Only #8 in 2008, the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) manages the impressive feat of taking the top spot in Singapore in 2009, passing ahead traditional strong sellers Toyota Corolla Altis and Vios. The newly launched Kia Cerato Forte is already the 4th best selling car in the country, ahead of…
Toyota Innova The Top 4 best selling cars in Vietnam are unchanged over 2007 and 2008: the Toyota Innova keeps the pole position by far, with record sales numbers: 12,433 units and 15.5% in 2007 and 14,947 units and 13.6% in 2008. The Honda Civic has a stellar two years,…
Honda Civic * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * With petrol hitting $4 a gallon, the US models ranking has gone through an eventful year, trucks have lodged their poorest performance in over 20 years and passenger cars climbed to…
VW Jetta * See the Top 115 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The VW Jetta is the best selling passenger car in China for the third year in a row, and at 202,303 sales it is still the only model…
VW Jetta * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After a couple of years of high volatility, the models ranking podium stabilises somewhat in 2007. The VW Jetta keeps its best seller title and becomes the very…
Chevrolet Silverado * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Ford F-Series leads the US models ranking for the 26th time in a row with 680,589 sales, down 13%, however the fight with the Chevrolet Silverado was a little less…
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…
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…
Toyota Camry * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Relative set back for trucks this year in the US: the Ford F-Series is the best-selling vehicle in the country for the 25th year in a row in spite of a…
In a stable market at 76,804 registrations, the fight for the pole position between the Holden Commodore and the Toyota Corolla has never been that tight: the Commodore, perhaps helped by the arrival of the new generation at the end of the year, loses 8% but keeps its title with…
Holden Commodore VE * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2006, car sales drop by 2% in Australia to 962,666 units, and larger models suffered greatly from the petrol price surge. The Holden Commodore needed the help of its new VE generation to…
Ford F Series Another very strong year for trucks in the US: the Ford F-Series is the best-selling model in the country for the 24th consecutive year with 901,463 sales, down 4%. It broke its monthly volume record in July with no less than 126,905 units sold, or one every…
The Caprice is Chevrolet's best-selling car in Saudi Arabia over the period. New car sales in Saudi Arabia continue to gallop ahead with 2004 volumes up 14.8% year-on-year to a record 341,477 units. Toyota (+5.4%) trails the market but still lodges a splendid 34.9% share. It is followed this year…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Australian market is getting closer and closer to the million annual units, breaking its record for the third consecutive time at 985,057 registrations, up 3% on 2004. The Holden Commodore is the best selling…
Ford F-Series 2004 will be remembered as the year the Ford F-Series reached its best-ever volume. At 939,511 units, Ford's best-selling truck is up 11% on 2003 and lodges a record year for the nameplate, on sale since 1948 in the country. So a benchmark year for the automobile industry…