Perodua Kancil In 2004, new car sales in Malaysia leap up 15.2% year-on-year to break a new annual volume record at 487.313 units. After falling apart in 2003 (-26.8%), Proton stops the rot with a 7.2% uptick to 34.6% share, widening the gap with Perodua (-1.8%) at 25%, but adding…
* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * A couple of big changes in the best selling models ranking in Switzerland this year: below the invincible VW Golf, the Opel Astra jumps to #2 with 5,231 sales (+39%) followed by the stable Audi A4 and…
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…
Daewoo Lanos 121,437 new cars found a buyer in Egypt in 2005. Below the Chevrolet TFR pickup (aka Isuzu D-Max) at 10,765 sales and 8.9% sales, the locally-produced Daewoo Lanos is #2 with 10,043 units and a solid 8.3% share. The Hyundai Matrix rounds up the podium with 8,270 sales…
FAW Tianjin Xiali New vehicle sales in China leap up 16.8% year-on-year in 2005 to 5,360,615 units, including 2.77 million Passenger Cars (+23%). This year, new legislation aimed at containing sales growth by restricting car credit has the effect of reshuffling the models ranking entirely, bringing to an end two…
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…
* 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%.…
In 2005 the Toyota Hilux is the best selling vehicle in Algeria and the only one to pass 10,000 units sold with 12,222. Two Hyundais follow: the Atos at #2 with 9,315 sales and the Accent at #3 with 8,400. Traditionally used to the highest positions in Magreb, French models…
Hyundai NF Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of interruption by the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Hyundai Sonata reclaims the pole position in South Korea this year through its new generation NF with 93,045 sales,…
The Hyundai Elantra was #1 Passenger Car in June. The Chinese market consolidates its growth in 2004 to "just" +13.1% year-on-year, still an additional 530,000 units to 4,589,782 sales. A surprise atop the brands ranking: Volkswagen not only can't keep up with the market evolution but actually registers a year-on-year…
Renault Megane * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This year the very bold new Renault Megane takes the Luxembourg models ranking out of a Golf-induced torpor, increasing its sales by 21% on 2003 to reach the magic number 2,222. The VW Golf for…
May 2020 update: Now with All-brands ranking for 2004. The car sales podium stays unchanged over 2003 and 2004 in the Czech Republic: the Skoda Fabia is still a distant best seller at 33.3% share in 2003 and 31.9% in 2004. The Skoda Octavia takes the 2nd spot and improves…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As predicted, the arrival of the 5th generation enables the VW Golf to take back the European best-selling car title from the Peugeot 206 in 2004. Golf sales are up 18% to 585,356 units, whereas…
The Toyota Kijang Innova launches in Indonesia in 2004. New car sales in Indonesia surge 37.9% year-on-year in 2004 to smash its all-time volume record, crossing the 400.000 unit benchmark for the first time in history at 441.912 wholesales. Brand leader Toyota (+40.8%) drives the growth with an improved 31%…
Ford F-SeriesHonda CivicDodge Caravan The Canadian new light vehicle market drops -4.2% year-on-year in 2004 to 1.545.580 units. Ford (-13.3%) is hit full frontal but manages to keep the brands pole position for just 0.4% of share at 14% ahead of Chevrolet (+5.2%) improving to 13.6%. Toyota (+3.2%) cements its…