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 33 Historical articles are below. We have significantly expanded our Historical Data coverage for Canada, going for very limited…
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…
Toyota Corolla I can now share with you Pakistani Historical Data for the past 25 years. The 1988 Suzuki Mehran (a second generation Suzuki Alto) was the longest-running leader of the Pakistani car market, being the best selling car in the country from 1995 to 1999 and 2001 to 2008.…
We could see Autobianchi return as early as 2014! * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * With the progression of Chinese carmakers worldwide, the rise and rise of low-cost brands following the tremendous success of Dacia over the last decade is one of the most fascinating…
1995 Toyota Tamaraw FX The direct links to All Historical Data articles are below. Thanks to Michael Belmonte, I am now able to share with you Philippines Historical Data for the last 25 years. After hitting a high of 162,000 units in 1996, car sales in the Philippines were hit…
The Volvo 700 Series was #1 in Sweden from 1985 to 1990 * Many thanks to Torbjörn for making these updates possible! * I am now able to share with you detailed data for Sweden between 1978 and 1995 with at least a Top 20 models ranking for most years during…
1960 Ford Falcon XK We are now looking back further in the past, with 4 new posts giving you a broad idea of what the Australian market looked like during the second half of the 20th Century. Holden had a head start, launching the first car fully manufatured in Australia…
Suzuki Mehran The Pakistan Automobile Manufacturers Association compiles car production figures since 1995 and sales of models produced locally since 1998. Given the restrictions on imports, these figures give a pretty accurate picture of the best selling models in the country. The Pakistani car market structure has been very stable…
The Skoda Felicia, actually an evolution of the 1987 Skoda Favorit, launches in October 1994 and replaces the Favorit atop the Slovakian car sales for the next 5 years, in all likeliness reaching market shares of between 33 and 50%. More details about the Skoda Felicia here, more pictures: click on…
1992 US spec Toyota Corolla * See the 1997 Top 28 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Toyota Corolla should be the best selling car in the world over the period with at least 900,000 units produced each year. The only official data…
The Skoda Felicia, actually an evolution of the 1987 Skoda Favorit, launches in October 1994 and replaces the Favorit atop the Czech Republic car sales for the next 3 years, reaching huge market shares, in all likeliness between 40% and 50%. More details about the Skoda Felicia here, more pictures: click…
The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the first time. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is finally recovering after sinking from 177.000 units in 1989 to just 55.700 in 1993. It is up…
The Paykan holds just under 60% of the Iranian market in 1996. In 1993, the Iranian new car market shoots up 60% year-on-year to 69.965 units, its highest level in at least nine years. Iran Khodro continues to dominate the Iranian car landscape with 40.2% share thanks to the Paykan,…
Toyota Tamaraw FX * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! - Thanks to myk for the data * Car sales are buoyant indeed over the period in the Philippines, reaching 128,829 in 1995 and 162,056 in 1996, a new record that would last for nearly…
Volvo 850 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Torbjörn and STAC * Swedish car sales are up 9% in '95 to 169,756 registrations and up 6% in '96 to 180,181 units. The Volvo 850 delivers its best year ever in '95, up 10%…