The Ford Escort was #1 in Ireland in 1974 18/04/2024 update: Now with brands data for 1972 (1 new article). 20/08/2019 update: Now with information for 1983 and 1985 (2 new articles). 18/07/2019 update: Now with an annual All-brands ranking from 1990 to 2000 (7 new articles). The direct links…
The Audi A3 Limousine and Mercedes CLA made waves in Germany in 2013. * See the Top 315 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1946-2013 Historical Data for Germany here (42 articles)! * The German new car market is down 5%…
The Alfa Romeo Alfasud was the 5th most produced car in Italy in 1977. * See the direct links to these 4 new Historical Data posts below! * You need to be a Premium Member to access detailed Historical data tables. Register here! Thanks to Andrea, I can now share with you detailed…
1969 International Scout See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title - Click on the pictures to enlarge! * Following the success of my Trans-Siberian Long Term Photo series, I have decided to share with you what can be seen in the streets of Sydney, Australia where I…
First generation 1974 VW Golf * See the full article by clicking on the title! * On Friday, Volkswagen announced it had produced its 30 millionth Golf since the introduction of the nameplate in 1974... If you do the maths, this means no less than 2,000 Golfs were sold every…
Daihatsu Xenia * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * Over the last week I was lucky enough to spend some time in Bali, Indonesia, so I thought I would share with you my impressions and a little photo album, as a lot has happened since my…
* Click on title to see the Golf's sales in Germany since 1974 and in Europe since 1983 * By the end of 2012, the VW Golf will have been #1 in Europe for 24 of the last 30 years, and #1 in Germany for the last 32 years in a…
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…
1962 Ford 17M * See 'Read more' for the direct links to these 7 new posts! Thanks to Florian for the data * I am now able to share with you the best-selling models in West Germany from 1962 to 1979 in much more detail! For 1962, 1963 and from 1971…
1990 Ford Falcon, Argentina spec * Click on the title to see 30 years of Ford Falcon sales in Argentina! * * Many thanks to Bruno for making this post possible! * Originally launched in the country in 1962, the Ford Falcon gets an Argentina-specific design in 1973 and would…
* See the Top 3 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Flavio * 1978 marks the 6th consecutive year the Fiat 127 dominates the sales charts in Europe thanks to 409,000 units, making it the most popular Fiat ever in Europe, given as far as I…
Fiat 127 Sport * See the Top 20 brands and most produced models by clicking on the title! * Not much official models sales data available for this period in Italy, only that the Fiat 127 continues to lead the sales charts thanks to 237,600 sales, ahead of the Fiat…
Seat 127 Thanks to Ricardo we now have access to sales figures of the favourite car in Spain for 4 years in a row between 1974 and 1977: the Seat 127. The small rebadged Fiat reaches 125,066 sales in 1974, which is still today (2012) the highest volume ever delivered…
Renault 5 Launched in 1972, the Renault 5 takes command of the French models ranking in 1974 with 154,000 sales and 11% market share. This is the start of a decade of domination for the small Renault and 5,580,000 units of the models would be produced up until 1984 when…
The VW Fusca dominates Brazilian production and sales over the period with a very comfortable margin at 229,273 units in 1974 (-3%), 217,896 in 75 (-5%) and 206,098 in 76 (-5%). VW Brasilia Launched in 1973, the VW Brasilia was developed uniquely for the Brazilian consumer, and it is an…