Ford Focus March 2020 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands. * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Spanish car market is hit full frontal by the GFC, down 28% and over 450,000 units in 2008 at 1,161,154 registrations. The fight for the top spot…
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…
Peugeot 207 * See 'Read more' for All models Ranking for each month and year! * For its first full year of sales, the Peugeot 207 brilliantly takes the lead of Dutch car sales in 2007 with 15,537 units and 3.1% share, staying on top in 2008 at 14,778 units…
Opel Astra * See the Top 309 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Down 10% year-on-year, the Greek car market totals 267,061 registrations in 2008. Faithful to its very unstable tradition, the models ranking is completely reshuffled again this year: the Opel Astra, already #1 in Greece in…
Volvo V70 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Swedish car sales are hit by the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 at -17% and 253,982 registrations. The new generation Volvo V70 smoothly takes the relay of the old gen and…
Peugeot 207 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After the Peugeot 206 from 2002 to 2005, the Peugeot 207 reigns over the Belgian market in 2007 with 16,779 sales and 3.2% and 2008 at 18,316 units and 3.4% respectively. It is followed by…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Norway are down 15% in 2008 at 110,617 registrations, and the renewed VW Golf takes the lead in the country for the first time in 8 years at 5,079 sales and 4.6%.…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Irish car market struggles in 2008, down 19% to 149,855 registrations. The Ford Focus conserves its pole position, but with 7,156 sales (4.8% share) it falls faster than the market at -29%. The Toyota…
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…
Renault Clio * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2006, the arrival of the third generation boosts sales of the Renault Clio by 131% and shoot it up to the top of the Luxembourg models ranking this year with 2,383 sales, up 8…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Car sales are down 9% this year in Germany at 3,148,163 registrations. The VW Golf continues to wobble its way along, stuck at 4.8% share and a second lowest-ever 150,133 units…
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…