Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models and Top 10 Station Wagons by clicking on the title! * Poland has managed to go through the financial crisis relatively unscathed, with car sales down just 2% this year to 336,618 registrations. Big change at the top of the models ranking:…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 303 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * In a market down 17% to 220,412 registrations, the two best-selling models were not even in the Top 10 last year! Another complete reshuffle of the models ranking sees the new…
Chevrolet Lanos Egyptian car sales are hit by the recession this year, down 19% at 205,521 registrations. The Chevrolet TFR still leads the way but drops a worrying 33% year-on-year at 15,239 units and 7.4% share. The Lanos, now a Chevrolet, reclaims the success it had as a Daewoo, up…
Volvo V70 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * 2009 sees car sales drop 16% in Sweden at 213,408 registrations. Volvo holds the top 2 spots, with the Volvo V70 staying #1 at 20,532 sales and an improved 9.6% share…
Toyota Innova Lightly facelifted this year, the Toyota Innova is the best selling car in Vietnam for the 4th year in a row, however with a much weaker share of 7.1% compared to 13.6% in 2008. It is now under threat from the Toyota Corolla Altis, up 5 spots and…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After growing 11% in 2008 at 139,647 registrations, the Finnish car market crumbles down 35% in 2009 at 90,547 units. Both years the VW Golf is the best selling car in the country, putting an…
The new Hyundai Sonata launched in South Korea in September 2009. * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * In 2009, the launch of the new generation Sonata messed up the rankings: the Hyundai Avante takes the lead over the Full…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market down 28% to 924,338 registrations, the Skoda Octavia becomes the best-selling model in Central and Eastern Europe with 58,526 sales, down 'only' 18% for a 6.3% market share. The Skoda Fabia is…
Only #8 in 2008, the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) manages the impressive feat of taking the top spot in Singapore in 2009, passing ahead traditional strong sellers Toyota Corolla Altis and Vios. The newly launched Kia Cerato Forte is already the 4th best selling car in the country, ahead of…
Lada Priora * See the Top annual and monthly Top 56 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Russian car sales are hit full frontal by the Global Financial Crisis in 2009, almost halving the record 2008 score at -49% to just 1.465.917 units. Russian carmakers get a…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * At 1,994,999 registrations (-11%), the British car market goes below the 2m mark for the first time in over a decade. The fall would have been even more significant were it…
Mazda6 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Estonian car market drops by 20% this year at 24,591 registrations. Bucking the trend thanks to the new generation now on sale, the Mazda6 takes the lead of the models ranking with 1,082 sales and…
Ford Fusion March 2020 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 325 All-models. The Czech market is up a healthy 8.4% in 2008 at 143.661 registrations. Homegrown carmaker Skoda (-9.3%) continues to lose share at 31% vs. 37% a year prior. In contrast Ford (+28.6%), Renault (+22.9%), Volkswagen (+27.1%)…
+17% for the Slovak car market in 2008, reaching 70,040 registrations. Skoda places the Fabia and Octavia on top of the sales ranking again, and the Fabia continues its slow decline at -5% this year and 7,922 sales or 11.3% of the market. The Octavia grows faster than the market…
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…