The Ford Escort is the best-selling Passenger Car in the US in 1987 and 1988. Thanks to an avid reader of BSCB, I have now added full models ranking for the USA for each year between 1985 and 1991, slowly but surely filling up the holes in US Historical Data on…
The Renault Clio IV wins round one of its confrontation with the Peugeot 208. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 300 models and Top 20 brands! Thanks STAC * * Check out over 60 years worth of French Historical Data here! * In spite of an end of year stronger than…
In 1983 the Renault Alliance was the best-selling all-new nameplate in the USA overall... * See the Top 20 best-selling European cars/brands in the US in 1980-85 by clicking on the title! * * You can also check out 1908-2013 USA historical sales data here * Today I can share…
Renault Megane * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 models and Top 40 All-brands! Click on title to see * Very difficult year for new car sales in Portugal, down 38% on 2011 which was already down 31% on 2010... At a total 95,290 registrations, this is the first time since…
* See Annual Toyota Hilux sales in Australia since 1971 by clicking on the title! * If the Toyota Hilux continues on its euphoric run and steps into the year-to-date pole position when Australian sales figures for September are released in the next couple of days, it would be a…
The Model G1 Truck was the very first Toyota, produced in August 1935. * See the Top 10 best-selling Toyotas in Australia ever by clicking on the title! * Yesterday Toyota announced it had produced its 200 millionth vehicle after 76 years and 11 months of existence. The very first…
The Ford Cortina was #1 in England for the first time in 1967 * 29 articles have been revised - click on the title for the direct links * Thanks to data shared by Florian I can now give you much more detail on the UK market since 1985, with…
The Dacia 1310 is the best-selling vehicle in Romania over the period. The 1985-1994 period is probably the most eventful in recent Romanian political history. The country witnessed the fall of Communism during the December 1989 Romanian Revolution and a shaky transition into democracy from 1990 onwards. As a result,…
The Iran Khodro Paykan dominates Iranian roads over the period. These are turbulent times for Iran as a country - the Iran-Iraq war would last from 1980 to 1988 - and therefore for Iranian new car sales. Starting at 31.025 units in 1985, the market logically falls for four consecutive…
1983 Toyota Corolla After an interruption by the Ford Escort in 1983, the Toyota Corolla is estimated to have resumed its domination over world car sales for the remainder of the eighties. Two generations of the Corolla are on sale over the period: the fifth generation (or E80) launched in May…
Toyota and the Corolla are the most popular brand and nameplate over the period. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market gains 8.8% in 1985 to break an all-time volume record for the 2nd year running…
Renault 12 * See the Top 10 best-selling models in 1988 by clicking on the title! Thanks to Bruno * Even though it has been on sale in the country for nearly two decades by the time its reign comes to an end, the Renault 12 manages to top the Argentinean…
No official data for European car sales over the period, only the name of the best-seller: the VW Golf, taking advantage of the launch of its 2nd generation in 1983, climbs onto the top European spot and keeps it that way for at least 5 years until 1987. If you…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! - Thanks to Florian for the data * Launched in 1983, the second generation VW Golf takes the nameplate's sales to record levels in Germany: it goes up to 260,229 sales in 84, 298,175 in 85,…
Volvo 740 * See 'Read more' for the Top 25 best-selling models! Many thanks to Torbjörn for the data * Swedish car sales are up a massive 14% in 1985 to a best-ever 263,033 units and reach 315,950 registrations in 1987! Launched in 1984, the Volvo 740 logically enables the 700 Series…