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Guinea Bissau 2013: Toyota Prado could lead sales charts

Streets of capital Bissau are filled with 1980 Mercedes taxis. Picture by Jon Baker, all rights reserved. Last time I covered Guinea Bissau there was too little recent video footage available to draw any conclusions about the best-selling models in this African country. This has now changed, thanks to a 14…

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Ireland 2008: Focus, Corolla & Mondeo dominate

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…

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France 2002: Clio edges 206 out, 307 above 7%

Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market down 5% at 2,145,073 units, the Renault Clio, helped by its recent design refresh, is stable at 188,210 sales (8.8%) and climbs back into the first spot, ahead of the Peugeot 206,…

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Finland 2001: Opel Astra snaps up pole position

Opel Astra * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The generation change of the Toyota Corolla has opened opportunities for other models to improve their rankings in Finland, and the main beneficiaries are the Opel Astra, leader this year with 5,749 sales, and the…

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France 2001: 206 leads with 211,000 sales

Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With 2,254,733 units sold in 2001, the French market is up 6% and delivers its third best year ever behind 1990 and 1989. The Peugeot 206 takes the lead for the first time in the country…

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