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…
The Renault Megane remains the best-selling vehicle in Spain in 2005. Spanish car sales edge up 0.6% in 2005 to a new record 1.495.566 units, 1.529 million according to Aniacam. Renault (-2.9%) holds onto the brands top spot for the 20th time in the past 21 years at 12.3% share,…
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…
Peugeot 307 * See the Top 10/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Peugeot has a brilliant time in Denmark! The Peugeot 307 is the best-selling car in the country for 3 years running, starting at 5,423 sales in 2003, then 5,959 in 2004 and 5,878 and 4%…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * After a decade off, the Toyota Corolla is back atop the world models ranking in 2005 with 1,185,000 units produced, nearly double its 1997 score... In 2nd place but over 400,000…
Volvo V70 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Swedish car market is pretty stable over the period at 264,212 registrations in 2004 and 274,301 in 2005. The Volvo V/C70 stays comfortably on top of the sales ranking with…
Toyota Zace * Many thanks to Ben Wyn for the info! * In 2003, the Toyota Zace is the best selling car in Vietnam in a market totaling 42,557 units. Its stays leader in 2004 and 2005, until its replacement by the Toyota Innova in January 2006. In 2005 the…
The Lada Samara misses out on the Russian pole position again. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a third consecutive record year for new car sales in Russia, up 11% to 1.632.464 units in 2005. The foreign wave continues to…
Toyota Kijang Innova The Indonesian new car market gains 11.7% year-on-year in 2005 to a 2nd all-time record in a row at 493.583 units according to manufacturers, 534.000 according to Gaikindo (add the Mitsubishi Colt at 35.000 sales). Toyota (+29.7%) almost triples the market growth to hit 36% share, its…
The Holden Commodore is the best-selling car in New Zealand again in 2005, but its sales drop 21% over 2004 to reach 5,851 and 7.5% market share. Still #3 at half year behind the Ford Falcon, the Toyota Corolla delivers an outstanding 2nd semester and finishes the year at #2…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Australian market is getting closer and closer to the million annual units, breaking its record for the third consecutive time at 985,057 registrations, up 3% on 2004. The Holden Commodore is the best selling…
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…
Ford Focus * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Car sales are down 5% this year in England at 2,439,717 units. The Ford Focus keeps the pole position, it has been 7 years in a row now. At 123,799 sales…
Suzuki Ignis * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hungary are stable in 2004 at 208.044 units (-0.2%) but market leader Suzuki sinks 15% to 16.3% share and #2 Opel is down 11% to 24.147 while Renault…
Ford F-Series 2004 will be remembered as the year the Ford F-Series reached its best-ever volume. At 939,511 units, Ford's best-selling truck is up 11% on 2003 and lodges a record year for the nameplate, on sale since 1948 in the country. So a benchmark year for the automobile industry…