Chevrolet Aveo In a market growing at a hectic pace at 228,378 units in 2005 (+70%) and 343,351 in 2006 (+50%), the Chevrolet Aveo replaces the Corsa on top of the models ranking over the period, with a 9.9% share of the market in 2005 and 7.6% in 2006. The…
In a stable market at 76,804 registrations, the fight for the pole position between the Holden Commodore and the Toyota Corolla has never been that tight: the Commodore, perhaps helped by the arrival of the new generation at the end of the year, loses 8% but keeps its title with…
The Ecuadorian car market establishes itself at 86,618 registrations in 2006 and Chevrolet places no less than 5 models in the Top 6! The Chevrolet Corsa Evolution is the best selling car in the country with 11,498 sales and 13.3% ahead of the Chevrolet Luv D-Max (aka Isuzu D-Max) at…
At 12,047 sales, the Hyundai Accent is a distant #1 this year, well ahead of the Toyota Hilux in #2 with 8,599 sales. Just below, the Dacia Logan jumps on the podium in 3rd with 8,557 units sold. The Hyundai Atos drops 2 spots in 4th and the Chevrolet Aveo…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary drop 5.6% year-on-year in 2006 to 187.842 units. Local producer Suzuki celebrates ten consecutive years atop the brands ranking but sinks 17% this year to 17.4% share.…
The Toyota Avanza is the new leader in Indonesia. New car sales in Indonesia are hit full frontal by another economic crisis in 2006 at -40.2%, tumbling down to 295.326 units - the lowest annual score since 2002 - 314.000 according to Gaikindo. Toyota (-30%) resists much better, improving its…
After +9% in 2004 and +10% in 2005, the Brazilian car market accelerates its growth, up 13% in 2006 at 1,830,402 registrations... The VW Gol celebrates 19 years on top of the Brazilian ranking out of the last 20, and delivers 189,132 units this year for a 10.3% market share.…
The Nissan Tsuru resumes its domination of the Mexican market. It's another record year for Mexican new car sales in 2005, up 4% to 1.157.137 units, only the 2nd time in history above one million. Nissan (+0.1%) edges up to retain the brands pole position with 20.3% share but Chevrolet…
Holden Commodore VE * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2006, car sales drop by 2% in Australia to 962,666 units, and larger models suffered greatly from the petrol price surge. The Holden Commodore needed the help of its new VE generation to…
Hyundai Grandeur * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular car in South Korea for the 7th time in the last 8 years thanks to sales up 25% year-on-year to 116,482 units. The rest…
Renault Clio III * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * In a market down 3% at 2,000,553 registrations, the Renault Clio III takes the lead at 134,001 sales and 6.4% share. The Peugeot 307 is #2 at 4.9%, followed by…
* See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The replacement of the Peugeot 206 by the 207 this year throws the Belgian models ranking into disarray, with no car above 2.8% share and the 4 best selling models all within 1,000 sales (in a 526,000-unit…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The British car market is down again in 2006, this time at -4% with 2,344,864 registrations. The Ford Focus is on top for the 8th year in a row, holding its…
May 2020 update: Now with Top 52 All-brands and Top 300 All-models. New car sales in Romania break a record for the third consecutive year thanks to volumes up 12.7% to 283.238 units. Despite the recent arrival of the Logan, Dacia (-6.4%) drops to 37.4% share, the lowest since we…
Ford F Series Another very strong year for trucks in the US: the Ford F-Series is the best-selling model in the country for the 24th consecutive year with 901,463 sales, down 4%. It broke its monthly volume record in July with no less than 126,905 units sold, or one every…