The Lada 1200 is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in 1974, only 3 years after Lada's arrival. * See the 42 Finland Historical posts at the end of the article * Thanks to Vesa Leinonen we have doubled our coverage of the Finland market with 20 additional articles now spanning over…
The locally-produced Brilliance H330 displays a Pars Khodro logo in Iran. * See the Top 30 most produced cars and Top 10 pick-ups by clicking on the title * For the first time in over a year, we resume sharing full production figures for Iran here at BSCB. We are adding…
Dacia Logan Historical info spanning the past five decades is now available for Moldova on BSCB! For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Moldova belonged to then, and Lada models reigned supreme. I have no available data for Moldova between 1992 and 2010, so please get in touch if you do…
The Kia Rio is only the second foreign model in at least 45 years to top Russian sales. * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * This month the Russian new car market experiences an earth-shattering event - something that has only…
1966 ZAZ 966 - ZAZ dominated Ukrainian sales for almost 50 years. Historical info spanning the past five decades is now available for Ukraine on BSCB! For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Ukraine belonged to then, Lada models were selling strongly alongside the local ZAZ sedans we estimate were the…
The Toyota Avensis was #1 in Latvia in 2009. Historical info going back to five decades ago is now available for Latvia on BSCB. For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Latvia belonged to then, and Lada models reigned supreme. We have specific data for Latvia since 2006 and…
Lithuania is the only country in the world to have crown the Peugeot 3008, in 2010. Historical info spanning the past five decades is now available for Lithuania on BSCB. For the 1970-1991 period, the data is for USSR which Lithuania belonged to then, and Lada models reigned supreme. From 2006 onwards…
Streets of capital Bissau are filled with 1980 Mercedes taxis. Picture by Jon Baker, all rights reserved. Last time I covered Guinea Bissau there was too little recent video footage available to draw any conclusions about the best-selling models in this African country. This has now changed, thanks to a 14…
The Toyota Camry is the best-selling car in Kyrgyzstan, most of them used though. Next country to be dusted off as I haven't covered it in almost 3 years is Kyrgyzstan. What is striking when viewing recent videos of the streets of the capital Bishkek is the complete absence of…
The Chery E5 could be just what the Chinese needed after all... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * It's no secret that apart from in the LCV segment, Chinese brands have been struggling at home for a while (see China February 2012: When will Chinese…
1974 VW Golf. Picture by Lothar Spurzem. The best-selling models from 1970 to 2022 are below. We now have more detail about the best-selling models in Switzerland since 1970. For 1993, 1994 and 1996 I now have a Full Top 50 models ranking. For the seventies, eighties and nineties there is…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rene I can now share with you a Top 25 by decade in Switzerland, giving us a great insight into the best-selling models in the country at that time. This decade marks the…
Lada 2101 The brand VAZ (Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod), better known worldwide as Lada, was established in the late 1960's in collaboration with Fiat and started producing the 2101, a localised version of the Fiat 124, in 1970. Even though there are no official figures available, the Lada 2101 in all likeliness dominated…
The Renault 4 is the most popular vehicle in Colombian automotive history. According to local outlet El Carro Colombiano, the Renault 4 first arrived in Colombia in 1966, when the "Auto Andes" dealer started importing this vehicle from the Fasa-Renault factory in Spain. Then on 15th July 1970, the Renault 4…
Topping off over 10 years of constant progression, the VW Fusca reaches what remains its highest production volume ever in Brazil in 1972 at 252,209 units. It then drops 6% in 1973 at 237,509. The Fusca claims 40% of the total Brazilian production in 1970, up to 45% in 1972…