The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland over the period... * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland continue to gallop ahead at +8.8% to 136.224 units, the highest score in exactly ten years, since…
Suzuki holds 21.1% of the Hungarian market in 2000. * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary edge up 2.3% year-on-year in 2000 to 132.876, their highest level since we started following Hungary annually in 1993. Suzuki remains the most…
The Symbol sedan accounts for the majority of Clio sales in Turkey 618,704 new cars hit Turkish roads in 2000, a stunning 63.7% year-on-year bounce and believed to be a new record. Renault (+57.1%) and Ford (+62.6%) evolve roughly like the market and stay on top of the brands charts,…
The facelifted Oda lifts IZH up 83% to 4th place in the Russian brands ranking in 2000. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales edge down 1.8% year-on-year in 2000 in Russia but remain above the symbolic…
The Skoda Felicia is the best-selling vehicle in Slovakia for the last year. 54,718 new cars found a buyer in Slovakia in 2000. Skoda holds 57.2% share, compared to 29.4% in 1996. The Skoda Felicia stays atop the models charts for the last year with 24.2% share, down -44% on…
The Iran Khodro Paykan celebrates 30 years in Iran in 1997. After crossing the 100.000 annual sales milestone for the first time in history in 1996, the Iranian market continues to boom in 1997 at +43.5% to almost 170.000 units, with the Paykan (+25.4%) still accounting for every second sale…
The Fiat Punto is #1 in Ireland for the third straight year. The Irish new car market stuns in 2000 with a stratospheric 32.5% year-on-year gain lifting the annual volume way above the 200.000 mark for the first time in history at 230.804. Toyota (+33.8%) is back above Ford (+29.6%)…
The Hyundai Santro is up to #2 in India - the highest a foreign nameplate has ever ranked. * See the Top 18 All-brands and Top 50 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market edges up 5.2% to a new record 752.687 units in 2000,…
The Chevrolet Joy/Swing, based on the Opel Corsa, is #2 in Mexico. It's a second consecutive record annual volume in Mexico in 1999 with sales up 5.9% to cross the 700.000 unit-milestone for what is believed is the first time in history at 716.938. Chevrolet (+1.7%) loses share for the…
The Changan Star is up to #2 in China in 1999. After marking a pause in 1998 (+0.5%), new vehicle sales in China gain 8.2% year-on-year in 1999 to 1,619,025 units. Despite trailing the market, Volkswagen (+3.6%) becomes the first manufacturer in Chinese history to hit 300,000 annual sales. It…
The Dodge Caravan is the best-selling vehicle in Canada for the first time. The Canadian new light vehicle market is up 2.9% year-on-year in 2000 to 1.550.605 units, its 2nd time above 1.5m since we started following this market annually in 1991, and what is believed to be a new…
The Honda Civic is the best-selling passenger car in Canada in 1998 and 1999. The Canadian new light vehicle market edges down -0.1% year-on-year in 1998 to 1.393.029. This year Ford (-14.5%) is in great difficulty and sees its share thaw from 20.1% to 17.2%, however Chevrolet (-8.7%) also loses…
The Renault 12 ranks #2 in Turkey in 1999. Small dip for the Turkish new car market in 1998 at -7.5% to 430,296 sales. Renault (-0.6%) improves its share to 21.9% while Ford (+0.4%) overtakes Tofas (-35.8%) to snap the 2nd spot overall with 9.7% share. Fiat (-1.5%) stays at…
The Lada Riva holds 27.1% of the Russian market in 1999. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 155 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to sales soaring 18.2% year-on-year, the Russian market edges past the one million annual mark for the third time in the past…
After being annihilated by the Financial crisis in 1998 (-84.1%), the Indonesian new car market is slowly stepping out of its torpor with sales up 59% in 1999 to a still very shy 84.928 units, the lowest annual result since 1976 (72.438). Toyota (+58.9%) drives the market growth and sees…