* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Hungarian car market is in dire straits: with only 17,391 registrations over the first 5 months 2010, it drops by 49% vs. 2009, which was already at -50% vs. 2008! Suzuki models, built in the country,…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales figures in Macedonia are very rarely made available, so if you happen to have more recent data please make sure to get in touch. In 2007, Chevrolet lead the sales in Macedonia and the Chevrolet…
The Saipa Pride is estimated to top the Iranian charts over the period. We haven't manage to compile brand or models production and/or sales data for this period in Iran. Looking at the 2010 rankings, it makes sense to assume the Saipa Pride continues to dominate the sales charts in…
Maruti Alto * See the Top 30 All-brands and Top 110 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in India continue to gallop from record to record, signing a 5th consecutive all-time high volume in 2006 at 1.469.459 units, up 20% year-on-year. This time Maruti (+14%)…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Thailand in 2006. After 6 years of double-digit gains lifting the market from record lows in 1998 to record highs in both 2004 and 2005, the Thailand new vehicle market takes a breather in 2006 at -3.8% to a still very high…
Honda Civic New light vehicle sales in Canada leap up 2.5% in 2005 to 1.583.599 units. Rare event atop the brands ranking: Chevrolet (+0.7%) reclaims the top spot off Ford (-4.5%) for the first time since 1991. Toyota (+2.3%) follows the market at 10.5% share in third place, with the…
Saipa is now the #1 brand in Iran with over 380.000 sales. 2006 is a historical year for new light vehicle sales in Iran: up 8.1% year-on-year to break the symbolic 1 million annual unit milestone for the first time at 1.041.321. This marks a stunning 12 consecutive years of…
Chevrolet holds 15% of the Saudi new car market in 2006. It's another record for the Saudi new light vehicle market at 445,856 units in 2006, up 13.3% on the year prior. Toyota (+8.8%) doesn't quite benefit from the sales growth and loses share to 27.9%. Chevrolet on the other…
The Toyota Avanza is the new leader in Indonesia. New car sales in Indonesia are hit full frontal by another economic crisis in 2006 at -40.2%, tumbling down to 295.326 units - the lowest annual score since 2002 - 314.000 according to Gaikindo. Toyota (-30%) resists much better, improving its…
The Nissan Tsuru resumes its domination of the Mexican market. It's another record year for Mexican new car sales in 2005, up 4% to 1.157.137 units, only the 2nd time in history above one million. Nissan (+0.1%) edges up to retain the brands pole position with 20.3% share but Chevrolet…
More than 150.000 Isuzu D-Max were sold in Thailand in 2005, a record. Half a decade after the financial crisis that annihilated the market, Thai new vehicle sales finally return to pre-crisis levels with 2003 volumes up 28.9% to 518.440, only the third half-million+ annual result in Thai history after…
Perodua Kancil In 2004, new car sales in Malaysia leap up 15.2% year-on-year to break a new annual volume record at 487.313 units. After falling apart in 2003 (-26.8%), Proton stops the rot with a 7.2% uptick to 34.6% share, widening the gap with Perodua (-1.8%) at 25%, but adding…
The Saipa Pride sells over 340.000 units in Iran in 2005. It's an 11th straight record year for the Iranian new car market in 2005, up 10.1% year-on-year to 962.886 units. Peugeot (+31.4%) confirms it is the most popular brand in market, lurching to a record 36% share while Saipa…
Toyota Kijang Innova The Indonesian new car market gains 11.7% year-on-year in 2005 to a 2nd all-time record in a row at 493.583 units according to manufacturers, 534.000 according to Gaikindo (add the Mitsubishi Colt at 35.000 sales). Toyota (+29.7%) almost triples the market growth to hit 36% share, its…
The Hyundai Elantra was #1 Passenger Car in June. The Chinese market consolidates its growth in 2004 to "just" +13.1% year-on-year, still an additional 530,000 units to 4,589,782 sales. A surprise atop the brands ranking: Volkswagen not only can't keep up with the market evolution but actually registers a year-on-year…