In 2002, nearly 1.4 million new cars changed hands in Brazil, 1,391,202 exactly. The VW Gol is the best selling car in the country for the 15th year at 208,300 sales for a 15% market share. The Chevrolet Corsa, based on a 10-year old model, takes the 2nd place with 9.5%…
The Nissan Platina lands directly at #5 in Mexico. New light vehicle sales in Mexico celebrates a 5th straight record year in 2002, up 7.1% to end up just a smidge below the symbolic million mark at 997.923 units. Chevrolet (+15.1%) reclaims the #1 brands spot off Nissan (+9.6%) with the…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market down 5% at 2,145,073 units, the Renault Clio, helped by its recent design refresh, is stable at 188,210 sales (8.8%) and climbs back into the first spot, ahead of the Peugeot 206,…
Chery makes its entrance in the charts with a Seat Toledo produced under license. For the first time in Chinese history, new vehicle sales top 2 million in 2001 at 2,100,233 units, up 12.4% year-on-year. Volkswagen (+4%) once again can't keep up with the market growth but comfortably stays in…
The Isuzu Faster Z was also called Golden Power, Dragon Eyes or Dragon Power in Thailand over the period. The Thai new vehicle market wakes up from its financial crisis torpor with a 53.6% year-on-year surge in 1999 leading to 212.974 sales, albeit less than half the high of 547.000 sales…
Opel Astra * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * A carbon copy of the German market, the best-selling models in Switzerland over the period are the VW Golf and Opel Astra. The Golf sells 17,369 units in 1998 and 16,704 in 2001 while the…
Peugeot 206 The Spanish new car market resumes its record run in 2001 with registrations up 3.7% to 1.410.170 units, a new all-time high eclipsing the previous best set in 1999. No surprise atop the brands ranking: Renault (+2.2%) dominates again at 12.6% share ahead of Opel (+13.5%) up 3…
Ford Focus * See the Top 25/30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Never before had Britons bought so many new cars: in 2001 no less than 2,458,769 registrations were recorded, a new record for the UK market. The Ford Focus affirms its domination…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Extremely tight fight for the title of Portugal's best-selling model this year and the Opel Corsa wins by just 3 units! It sells 17,811 vs. 17,808 for the Renault Clio... The Peugeot 206 is not…
Honda Accord The Ford F-Series passes an important benchmark this year: 900,000 sales in one year! At 911,597 units it is up 4% on 2000 sales. It even reaches the out-of-this world figure of 102,424 sales in one month in October, its new monthly volume record... The Chevrolet Silverado is…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Marc * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2001 at 2,417,149 registrations. The Fiat Punto still comfortably leads the Italian models ranking and improves its market share year-on-year to 11.9% thanks to…
The Proton Wira remains the most popular vehicle in Malaysia. In 2000, Malaysia continues its recovery with new car sales up 18.8% in 2000 to 343.350. Finally, the two local carmakers let go a tiny bit of their hold on their national market: Proton (+14.9%) drops its share slightly to…
Opel Astra * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The generation change of the Toyota Corolla has opened opportunities for other models to improve their rankings in Finland, and the main beneficiaries are the Opel Astra, leader this year with 5,749 sales, and the…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Very little information for 2001 in Denmark, only that the Ford Mondeo is the best-selling model with 5,688 sales, ahead of the Peugeot 206 at 5,297 and the Peugeot 406 at 4,243. The Citroen C5…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Belgium is at a crossroads of countries and influences in Europe and its best-selling models ranking reflects this. Like in Germany, the VW Golf is in pole position all through the period, posting very strong…