Hyundai Sonata After a scare in 2007, the Hyundai Sonata is back as the undisputed South Korea leader this year thanks to its facelift and sales up 3% to 123,208 units while the Hyundai Avante is down 21% to 87,579. The new gen Kia Morning (aka Picanto) is a roaring…
Fiat Grande Punto Fiat Panda * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The car market is down 14% this year in Italy at 2,162,124 registrations. For the first time in decades in the country, the fight for the first place is actually quite disputed.…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * Another year with the Hyundai Sonata in the lead in South Korea, however this time the fight is very close with the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) at #2: 119,133 sales (+2%)…
Hyundai Grandeur * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular car in South Korea for the 7th time in the last 8 years thanks to sales up 25% year-on-year to 116,482 units. The rest…
May 2020 update: Now with Top 52 All-brands and Top 300 All-models. New car sales in Romania break a record for the third consecutive year thanks to volumes up 12.7% to 283.238 units. Despite the recent arrival of the Logan, Dacia (-6.4%) drops to 37.4% share, the lowest since we…
The Dacia Logan takes control of the Romanian new car market in 2005. May 2020 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands and Top 305 All-models below. The Romanian car market is up another whopping 42.7% in 2005 to 251.407 units including 215.532 passenger cars, a new all-time record volume in…
Toyota Zace * Many thanks to Ben Wyn for the info! * In 2003, the Toyota Zace is the best selling car in Vietnam in a market totaling 42,557 units. Its stays leader in 2004 and 2005, until its replacement by the Toyota Innova in January 2006. In 2005 the…
FAW Tianjin Xiali New vehicle sales in China leap up 16.8% year-on-year in 2005 to 5,360,615 units, including 2.77 million Passenger Cars (+23%). This year, new legislation aimed at containing sales growth by restricting car credit has the effect of reshuffling the models ranking entirely, bringing to an end two…
Hyundai NF Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of interruption by the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Hyundai Sonata reclaims the pole position in South Korea this year through its new generation NF with 93,045 sales,…
The Dacia Logan hits 33% share for its launch month in September 2004. May 2020 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands and Top 290 All-models. It's a record year for Romanian new car sales in 2004, up a very impressive 33.2% year-on-year to 176.128 units, smashing the previous record of 139.867…
Hyundai Santa Fe * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * After 5 consecutive years in pole position, the transition between two generations of Hyundai Sonata (EF to NF) is fatal for the nameplate: in 2004 the Hyundai Santa Fe is the most popular…
The Dacia Solenza is the new best-seller at home. May 2020 update: Now with Top 47 All-brands and Top 270 All-models. New car sales in Romania score a second consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in 2003 at +21.2% to 132.201 units, the largest annual volume since 1998. Dacia (+9.7%) continues to…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Exceptional results over the period for the Skoda Fabia: it sells 120,645 units in 2002 and 128,001 in 2003 in the region, by far the best-selling model in Central and Eastern Europe. The Suzuki Swift,…
The Lada Riva remains the best-seller but drops 21%. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 230 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Russia drop 2.5% year-on-year in 2002 to 1.136.379. Local carmakers resist very well this year given the influx of new…
The Maruti 800 is back above 20% market share. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 55 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle deliveries in India tilt into negative in 2001 at -3.1% to 729.496 units. Leader Maruti (+5%) has reacted and sees its share rally back…