More than 150.000 Isuzu D-Max were sold in Thailand in 2005, a record. Half a decade after the financial crisis that annihilated the market, Thai new vehicle sales finally return to pre-crisis levels with 2003 volumes up 28.9% to 518.440, only the third half-million+ annual result in Thai history after…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian market is down 4.3% year-on-year in 2005 to 199.068 registrations. Suzuki posts a 9th consecutive year atop the brands ranking, this time frankly outpacing the market at +16% to 19.7%…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After a one-year interruption by the Renault Megane, #3 this year, the VW Golf reclaims the leadership of the Luxembourg models ranking with sales up 15% to 2,141 units thanks to the 5th generation now…
* See the Top 12/50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * From 2002 to 2005, the Chevrolet Corsa dominates the Colombian car market by a safe margin with 4,688 sales over 8 months 2002 and 13,029 sales (or 8.9% share) over the Full Year 2005. The #2 changes…
Isuzu D-Max I only have official figures for the first 6 months of the year, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in touch! Over the first 6 months of 2005, Isuzu moved 80,558 units of its D-Max pick-up, positioning the model on top of…
In 2005 the Skoda Fabia is the best selling car in Bulgaria with 1,552 sales in a market adding up to 33,434 registrations. The fight was tight though, with the Peugeot Partner a close second at 1,436 sales, the Peugeot 307 #1 over the first 3 months of the year…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2005 at 2,237,456 registrations (-1%). Big event in 2005: the Fiat Punto is replaced by the Grande Punto in September and together the two models sell 173,632 units…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Years go by, and Toyota is still omnipresent in Iceland: it places 5 models in the Top 6 both in 2004 and 2005! The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling model in the country in 2004…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 16,680 new cars were registered in Latvia in 2005, up a huge 48% on 2004 and the Toyota Corolla is by far the best-selling model in the country with 811 sales and a very solid…
Perodua Kancil In 2004, new car sales in Malaysia leap up 15.2% year-on-year to break a new annual volume record at 487.313 units. After falling apart in 2003 (-26.8%), Proton stops the rot with a 7.2% uptick to 34.6% share, widening the gap with Perodua (-1.8%) at 25%, but adding…
Ford Transit * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The European Light Commercial Vehicle market is up 3% during the period to 2,112,409 units in 2005. The Ford Transit holds the pole position both years but sees its market slip down from 6.6% in…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The car market in Cyprus is very limited and the models ranking is rather eclectic: the Toyota Corolla is in pole position with 940 sales, ahead of the Renault Megane at 846 and the Opel…
VW Gol * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Argentinean car market was hit full frontal by the crisis in 2002, falling under 100,000 units. It recovers pretty swiftly over the next few years: up 48% in 2003 at…
VW Golf Plus * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Austrian car market is very stable this year at -1% and 307,915 registrations. The VW Golf V keeps its best seller title even though it lost 33% over 2004 at 11,931 sales and…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2005 is a difficult year to cover as different sources give a different best-seller in Europe... According to JATO, the VW Golf manages to keeps the title of best-selling car in Europe one more time…