The Saipa Pride is the best-selling vehicle in Iran for the first time. It's another fantastic 37.4% year for Iranian new car sales in 2003 top 715.079 units which is the 9th consecutive all-time record year. In the brands ranking, we witness a equalising of the main three local manufacturers…
Hyundai sales in Malaysia are up 3-fold year-on-year in 2003. After two consecutive years of record annual volumes, Malaysia takes a breather in 2003 dropping -3.8% to 423.184, still only the 2nd time in history the market is above 400.000 units. 2003 marks the year local carmaker Proton starts to…
VW Golf *See the Top 100 best-selling models and each monthly Top 20 by clicking on the title! * New car sales are down 3% in Germany this year at 3,236,938 units. The VW Golf continues its downward spiral at a worrying -20% this year to 205,084 sales and 6.3%…
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post * Car sales in Sweden stabilise at 254,589 units in 2002 and 261,206 in 2003. The Volvo V/C70 stays brilliantly above 10%, followed both years by the Saab 9-5 at 6.4% in 2002 and…
The Dacia Solenza is the new best-seller at home. May 2020 update: Now with Top 47 All-brands and Top 270 All-models. New car sales in Romania score a second consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in 2003 at +21.2% to 132.201 units, the largest annual volume since 1998. Dacia (+9.7%) continues to…
I only have official figures for the first 7 months of the year in Croatia, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in touch! Produced in neighbouring Slovenia, the Renault Clio is the best selling car in Croatia over the first 7 months of 2003…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Norwegian car market drops under 90,000 units over the period at 88,721 registrations in 2002 and 89,920 in 2003. The lead changes again and Volkswagen gives up the pole position to Toyota with the…
The Maruti 800 is back up to 18.5% share in India. * See the Top 20 All-brands and Top 65 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a very impressive surge for Indian new vehicle sales at +20.1%, smashing the all-time volume record established just last month at 923.599…
The VW Pointer is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico for the first time. After five consecutive record years, the Mexican new car market edges down in 2003 at -0.9% to a still extremely string 989.148 units. Nissan (+1.2%) is back above Chevrolet (-4.2%) for the #1 brands spot with Volkswagen…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After 3 consecutive years of reduced sales, the Polish car market is back on the up in 2003 at 363,800 registrations, 17% better than in 2002. For the first time in Poland, the Skoda Fabia…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Exceptional results over the period for the Skoda Fabia: it sells 120,645 units in 2002 and 128,001 in 2003 in the region, by far the best-selling model in Central and Eastern Europe. The Suzuki Swift,…
#1 after 8 months, the Lada 2110 ends 2003 in third place. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 245 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market gains a solid 8.6% year-on-year in 2003 to break it all-time volume record at 1.234.017, its first time above…
Ford Focus * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * Many thanks to Erik and Florian for making this post possible! * Launched in 1998, the Ford Focus established itself as the best-selling model in Ireland in 2001 and stayed on top for 3…
Chevrolet Corsa Brazilian car sales are down 3% in 2003 at 1,352,220 registrations. The VW Gol stays comfortable leader albeit at -13% and 180,659 units for a 13.4% share. In actual fact, the Top 7 stays unchanged year-on-year, with the Chevrolet Corsa at #2 with 121,122 sales (-8%). VW Gol…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * The Australian car market absolutely destroys its record in 2003, up 10% year-on-year to 909,811 registrations, its first time above 900,000 units. The Holden Commodore is king again, however with 86,553…