Peugeot 207 * See 'Read more' for All models Ranking for each month and year! * For its first full year of sales, the Peugeot 207 brilliantly takes the lead of Dutch car sales in 2007 with 15,537 units and 3.1% share, staying on top in 2008 at 14,778 units…
Opel Astra * See the Top 309 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Down 10% year-on-year, the Greek car market totals 267,061 registrations in 2008. Faithful to its very unstable tradition, the models ranking is completely reshuffled again this year: the Opel Astra, already #1 in Greece in…
VW Polo * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The whole year saw the fight for the #1 spot in South Africa between the VW Polo and the Toyota Hilux get more and more intense. The Polo was #1 in January, April, July &…
Hyundai Accent and Renault Symbol * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Turkish car sales are down 14% in 2008 at 305,998 registrations. The Renault Symbol manages to keep its title of best-selling car in the country but it was very close: down 23%…
In Chile the Toyota Yaris takes the lead in 2006 and holds this position in 2007 and 2008, while seeing its market share slip down from 8.4% to 5.9%, in line with the progressive fragmentation of the market. The Chevrolet Corsa drops to 2nd in 2006 and stays there too,…
VW Gol At 2,671,338 registrations (+14%), the Brazilian car market is now the 4th biggest in the world, below the USA, China, Japan and Germany. Car sales in Brazil simply doubled in 5 years! On top for the 21st year, the VW Gol saw its vastly improved 5th generation launch…
Renault Clio * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Great performance for Renault this year in Portugal: it holds the first 2 spots with the Renault Clio in pole position with 10,124 sales and the Renault Megane at #2 with 9,151 units. The arrival…
Fiat Grande Punto Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The car market is down 14% this year in Italy at 2,162,124 registrations. For the first time in decades in the country, the fight for the first place is actually quite disputed.…
Ford Focus * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 2008 the English car market is hit by the credit crunch at -11% and 2,131,795 registrations. The Ford Focus celebrates its 10th consecutive year atop the British sales ranking but…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 374 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * In a stable market at 2,050,289 sales, the Peugeot 207, #1 with 136,283 sales and 6.6%, and Renault Clio III, #2 at 129,337 units and 6.3%, reach their full potential: they…
Fiat Grande Punto * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian car sales reach their record level in 2007 at 2,510,837 registrations, up 8% year-on-year. The Fiat Punto/Grande Punto leads the way again at 224,722 sales and 9%, however a Bestsellingcars estimated split puts…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Car sales are down 9% this year in Germany at 3,148,163 registrations. The VW Golf continues to wobble its way along, stuck at 4.8% share and a second lowest-ever 150,133 units…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The European models ranking reaches the height of its competitiveness in 2007 with 6 models holding the pole position at one stage this year. The Peugeot 207, for its first full year of sales, manages to…
Renault Clio * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Slovenian car market is up 12% in 2007 with 65,511 registrations. No surprises on top, the locally produced Renault Clio is still king, however with a slightly lower market share at 9.1% for 5,954…
Ford Focus March 2020 update: Now with Top 45 All-brands * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title! * For the second time only, the Spanish car market is above 1.6 million registrations, down 1% at 1,614,835 units this year. The Ford Focus…