The Turkish new light vehicle market is up 2.3% year-on-year in 2005 to 714,809 units, a new all-time high annual volume. Ford (+11.6%) overtakes Renault (-4.4%) to snap the brands top spot with 16.9% share vs. 15.1% for Renault. Fiat (+4.2%) remains #3 but Hyundai (+10.5%) is catching up at…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * Very shy progression for the Polish car market in 2006, up 2% to a still mediocre 257,166 registrations. The Skoda Fabia is the favourite car in the country for the second consecutive year…
Chevrolet Aveo In a market growing at a hectic pace at 228,378 units in 2005 (+70%) and 343,351 in 2006 (+50%), the Chevrolet Aveo replaces the Corsa on top of the models ranking over the period, with a 9.9% share of the market in 2005 and 7.6% in 2006. The…
After +9% in 2004 and +10% in 2005, the Brazilian car market accelerates its growth, up 13% in 2006 at 1,830,402 registrations... The VW Gol celebrates 19 years on top of the Brazilian ranking out of the last 20, and delivers 189,132 units this year for a 10.3% market share.…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The British car market is down again in 2006, this time at -4% with 2,344,864 registrations. The Ford Focus is on top for the 8th year in a row, holding its…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2005 at 2,237,456 registrations (-1%). Big event in 2005: the Fiat Punto is replaced by the Grande Punto in September and together the two models sell 173,632 units…
Ford Transit * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The European Light Commercial Vehicle market is up 3% during the period to 2,112,409 units in 2005. The Ford Transit holds the pole position both years but sees its market slip down from 6.6% in…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2005 is a difficult year to cover as different sources give a different best-seller in Europe... According to JATO, the VW Golf manages to keeps the title of best-selling car in Europe one more time…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Polish car sales hit a new low this year, down 24% on 2004 to 251,010 registrations. Interrupted last year by the Fiat Panda, the Skoda Fabia's reign in Poland resumes in 2005 with the model…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * The Greek car market is relatively volatile over the period, down 4% in 2003 at 257,000 units, then up 12% in 2004 at 288,952 units and lastly down 7% in 2005…
* See the Top 25 All-brands and Top 95 All-models by clicking on the title * Indian new vehicle sales gain a further 7.3% in 2005 to lodge a fourth consecutive record volume at 1.225.678 units. Maruti continues to follow the market to remain very stable market share-wise at 42%.…
Brazilian car sales are up a healthy 10% this year at 1,620,657 registrations. The VW Gol's reign reaches Year 18, even though the 4th generation launched this year left car critics unimpressed with a leap backwards in interior design. VW's cash cow sells 179,457 units (-1%) for a 11.1% market…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 35 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2,264,568 new cars were sold in Italy in 2004. The Fiat Punto is the best-selling car in the country for the 11th time in a row with 177,001 sales (-7%) and 7.8% share. It reached…
Renault Clio * See the Top 10/50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Slovenian car market has an air of France over the period with the Renault Clio, produced locally, #1 both years and reaching 12.4% of the market in 2004, and the Peugeot 206 in 2nd…
Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * Car sales in Poland are down 9% this year at 332,222 registrations. For its first full year in market, the new generation Fiat Panda manages to become the best-selling car in the country…