Renault Clio * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Losing less ground than the rest of the models atop the ranking, the Renault Clio becomes the best-selling car in Portugal in 2002 with 16,294 sales (-9%) and stays there in 2003 at 11,145 units,…
VW Golf * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Luxembourg are dominated by the VW Golf over the period, selling 2,475 units in 2001, 2,159 in 2002 and 2,048 in 2003. The 2nd place changes hands each year: from the Peugeot…
Ford F Series Trucks are back in fashion this year in the US: for the first time in over decade they monopolise the podium. The Ford F-Series is in the lead again, up 4% at 845,586 units thanks to the new generation arriving in dealerships this year. The Chevrolet Silverado…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Italian car market is stable in 2003 at -1% with 2,328,621 registrations. No surprises on top, the Fiat Punto leads the way, but with 189,808 sales (-9%) and 8.2% share it is at its…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Toyota continues to completely dominate the Icelandic models ranking, with the Land Cruiser taking the lead this year with 645 sales, up a massive 105% on 2002. The Toyota Corolla ranks #2 at 634…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After being interrupted by the Toyota Avensis in 2001, the Toyota Corolla reclaim the Finnish pole position in 2002 with 6,846 sales (+82%) and improves further in 2003 at 9,675 units (+41%). Fiat Stilo The…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 301,616 cars were registered in Austria in 2003, and seven years after its launch the VW Golf IV still manages to hold 5.4% of the market at 16,293 sales. The Golf IV was #1 every…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 5 years after its launch and after missing the title by only 500 units last year, the Peugeot 206 finally becomes the best selling car in Europe in 2003. It is the first time a…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Vic Mouton I have some insight on the best-selling models in South Africa in 2003 with a Top 10 for May. Although not representative of the Full Year 2003 ranking, it still gives…
Seat Ibiza New car sales in Spain gain 3.6% year-on-year in 2003 to 1.355.894 units. Renault (+4.1%) is the best-selling brand for the 18th time in the past 19 years, distancing Citroen (+3.4%) and Peugeot (+0.6%) in an unchanged podium. Seat (+2.8%) is up to #4 above Opel (-5.6%), Ford…
Toyota Wish * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This year no less than 4 different models held the Japanese best seller trophy for at least one month: the Toyota Corolla, back to #1 after having its 33-year long reign interrupted by the Honda…
The Ford F-Series reclaims the top spot in Canada. The Canadian new light vehicle market slides -4.9% in 2003 to 1.613.299 units, still estimated to be the 2nd largest annual volume in history below last year. Market leader Ford (+1.5%) defies the market decline to improve to 15.5% share whereas…
The Honda CR-V breaks into the Indonesian Top 10 in 2003. In 2003 the Indonesian new car market advances 11.1% year-on-year to cross the 300.000 annual unit milestone for only the third time in history after 1995 and 1997 at 320.457. Toyota (+19.6%) outpaces the market to climb back above…
Hyundai sales in Malaysia are up 3-fold year-on-year in 2003. After two consecutive years of record annual volumes, Malaysia takes a breather in 2003 dropping -3.8% to 423.184, still only the 2nd time in history the market is above 400.000 units. 2003 marks the year local carmaker Proton starts to…
VW Golf *See the Top 100 best-selling models and each monthly Top 20 by clicking on the title! * New car sales are down 3% in Germany this year at 3,236,938 units. The VW Golf continues its downward spiral at a worrying -20% this year to 205,084 sales and 6.3%…