The Fiat Punto is #1 in Ireland for the third straight year. The Irish new car market stuns in 2000 with a stratospheric 32.5% year-on-year gain lifting the annual volume way above the 200.000 mark for the first time in history at 230.804. Toyota (+33.8%) is back above Ford (+29.6%)…
VW Golf * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Thanks to a tip from Florian, we now have access to the 120 best-sellers in the entire world, data sourced on Interautonews and AutoWorld. We were expecting the Toyota Corolla to…
The Hyundai Santro is up to #2 in India - the highest a foreign nameplate has ever ranked. * See the Top 18 All-brands and Top 50 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market edges up 5.2% to a new record 752.687 units in 2000,…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * At this stage I don't have access to yearly rankings for Norway up until 1993, only a Top 25 models for the whole decade from 1990 to 2000. If you have more…
Daewoo Rezzo (aka Tacuma) * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea for the 2nd year running in 2000 thanks to 105,111 sales, down 7% year-on-year. Excellent performance of the…
The Renault 12 ranks #2 in Turkey in 1999. Small dip for the Turkish new car market in 1998 at -7.5% to 430,296 sales. Renault (-0.6%) improves its share to 21.9% while Ford (+0.4%) overtakes Tofas (-35.8%) to snap the 2nd spot overall with 9.7% share. Fiat (-1.5%) stays at…
After being annihilated by the Financial crisis in 1998 (-84.1%), the Indonesian new car market is slowly stepping out of its torpor with sales up 59% in 1999 to a still very shy 84.928 units, the lowest annual result since 1976 (72.438). Toyota (+58.9%) drives the market growth and sees…
The Toyota Camry is the new leader in Saudi Arabia. After three years of dismal sales around 65,000 units, the Saudi new light vehicle market rallies back up 72.8% in 1998 to 114,686 units. Brand leader Toyota (+114.6%) more than doubles its volume to reach 32.1% share, a vast improvement…
Opel Astra * See the Top 234 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Bill and Kostas * Car sales in Greece are up massive 45% this year to 261,711 registrations, the first time over 200,000 units and a new record for the country. Launched last year, the Opel…
The Tata Indica is considered India's first indigenously developed passenger car. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 45 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in India are back in frank positive territory in 1999, soaring 35% to a record 715.699 units. The Indian car…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * The new car market in Australia is down year-on-year for the first time since 1991 at -3% to 786,845 units. The two leaders evolve differently this year: while the Holden Commodore is…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of reign, the Daewoo Matiz is down one spot and 7% to #2 with 82,688 sales in 1999, passed by the Hyundai EF Sonata, up 4 ranks and…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * In 1998 the Australian car market breaks its own record for the 2nd time in a row, up 12% to pass the 800,000 annual units for the first time at 807,649, only…
175,750 new vehicles found a buyer in Venezuela in 1998, stable on the past year (+0.4%). Chevrolet leads the brands ranking with 25.5% share ahead of Ford at 16.6%, Toyota at 14% and the Chrysler Group at 11.4%. The Top 4 models all lose volume on the year prior. The…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 235 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Bill and Kostas * In 1998 Greek consumers bought 180,046 cars and 5% of them were a Hyundai Accent, making it the best-selling car in the country with 9,033 units sold. The Toyota Corolla…