After The best-selling cars you’ve never heard of, China on the march and a piece on the re-export phenomenon in the European Union, I have now written a fourth feature in Britain’s biggest-selling weekly car magazine, Auto Express. In this week’s issue on sale today Wednesday 30th March, I go through 50 years worth of…
The Austin Mini ranked within the UK Top 10 up until 1981 The direct links to 42 UK Historical Data posts are below. You can also check the UK nameplates records here Thanks to Chris, author of the book "British Leyland: Chronicle of a car crash", I can now share with you…
* See the Top 12/50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * From 2002 to 2005, the Chevrolet Corsa dominates the Colombian car market by a safe margin with 4,688 sales over 8 months 2002 and 13,029 sales (or 8.9% share) over the Full Year 2005. The #2 changes…
Ford Cortina * See the 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title * New car sales in the UK are back on the up over the period, at +3% in 1977 to 1,323,524 registrations, +20% in 1978 to 1,591,941 and +8% in 1979 to a record 1,716,275 units. In…
Saab is the best-selling carmaker in Finland from 1975 to 1978.... * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * In 1975, Finnish new car sales soar 21.7% to 116.991 registrations, and for the first time ever, a Swedish manufacturer takes the lead…
Ford Escort * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The UK new car market is back up 8% year-on-year in 1976 to 1,285,583 registrations. Eight years after its original launch, the Ford Escort is the UK's best selling model for the first time this year,…
Austin Allegro * See 'Read more' for the Top 80 best-selling models! Many thanks to DC and Chris * In 1974 the UK new car market is hit full frontal by the recession: down 24% year-on-year to 1,268,655 registrations, then a further 6% in 1975 to 1,194,115 units. The Ford…
1970 Ford Cortina * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 1972, the UK new car market shoots up by a huge 27% to a record 1,637,775 registrations before stabilising (+1%) in 1973 at 1,661,639 units. The imports market share is up to 23.5%…