Ford is the best-selling carmaker in Ireland in 1972. We now have access to a Top 10 brands ranking for Ireland for 1972 which is the oldest data we have for this market. 62,603 new cars found a buyer that year. Ford dominates the charts with 22.6% share above Fiat…
Fiat 128 * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Andrea * Launched in 1969, the Fiat 128 becomes the best-selling car in Italy in 1972 and sells 239,675 units over the first 11 months of the year. During the same period the…
The Peugeot 204 is #1 in France for the third year running. Total Passenger Car sales (including imports) in France add up to 1,468,888 units. French brands including CV is at 1,370,014 (+13%) and with PC+LCV only at 1,288,403 (+13.7%). For the first time we have a complete brands ranking…
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…
Fiat 500 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Andrea * 1970 and 1971 are the last two years of reign for the legendary Fiat 500. Over the first 5 months of 1970 it still sells 140,111 units, down 13% over the…
Fiat 600 * Many thanks to Bruno for making this post possible! * Launched in 1960, the Fiat 600 is met with amazing success in Argentina, even being the best-selling car in the country in 1969 and 1970. It would be produced to a massive 300,000 units over its 22…
The Ford Cortina is the best-selling vehicle in Finland in 1970. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * 91.633 new light vehicles found a buyer in Finland in 1970, up 9% year-on-year. Ford (-7%) dominates the Finnish brands ranking for the…
Ford is back to the top of the Finnish brands ranking. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The freefalls continues in Finland with new car sales plunging another 26.6% to 48.087 units in 1968, that's less than half the amount of the record…
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…
Alfa Romeo is the #2 carmaker in Italy all through the 1960s. In 1967, the Italian new car market progresses at the same rate as in 1966: +14.5% to a new record 1.162.246 registrations, its second ever millionaire year. Fiat sees its share thaw slightly to a still gigantic 73.2%,…
Volkswagen is the most popular carmaker in Finland over the period. * See the Top 75 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * In 1965, the Finnish new car market posts its very first six-digit annual volume at 100.146 units, up 22% year-on-year. Volkswagen soars 72% to hit its…
1967 Renault 4 29/07/2026 update: Now with Top 13 All French brands and Top 33 All French models The French new vehicle market plateaus in 1967 at 1,196,366 units (including commercial vehicles), down -1.1% year-on-year. This year and for the first time since 1964 Renault (+3.8%) reclaims the brands top…
Ford 20M * See 'Read more' for the 1964-66 Rankings - many thanks to Florian for the data! * The German car market is up 6% in 1964 at 1,342,980 registrations, passes the 1.5 million mark for the very first time at 1,517,564 units in 1965 (+13%) but drops 1%…
The Fiat 500 Giardiniera ranks inside the Top 10. In 1966, new car sales in Italy shoot up 14.5% to cross a very symbolic barrier for the first time: the million annual sales at 1.014.975. Fiat edges up to a mammoth 74.1% share ahead of Alfa Romeo at 4.9%. With…
Fiat 850 In 1965, new car sales in Italy bounce back up 6.8% to 886.297 units. Fiat improves to 73.9% share, the highest since the 76.9% it managed in 1960 and well above Alfa Romeo at 5.5%. Italian carmakers reclaim the monopoly of the Top 4 with Lancia at #3…