Fiat 600 See below for the direct links to 60 Italy Historical Data posts. Detailed Historical Data is now available for Italy for the past 95 years. Annual sales volumes are available from 1928 onwards. From 1952 onwards, there is uninterrupted brands data. Production from 1952 to 1959 and sales…
The Nissan Leaf made worldwide headlines in October thanks to its performance in Norway. Now that most October sales data has come through, it's now time to go through our traditional Worldwide roundup. But first as usual a bit of overview of how the biggest car markets in the world…
The Ford Cortina was #2 in Norway in 1963 and from 1965 to 1969 The direct links to 40 Norway Historical Data articles are below Detailed Historical Data for Norway covering the past 65 years is now available. There is now a Top 10 models ranking for each and every…
Volvo 144 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * Norwegian car sales are up 16% year-on-year to 81,472 registrations. Massive event in 1971: after 12 consecutive years of VW Beetle leadership, the Volvo 140 Series becomes the most popular model…
Volvo 142 * See the Top 7 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * In 1970 the Volvo 142/144 manages to hold close to 19% share of the Swedish market, or more than double the score of the #2, the Saab Sedan V4 (96) at…
VW Beetle * See 'Read more' for the 1967-1970 Rankings - many thanks to Florian for the data! * Car sales in Germany drop by 10% in 1967 at 1,356,655 registrations before gaining 5% in 1968 (1,425,089) and a massive 29% in 1969 (1,841,048). The VW Beetle celebrates 20 years…
VW Beetle * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * After a one-off stratospheric figure in 1969 the Norwegian car market is back to normal this year, down 29% to 70,226 registrations. The VW Beetle is the best-selling model in the…
Assembly of the Toyota Corona in Australia started in January 1966 * Click on the title for many more vintage pictures! * When Japanese car manufacturers were ready to explore the world, their first choice for export destination wasn't in Asia. It was Australia. As early as August 1958, the…
1966 Ford Cortina * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The UK new car market is up 6% year-on-year in 1967 to 1,102,266 registrations. After two years of domination by the Austin Morris 1100, the Ford Cortina, helped by the…
Ford 20M * See 'Read more' for the 1964-66 Rankings - many thanks to Florian for the data! * The German car market is up 6% in 1964 at 1,342,980 registrations, passes the 1.5 million mark for the very first time at 1,517,564 units in 1965 (+13%) but drops 1%…
The Fiat 500 Giardiniera ranks inside the Top 10. In 1966, new car sales in Italy shoot up 14.5% to cross a very symbolic barrier for the first time: the million annual sales at 1.014.975. Fiat edges up to a mammoth 74.1% share ahead of Alfa Romeo at 4.9%. With…
Renault 4L * See the Top 10 most produced models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Launched in July 1961, the Renault 4L doesn't wait and become the best-selling car in France in 1962, and stays there for four consecutive years. However for this period I only…
Fiat 850 In 1965, new car sales in Italy bounce back up 6.8% to 886.297 units. Fiat improves to 73.9% share, the highest since the 76.9% it managed in 1960 and well above Alfa Romeo at 5.5%. Italian carmakers reclaim the monopoly of the Top 4 with Lancia at #3…
Fiat 500 In 1964, the Italian market takes a breather after exponential growth that saw it climb from just 209.215 units in 1958 to 951.704 in 1963. 1964 sales are down -12.8% to 830.175 registrations. Fiat holds 70.3% of the market ahead of Alfa Romeo at 5.7% with Volkswagen remaining…
Ford Cortina * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * Car sales in Norway are up 8% in 1963 to 48,031 registrations. The VW Beetle is the best-selling model in the country for the 5th year in a row with 8,079…