight with the Chevrolet Silverado was a little less…
The New Zealand car market is euphoric this year: with 102,468 registrations, it is up 33% over 2006! The Holden Commodore increases its margin over the Toyota Corolla even though its share slips from 7% to 5.9%. The Corolla goes from 6.9% to 5%. The Ford Falcon stays 3rd but…
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Solid car market in Ireland this year with 184,864 registrations. The Ford Focus, #1 for the third consecutive year, is above 10,000 sales at 10,101 and 5.5% of the market. Two Toyotas follow: the Avensis at #2…
At 55,366 registrations, the Bulgarian car market is up 22% in 2007 and the Dacia Logan is the best selling car in the country this year with 2,529 sales and 4.6% of the market.
At 217,742 registrations, the Algerian car market is up a very healthy 16% in 2007. Only #5 last year, the Chevrolet Aveo is the best selling car in the country this year with 7.4% of the market and 16,071 units sold, 14,713 of which are Sedans. The Toyota Hilux is…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary are down 5.8% year-on-year in 2007 to 176.978 units. Suzuki opened a factory in Hungary in 1991 and has been the best-selling carmaker in the country for…
#2 in 2006, the 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer manages to grab the top spot in the 2007 Singaporean best selling cars ranking, thanks to aggressive price promotions. The Toyota Corolla Altis drops to 2nd spot, whereas the new generation Honda Civic lands in 3rd position.
Fiat Palio The car market explodes in Brazil in 2007: +28% at 2,342,059 units! That's way above France (2,064,999) and just under Italy (2,506,323) and Great Britain (2,404,007)... The VW Gol is still the best seller (243,164 sales, 10.4% share) but this year the Fiat Palio was breathing down its…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2007 the Renault Megane is the best-selling model in Portugal with 5.3% of the market and 10,709 units (+4%), just ahead of the Opel Astra at 10,368 sales and 5.1% (-8%). Station wagons are…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2007 is the very first year Australians purchased more than 1 million new cars: with 1,049,982 registrations the market is up 9% over 2006. The Holden Commodore is the best selling car in Australia for…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * Another year with the Hyundai Sonata in the lead in South Korea, however this time the fight is very close with the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) at #2: 119,133 sales (+2%)…
Peugeot 207 See the Top 368 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The French market is up 3% this year at 2,064,543 registrations, and for its first full year the Peugeot 207 finishes #1 with 131,623 sales and 6.4%, ahead of the Renault Clio…
Vauxhall Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * For the first time since 2003, new car sales in England are up, at +3% this year with 2,404,007 registrations. For the first time since it became the best selling car…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling foreign nameplate in Russia in 2006. * See the Top 63 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market enjoys a 4th consecutive all-time record year in 2006, up a fantastic 19.7% year-on-year to 1.953.998 registrations. As it…