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…
Good old me in front of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia November 2012. * See each year of Toyota Corolla sales in Australia since 1967 by clicking on the title! * JANUARY 2013 UPDATE: The answer is yes, 2013 was indeed the year of the Corolla - see the Full…
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…
VW Beetle 1980 Toyota Corolla Historical Info on the best selling cars around the globe since 1960 has now been posted. Pretty straight forward really, with the VW Beetle in the lead all through the sixties and into the mid-seventies, then losing its top spot when production dropped due to…
Saab is the best-selling carmaker in Finland from 1975 to 1978.... * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * In 1975, Finnish new car sales soar 21.7% to 116.991 registrations, and for the first time ever, a Swedish manufacturer takes the lead…
1975 Toyota Corolla After becoming the world's best-seller for the first time in 1974, the Toyota Corolla keeps this title for 3 consecutive years up until 1977, while the VW Beetle continues to drop and the VW Golf, launched in 1974, climbs up the ladder. Originally launched in 1966, the…
Opel Kadett * Many thanks to Rene for making this post possible! * * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on this article's title or 'Read more'! * Throughout the period the Opel Kadett is top of the class, reaching 28,393 sales for a 5.9% market share in…
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…
Volvo 244 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * In 1975 the Norwegian car market passes the 100,000 annual registrations benchmark for the first time, up 14% year-on-year to 102,811 units. It then progresses further by a massive 24% in…
The 2nd generation pushes the Ford Escort up to #2 in Europe in 1975. * See the Top 3 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Flavio * While we were expecting a small car duel atop the European sales charts in 1975, it does not happen.…
Volvo 244 * See the Top 7 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * Launched in 1974, the Volvo 240 was produced at no less than 2,685,171 units up until 1993. This makes it the most popular Volvo model ever, and for its first full…
Austin Allegro * See 'Read more' for the Top 80 best-selling models! Many thanks to DC and Chris * In 1974 the UK new car market is hit full frontal by the recession: down 24% year-on-year to 1,268,655 registrations, then a further 6% in 1975 to 1,194,115 units. The Ford…
Oldsmobile Cutlass * See 'Read more' for the Top 80 best-selling models! Thanks DC for the data * We continue to travel through time to land in the USA in 1975. I can share with you the 80 best-selling American passenger cars for that year: the Oldsmobile Cutlass is up…