VW Golf * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After two years of chaos, the European models ranking is back to stability - albeit rocked by the GFC - with only 2 models sharing the #1 spot throughout the year. The VW Golf is…
Kia Cee'd * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Good year for the Slovenian market, up 5% at 68,533 registrations. The Renault Clio keeps its title but sees its market share drop sharply to 6.6% with 4,553 sales. The Fiat Punto climbs to #2…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The main event in 2008 in the Swiss car market is the constant progression of the Skoda Octavia which is starting to threaten the multi-decade-long leadership of the VW Golf...…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * The Polish market is up 9% in 2008 at 344,270 registrations, and the models podium stay unchanged compared to 2007. The Skoda Fabia leads the way for the 4th consecutive year with 14,717…
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%…
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…
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…
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 Passat * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Austrian car sales stay stable over the period at 308,594 registrations in 2006 (+0.2%) and 298,192 in 2007 (-3%). Volkswagen monopolises the podium with the VW Golf #1 both years at 3.7% share in 2006…
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…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales are back up a healthy 23% in Poland this year to 316,217 registrations. Boosted by the new generation launched in March, the Skoda Fabia is a distant leader at 17.017 sales and 5.4%…
Renault Symbol * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Renamed Symbol (instead of Clio Symbol) in 2006, the small Renault sedan passes its big sister the Renault Megane Sedan to establish itself as the best-selling passenger car in Turkey in 2007, selling 23,220 units for…
Fiat Palio The car market explodes in Brazil in 2007: +28% at 2,342,059 units! That's way above France (2,064,999) and just under Italy (2,506,323) and Great Britain (2,404,007)... The VW Gol is still the best seller (243,164 sales, 10.4% share) but this year the Fiat Palio was breathing down its…