The Plymouth Reliant was the #1 passenger car in Canada in 1984. 22/08/2019 update: Now with annual All-brands and All-models ranking from 1991 to 2011 (9 new and 9 updated articles). The direct links to 34 Historical articles are below. We have significantly expanded our Historical Data coverage for Canada, going from…
The Holden Commodore sold a record 94.642 units in Australia in 1998. * See the Top 65 most successful nameplates in Australia by clicking on the title * This ranking has now been updated with 2015 figures and official data spanning the past 30 years. In 2015, no less than…
Brazilian Chery QQ * This is Part 2 of 5 in my series on Chinese carmakers abroad. See also Part 1 (Africa), Part 3 (Eastern Europe), Part 4 (Asia) and Part 5 (Mature markets) * If Chinese carmakers have started exporting to Africa in the early 00′s, they set foot in Latin America even earlier, with JAC starting…
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…
Nissan Qashqai * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Down a painful 10% year-on-year to 911,859, the European new car market delivers its worst month of January since 1990... If the UK (+11%), Poland (+8%) and Portugal (+6%) progress, Germany (-9%), France…
The Fiat Panda put an end to 18 consecutive years of Fiat Punto domination in Italy * NOW UPDATED with the Top 50 best-selling models actuals and Top 46 All-brands! Click on title to see * After losing a sizeable 15% in 2011 to fall to 1,749,739 registrations, the Italian new car…
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…
1974 VW Golf. Picture by Lothar Spurzem. The best-selling models from 1970 to 2024 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…
Opel Astra * See each year's Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the amazing work of Florian from Germany, I can now share with you a Top 100 Models Ranking Table for Germany for each year from 1990 to 1999! The decade started with…
Renault Clio Click on 'Read more' at end of post for the direct links to these 21 articles! Thanks to STAC I can now share with you detailed French yearly rankings since 1990! The 90s were the decade of the Renault Clio: launched in 1990, after two years of Peugeot 205…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * At this stage I don't have access to yearly rankings for Norway up until 1993, only a Top 25 models for the whole decade from 1990 to 2000. If you have more…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rene I can share with you the a Top 25 ranking for the nineties decade overall. Like in the seventies and eighties, the VW Golf is the best-selling model in the country with…
The Chevrolet Corsa could be the best-selling model in Colombia from 1995 onwards * See the Top 30 best-selling brands in 1997-98 by clicking on the title! * I only have total sales data over the period and a brands ranking for the Full Year 1997 and the first 3…
Fiat Duna * Many thanks to Bruno for making this post possible! * Over the period the Fiat Duna, a Fiat Uno Sedan, is the best-selling car in Argentina, also helped by a facelift at the end of 1990. At this stage no sales data or more detailed ranking available,…