The Daewoo Espero ranks #3 in Slovakia over H1 1996. 24,836 new cars hit Slovak roads over the First Half of 1996. Skoda is the best-selling brand with 29.4% share and thanks to one model: the Felicia. Daewoo ranks 2nd with a spectacular 19% share, distancing Volkswagen at 8.8%. Fiat…
Opel is the most popular carmaker in Hungary in 1994 and 1995. * See the Top 25 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary soar 19.2% year-on-year in 1994 to 89.893 units. Opel beats the market with a 23% gain enabling it to take…
Lada Samara The collapse of the USSR in 1991 means car sales for the country are filed under Russia from 1992 onwards. The Russian market understandably freefalls 31.4% in 1992 to 669.060 units but impressively bounces back in 1993 at +52.5% to 1.020.468, the first time since 1985 sales in…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! Many thanks to STAC for making this post possible. * A robust government scrappage scheme enabled the French new car market to rebound by 15% on 1993 at 1,972,919 registrations this year.…
The Toyota Corolla celebrates 10 pole position finishes in Finland in 1993. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The Finnish new car market continues to freefall into oblivion, down another 25.9% in 1992 after losing 33.6%…
Lada is the most popular brand in Hungary for the last time in 1993. * See the Top 25 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * 75.429 new light vehicles found a buyer in Hungary in 1993. A remnant of the USSR rule, Lada remains the most popular carmaker…
The Opel Astra is Spain's new favourite vehicle. Very difficult year for Spanish new car sales in 1993, down an abysmal -24.1% to just 741.411 units, the weakest result since 1986. Renault (-31.2%) falls even faster than the market but remains atop the brands ranking at 16.2% share vs. 14.2% for…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * After a record year in 1992, the Greek new car market is down 26% to 147,789 registrations in 1993. Taking the relay from the Nissan Sunny, the Toyota Corolla is the…
FSO Polonez Caro * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish marjet is relatively large, with 430,000 registrations over the first 11 months of 1992. Polish brand FSO (Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych) places the Polonez Caro, a rebodied Fiat 125p built under licence from…
Lada 2105 * See the Top 8 all-brands ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * The last years of existence of the Soviet Union see new car sales stagnate in the region: down 6% to 710,525 registrations in 1989 and up 0.1% in 1990 to 711,454.…
The Toyota Corolla celebrates 7 consecutive years as Finland's best-seller. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Finland continues to suffer a severe correction with 1991 sales down an abysmal 33.6% to just 92.484 units, half of its all-time record of 176.771…
Opel Kadett * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Florian for the data * This year we have access for the first and last time to separate rankings for West and East Germany before both are counted as one country. Overall figures for…
Toyota and the Corolla remain best-sellers over the period in Finland. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * It's a 6th consecutive record year for Finnish new car sales in 1989, up 1.9% to 176.771 units. Toyota (-2%) is the most…
Lada Samara * See the Top 15 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * In 1988, the private new car market is down 8% year-on-year to 754,600 registrations, with the sales to state organisations, intelligence services and the army down 14% to 165,950 units. The VAZ…
VAZ 2106 (aka Lada 1600) * See the Top 14 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * Thanks to Alex we are going back in time 25 years today because I can finally share with you for the first time on BSCB official models data…