VW Golf * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! - thanks to DC & Florian for the data * The German car market is booming in 1975 at +27% and 2,106,048 registrations. 1975 is the start of a very long reign: that of the VW Golf. For…
Mercedes Strich 8 * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! Thanks DC & Florian for the data * Another trip down memory lane today, this time to West Germany in 1974, which is a relatively weak year in terms of sales volume at 1,662,384 registrations. For the…
VW Beetle * See 'Read more' for the Top 20 best-selling models, many thanks to Florian for the data! * The VW Beetle enjoys its last 3 years atop the German models ranking, making it 25 consecutive years. Over the period it slows down from 291,312 sales in 71 to 257,742…
Ford 20M * See 'Read more' for the 1964-66 Rankings - many thanks to Florian for the data! * The German car market is up 6% in 1964 at 1,342,980 registrations, passes the 1.5 million mark for the very first time at 1,517,564 units in 1965 (+13%) but drops 1%…
1960 Ford F-100. Picture autoblog.com.ar In 1959, the Argentinean government President Arturo Frondizi decided to make local automotive production a reality and a frenzy of both international and local manufacturers entered the market, with no less than 89.338 vehicle produced in 1960 alone. This is to be compared with a total car…
BMW Isetta * Many thanks to Florian for making this post possible! * During the period car sales continued to accelerate in Germany: from 494,200 registrations in 1955 (+29%) to 582,100 in 1956 (+18%) to 639,600 in 1957 (+10%). The VW Beetle follows the market's growth and stabilises itself around…
The Opel 1.2 Liter was the best-selling vehicle in Germany in the early 1930s. Thanks to one of our readers Jakub Gurba and the book "Deutsche Autos" by Werner Oswald, we can share with you today sales data by brand for Germany from 1931 to 1938. See all Historical Data…