The Chevrolet Chevy C2 is the best-selling model in Mexico in 2004. In 2004, the Mexican new light vehicle market crosses the symbolic million annual sales mark for the first time in history thanks to a solid 12.4% year-on-year uptick to 1.112.130 units. Nissan (+9.8%) cements its domination of the…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I only have data for the first 9 months of the year and over that period 732,004 vehicles were sold in the region. Like in 2002 and 2003 the Skoda Fabia is the best-selling model…
Mazda6 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Latvian car market is up 11% in 2003 to 8,730 registrations and a further 29% in 2004 to 11,256 units. Up 340% on '02, the Mazda6 takes the lead of the models ranking in '03…
The Lada Samara misses out on the pole position for less than 1.000 sales. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 275 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Russia surge 19.1% year-on-year in 2004 to smash their all-time volume record established just last year…
Launched in December 1984 in India, the Maruti 800 was originally based on the 1979 Suzuki Fronte, before being replaced by a rebadged version of the 1984 Suzuki Alto in 1986. It was India's best selling car for 20 years, from 1985 to 2004 and over 2.5 million units of…
Chevrolet Corsa Venezuelan car sales are very uneven during the period, going from 128,623 in 2002, to 63,726 in 2003 (-50%) and back up to 134,357 in 2004 (+111%)... In this context, the models ranking is relatively stable and the best selling car in the country each year is the…
In 2004, the Holden Commodore is the best selling car in New Zealand with 7,439 units moved, followed by the Ford Falcon at 5,611 and the Toyota Corolla at 4,902. These 3 cars dominate the ranking by a large margin. In 4th comes the Honda Accord (2,628 units), ahead of…
* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Australian car market is up a fantastic 9% this year to break its record for the 2nd consecutive time at 955,229 registrations. The Holden Commodore is the best selling car in the country again, at 79,170…
At 1,478,859 registrations, the Brazilian market is up 9% in 2004. No change on top, the VW Gol is number 1 for the 17th year, but sees its gargantuan market share slip down a little bit each year, this time at 12% thanks to 177,111 sales (-2%). Boosted by the…
Hyundai Santa Fe * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * After 5 consecutive years in pole position, the transition between two generations of Hyundai Sonata (EF to NF) is fatal for the nameplate: in 2004 the Hyundai Santa Fe is the most popular…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * In a stable market (2,013,709 registrations), the Peugeot 206 loses less ground than the Clio to become #1 over the year for the first time since 2001. There may be one…
Ford Focus * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 2004 car registrations in the UK fall just 0.5% short of last year's record at 2,567,269 units. The Ford Focus is Britain's best seller for the 6th consecutive year, down…
The Buick Regal is now inside the Chinese Top 10 and #6 Passenger Car. The Chinese new vehicle market continues on its gigantic year-on-year gains in 2003 at +37.4%, passing both the 3 million and 4 million annual sales in the process. The market goes from 2,954,986 units in 2002…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South Korean podium in 100% Hyundai over the first 6 months 0f 2004: in a market down 25%, the Hyundai Sonata keeps the pole position it held at the end of 2003 with 41,307…
