Honda Fit Shuttle * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * For the first time since August 2010, the Japanese car market is up year-on-year, but at a very shy +1.7% and 313,790 registrations. The year-to-date total is still down 26%…
Subaru Legacy * Now updated with the Top 50 best-selling models! See 'Read more' at end of post * Over the first 8 months of 2011, the Swiss car market is up 5% year-on-year at 201,821 registrations. The VW Golf is still the market leader by far, even reaching 5.3%…
Renault Megane * Now updated with the Top 20 best-selling models, thanks Florian and Manic! * Car sales in Estonia are up 3% in 2010 to 10,295 units. Like in 2009, the best-selling car in the country is the Renault Megane with 568 units sold (-20%), followed by the Skoda…
Honda Fit Bad news keep coming from Japan. As predicted, the new car market plunged even further in April, down 51% year-on-year to 108,824 units, the lowest monthly volume since records started in January 1968. Toyota is hit hardest at -69%. More details here. The models ranking is surprisingly stable…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 60 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2009 is 'annus horribilus' for car sales in Iceland, the market contracting by 89% year-on-year at its worst around mid-year, finishing at -76% and 2,570 registrations... In this context and for the first time in…
Toyota Land Cruiser 120 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * During the second half of the year, the Icelandic car market was hit full frontal by the economic crisis and all but stopped. Over the full year, car sales are down a dramatic…
Toyota Yaris near Olafsvik, Iceland August 2008 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * During the first half of 2008 (or just before the GFC), 8,885 cars were sold in Iceland, and Toyota dominated the landscape. The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling car in…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Years go by, and Toyota is still omnipresent in Iceland: it places 5 models in the Top 6 both in 2004 and 2005! The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling model in the country in 2004…
VW Golf * See the Top 45 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Swiss car market has traditionally been a mix of German and French influences, and the 2004 models ranking is no exception. The VW Golf is clear leader in Switzerland at 10,488 sales, ahead of…
Toyota Land Cruiser * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Toyota continues to completely dominate the Icelandic models ranking, with the Land Cruiser taking the lead this year with 645 sales, up a massive 105% on 2002. The Toyota Corolla ranks #2 at 634…
Toyota Wish * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This year no less than 4 different models held the Japanese best seller trophy for at least one month: the Toyota Corolla, back to #1 after having its 33-year long reign interrupted by the Honda…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Icelanders love Toyotas, and not much else. The Japanese brand monopolises the Icelandic best-selling models podium in 2001 and places 5 models in the Top 5 in 2002! The best-seller both years is the Toyota…
VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rene I can share with you the a Top 25 ranking for the nineties decade overall. Like in the seventies and eighties, the VW Golf is the best-selling model in the country with…
Toyota Vitz * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * No surprise in pole position: the Toyota Corolla is still the favourite passenger car in Japan, but with 160,677 sales it is down 18% on 1998 and just 4,000 units above the all-new Toyota Vitz,…
Toyota Crown * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 1996 the Toyota Corolla is the best-selling model in Japan for the 28th year in a row with 223,244 sales, down 5% on 1995. It is followed by the Toyota Crown, up one spot…