The Dodge Caravan is up to #2 in Canada in 1996. New light vehicle sales in Canada edge up 1.5% year-on-year in 1996 to 1.175.761 units. Ford (+6.1%) once again outpaces the market to cross the 20% share milestone for the first time this decade at 20.5%, increasing the gap…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * In 1996 Greek consumers bought 136,856 new cars and Fiat is by far the best-selling brand in the country thanks to exceptional sales of the Fiat Punto, the most popular model…
VW Gol * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Thanks to Bruno for sharing the data * The VW Gol had an interesting career in Argentina: a little bit like in Brazil, it was not an instant hit but once on top of the models rankings it…
Ford F-Series * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Pick-ups are getting more and more dominant in the overall American models ranking, with the Ford F-Series celebrating its 15th year in a row at #1 with a record 780,838 sales,…
The Paykan holds just under 60% of the Iranian market in 1996. In 1993, the Iranian new car market shoots up 60% year-on-year to 69.965 units, its highest level in at least nine years. Iran Khodro continues to dominate the Iranian car landscape with 40.2% share thanks to the Paykan,…
The Proton Wira is the best-selling vehicle in Malaysia for the third year in a row. It's a third consecutive double-digit gain for Malaysian new car sales up 27.3% in 1996 to a new record 357.178 units. Despite its size, local hero Proton (+25.2%) manages to almost match the market…
The Dacia 1310 holds 56.4% of the Romanian market in 1996. The Romanian new car market gains a sturdy 22% year-on-year in 1996 to cross the 100.000 annual unit-mark for what we believe is the first time in history at 113.608 units. Our records for Romania go back to 1985.…
Toyota Tamaraw FX * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! - Thanks to myk for the data * Car sales are buoyant indeed over the period in the Philippines, reaching 128,829 in 1995 and 162,056 in 1996, a new record that would last for nearly…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * A very good year for German car sales, up 5.5% to 3,496,709 registrations. The last 5 years' dominating duo, the VW Golf and Opel Astra, are starting to show their…
Three years after launch the Zen breaks into the Top 5, helping Maruti to a record 52.2% share. * See the Top 14 All-brands and Top 33 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market soars 19.2% year-on-year in 1996 to reach 555.801 deliveries, the first…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Boosted by another row of scrappage schemes, the French new car market is up 10% in 1996 at 2,132.091 registrations, back above 2 million units for the first time since 1992.…
Volvo 850 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Torbjörn and STAC * Swedish car sales are up 9% in '95 to 169,756 registrations and up 6% in '96 to 180,181 units. The Volvo 850 delivers its best year ever in '95, up 10%…
Toyota Carina * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While the Toyota Carina brilliantly keeps the lead of the Danish models ranking thanks to 6,679 sales and 4.8%, the VW Polo is up a spectacular 27 spots on its 1994 ranking to 2nd place…
The VW Santana 2000 has landed in China. 1,258,702 new vehicles found a buyer in China in 1995, a shy 7.3% year-on-year improvement. The Chinese market is showing signs of slowing down after gaining just 11% in 1994 vs. 44.3% in 1993. In any case, Volkswagen (+46.2%) widens the gap…
The FSO Polonez Caro is #1 in Poland in 1994 and 1995. In 1995, 263.881 new passenger cars find buyers in Poland. Over 1 in 4 new cars sold is an FSO Polonez Caro (-17.9%) holding the top spot with a whopping 26.2% share. No less than four Fiats follow:…