Skoda Felicia May 2025 update: Now with Top 30 models ranking for all years. The light vehicle market is stable over the period in Czech Republic at 158,640 registrations in 1998. 162,923 in 1999 and 164,816 in 2000. The Skoda Felicia dominates the models ranking, reaching market shares of 35.2%…
Fiat Seicento * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 1999 is a record year for the Polish car market: up 24% to 640,183 registrations, but 2000 brought the market back down 25% to 478,739 units. Fiat and Daewoo are clearly dominant. Manufactured locally, the Fiat…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2000 the VW Golf manages to keep the title of Europe's best-selling car for the 17th year in the last 18 without too much difficulty. It delivers 690,400 sales for a 4.7% market share,…
The Symbol sedan accounts for the majority of Clio sales in Turkey 618,704 new cars hit Turkish roads in 2000, a stunning 63.7% year-on-year bounce and believed to be a new record. Renault (+57.1%) and Ford (+62.6%) evolve roughly like the market and stay on top of the brands charts,…
VW Gol * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Many thanks to Bruno for the data * The VW Gol enjoys its third consecutive year atop the Argentinean models ranking with 22,168 sales in 2000, followed by the Chevrolet Corsa at 18,893 units. For its first full…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 244 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Bill and Kostas * Car sales in Greece are up 11% in 2000 to a huge 290,030 registrations, still to date the biggest year ever for car sales in the country. #1 in 1998,…
The Fiat Punto is #1 in Ireland for the third straight year. The Irish new car market stuns in 2000 with a stratospheric 32.5% year-on-year gain lifting the annual volume way above the 200.000 mark for the first time in history at 230.804. Toyota (+33.8%) is back above Ford (+29.6%)…
* See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I only have official data for the first two months of the year in Portugal. If you have more complete figures please make sure to get in touch! Renewed in 1999, the Fiat Punto takes the lead…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * In 2000 the German car market is down 11% at 3,378,886 registrations. The VW Golf celebrates 20 consecutive years in pole position but is down 4% to 300,579 sales and…
I could only access data for the first 5 months of 1998, when the VW Gol ranked #1 with over 21,000 sales each month, adding up to 119,044 units and 17.4% market share over the period. The Gol is also the best selling car in Brazil in 1999 and 2000.…
The Hyundai Santro is up to #2 in India - the highest a foreign nameplate has ever ranked. * See the Top 18 All-brands and Top 50 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market edges up 5.2% to a new record 752.687 units in 2000,…
Renault Clio * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French car market is stable in 2000 at 2,133,884 registrations. The Renault Clio keeps the lead at 8.8% but the Peugeot 206 is getting significantly closer at 8.3% for its 2nd full year of…
Renault Clio * See the Top 20 best-selling modelsby clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * 272,841 new cars found a buyer in Portugal in 1999. For the first time since the launch of the nameplate in 1990, the Renault Clio manages to climb on top of the Portuguese…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Marc * Italian cars sales are down slightly this year at -2% and 2,331,898 registrations. The Fiat Punto is facelifted and stays the best-selling model in Italy for the 6th year in a…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian car market jumps 30.3% year-on-year in 1998 to 104.055 registrations, its first six-digit figure this decade. Suzuki enjoys a second consecutive year atop the brands ranking with deliveries soaring…