Peugeot 206 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Massive event in Belgium in 2002: the Peugeot 206, which seems to be more successful in Belgium than in its native France, manages to dislodge the VW Golf from the pole position it had held…
Renault Scenic * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The best selling models followed a particular pattern in France this year: the first half was dominated by the Peugeot 206 (#1 in Jan, Feb & March) and the Renault Scenic, in the…
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…
The Slovak car market is very stable, at 57,413 registrations in 2003 and 57,430 in 2004. The Top 5 best selling models are unchanged, with the Skoda Fabia still by far the best selling model in the country, at 18,270 units sold in 2003 (or 31.8% of the market) and 14,897…
Renault Megane The Spanish new car market is up a very healthy 9.6% in 200 to a new record 1.486.303 units, or 1.518 million according to ANIACAM. Renault (+10%) celebrates an incredible 19 wins in the past 20 years at 12.8% share, distancing Citroen (+3.2%) and Peugeot (+6.2%) in an…
The Buick Regal is now inside the Chinese Top 10 and #6 Passenger Car. The Chinese new vehicle market continues on its gigantic year-on-year gains in 2003 at +37.4%, passing both the 3 million and 4 million annual sales in the process. The market goes from 2,954,986 units in 2002…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * 208.430 new light vehicles found a buyer in Hungary in 2003. Suzuki remains dominant with 19.1% share, distancing Opel (13%), Renault (9.5%) and Skoda (7.3%) with Volkswagen (7.1%) rounding out the Top…
Renault Clio * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Losing less ground than the rest of the models atop the ranking, the Renault Clio becomes the best-selling car in Portugal in 2002 with 16,294 sales (-9%) and stays there in 2003 at 11,145 units,…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Italian car market is stable in 2003 at -1% with 2,328,621 registrations. No surprises on top, the Fiat Punto leads the way, but with 189,808 sales (-9%) and 8.2% share it is at its…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 5 years after its launch and after missing the title by only 500 units last year, the Peugeot 206 finally becomes the best selling car in Europe in 2003. It is the first time a…
Seat Ibiza New car sales in Spain gain 3.6% year-on-year in 2003 to 1.355.894 units. Renault (+4.1%) is the best-selling brand for the 18th time in the past 19 years, distancing Citroen (+3.4%) and Peugeot (+0.6%) in an unchanged podium. Seat (+2.8%) is up to #4 above Opel (-5.6%), Ford…
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…
Renault Clio * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The French market drops 6% in 2003 at 2,009,690 sales, but the Top 3 is unchanged: the Renault Clio leads at 8.1% only a couple of thousands sales above the Peugeot…
The VW Jetta is the best-selling Passenger Car in China in 2002. Exceptional year for new vehicle sales in China: up a whopping 40.7% year-on-year to 2,954,986 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (+43.5%) even outraces the market to almost 475,000 sales, distancing Changan (+29.8%) and FAW (+60.8%), the latter up three…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian car sales are down 6% in 2002 at 2,345,086 registrations. In February 2002, the Fiat Punto celebrates its 100th consecutive month on top of Italian models ranking, but finishes the year below 10% share…