Fiat 131 Mirafiori * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Andrea * Thanks to Andrea I can share with you a detailed models ranking for the first 3 months of 1975 in Italy. Over the period the Italian market crashes…
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…
Fiat 127 * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 57 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Andrea * After two years spent in the shadow of the Fiat 128, the Fiat 127 becomes the best-selling model in Italy in 1974 and would stay at that position for…
Renault 12 The Renault 12 is the best-selling car in France in 1973 but I don't have any sales data so if you do, please get in touch by commenting on this post! Citroen GS Production figures show the Renault 12 in the lead too by a large margin with…
Fiat 600 * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales drop a steep 18.2% year-on-year in 1971 to 74.907 units and the brands ranking is completely reshuffled, now truly displaying Italian, Japanese and Russian influences. Fiat (+26%) ignores the surrounding…
Peugeot 204 * See the Top 5 best-selling/most produced models by clicking on the title! * For the first time since the end of the War, a Peugeot leads the year-end sales ranking in France. #2 in 1968, the Peugeot 204 passes the Renault 4 in 1969 to become the…
Fiat 500 Over the first 5 months of 1969, the Fiat 500 is by far the best-selling car in Italy with over 160.000 sales, followed by the Fiat 850 just under 100.000, the Fiat 124 above 50.000 and the Alfa Romeo Giulia above 25.000. Fiat 124 Italian manufacturer Innocenti sells…
Renault 4 * See the Top 5 best-selling and most produced models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are not troubled by the May student revolution, up 6% to 1.3 million. The Renault 4 holds onto the pole position with a strong 174,000 sales and…
1967 Renault 4 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After losing its title of best-selling car in France in 1966 to the Citroen Ami 6, the Renault 4 gets a new aluminium grill and jumps back on top in 1967 with 177,950 sales…
Citroen Ami 6 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * The Citroen Ami 6, characterised by an unusual reverse-raked rear window, was launched in 1961 to bridge the gap in the Citroen range between the luxurious DS and the frugal…
Renault 4L * See the Top 10 most produced models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Launched in July 1961, the Renault 4L doesn't wait and become the best-selling car in France in 1962, and stays there for four consecutive years. However for this period I only…
The VW Beetle is the best-selling vehicle in Belgium in 1957. Thanks to one of our readers Christian Prabel, we can shed some light on the Belgian new car market at the end of the 1950s and the start of the 1960s with an exclusive Top 15 models for 1957…
Renault Dauphine In 1961, the French new vehicle market is up 4.8% year-on-year to 792,264. Citroen (+5.8%) remains the most popular carmaker with 31.1% share, widening the gap with #2 Renault (-5%) to over 40,000 sales vs. 16,000 a year ago. Simca (+9.7%) ranks third once again with Peugeot (+16.6%)…
Renault Dauphine In 1960, new vehicle registrations of locally-produced models in France progress by 11.1% to 756,025 units. Citroen (+6.8%) repeats at #1 with 30.8% of the market, with Renault (+14.5%) catching up to 28.7% vs. 27.8% the year prior. Simca (+15.6%) remains in third place, widening the gap with…
A record 396.000 Renault Dauphine are produced in France in 1959. 1959 puts an end to 5 consecutive record years with new locally-produced vehicle sales down 5.9% to 680.666 units. Imports are up 38.1% to 13.704 including 6.887 from Germany, 3.597 from Italy, 1.568 from the UK and 1.218 from…