The Proton Wira remains the most popular vehicle in Malaysia. In 2000, Malaysia continues its recovery with new car sales up 18.8% in 2000 to 343.350. Finally, the two local carmakers let go a tiny bit of their hold on their national market: Proton (+14.9%) drops its share slightly to…
Opel Astra * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The generation change of the Toyota Corolla has opened opportunities for other models to improve their rankings in Finland, and the main beneficiaries are the Opel Astra, leader this year with 5,749 sales, and the…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Very little information for 2001 in Denmark, only that the Ford Mondeo is the best-selling model with 5,688 sales, ahead of the Peugeot 206 at 5,297 and the Peugeot 406 at 4,243. The Citroen C5…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Belgium is at a crossroads of countries and influences in Europe and its best-selling models ranking reflects this. Like in Germany, the VW Golf is in pole position all through the period, posting very strong…
2001 Holden Commodore. Picture by James Dobbin. All rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * The Australian car market is down 1% year-on-year in 2001 to 772,681. Once again the Holden Commodore widens the gap with the Ford Falcon:…
VW Golf * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 2001 the VW Golf celebrates its 18th year atop European car sales, but the task was a little harder this year. It leads with 664,328 units, down just 1%, that's…
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2001 the Toyota Corolla clocks up another outstanding year at 236,507 sales, nearly 100,000 more than the #2 car, the Toyota Vitz (aka Yaris) at 142,513 units. The Honda Stream takes the 3rd spot with nearly…
The Iran Khodro Paykan has now been #1 in Iran for 35 consecutive years. The Iranian new car market continues to gallop ahead with a stunning 28% surge in 2001 to a new record 365.932 units, cementing a 7th consecutive record year and an almost 5-fold increase since 1995 (77.500).…
Saab 9-5 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * After outstanding growth since 1996, the Swedish car market catches its breath over the period at -2% in 2000 with 290,529 registrations and -15% in 2001 at 246,581. The Volvo S/V/C70 stays…
Toyota Revo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title - Thanks to myk for the data! * After losing 45% in 1998, the Filipino car market is down a further 8% in 1999 at 74,007 registrations and stays very low in 2000 (83,887 units) and…
Mercedes C Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * The German car market slows down its decline this year at -1% and 3,341,718 registrations. No surprise at #1: the VW Golf holds on tight to its title of…
VW Passat * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market down 6% at 91,916 registrations, the top of the sales ranking is turned upside down this year, but Volkswagen keeps the first spot, in the form of the VW Passat. Renewed in…
Solid year for the traditional two Brazilian best-sellers: the VW Gol delivers 265,898 units, ahead of the Fiat Palio at 163,706 sales, the Fiat Uno at 114,539 sales and the Chevrolet Celta at 90,159 units. Quatro Rodas figures now split hatchback and sedans versions, which means the Chevrolet Corsa Sedan…
VW Golf * See the Top 245 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Huge event this year in the Netherlands: after at least 20 years of domination by an Opel model - Kadett then Astra, in 2001 the best-selling car in the country is…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With 2,254,733 units sold in 2001, the French market is up 6% and delivers its third best year ever behind 1990 and 1989. The Peugeot 206 takes the lead for the first time in the country…