The Timor S515 lands directly in 8th place in Indonesia in 1996. After two consecutive record years, the Indonesian new car market drops -14.8% year-on-year in 1996 to 278.416 units. Both Toyota (-26.7%) and Suzuki (-19.2%) fall even faster and reduce their shares to 24.1% and 20.6% respectively. Mitsubishi (+1.8%)…
Ford is back to #1 brand in Ireland in 1997. It's a second consecutive double-digit gain for the Irish new car market with sales up a whopping 18.7% in 1997 to 136.662 units. Even though it trails the market, Ford (+12.3%) reclaims the top spot while VW-Audi (+35.7%) leaps up…
The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the first time. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is finally recovering after sinking from 177.000 units in 1989 to just 55.700 in 1993. It is up…
Ford Fiesta The Irish new car market shoots up a spectacular +32.5% year-on-year in 1996 to 115.121 units. Opel (+34.2%) manages to outpace the market to snap the brands pole position for the first time this decade off Ford (+21.8%) with Toyota (+7.7%) very shy at #3. Fiat (+112.8%), VW-Audi…
The Paykan holds just under 60% of the Iranian market in 1996. In 1993, the Iranian new car market shoots up 60% year-on-year to 69.965 units, its highest level in at least nine years. Iran Khodro continues to dominate the Iranian car landscape with 40.2% share thanks to the Paykan,…
The Nissan Datsun is the most popular vehicle in Saudi Arabia in 1996 New light vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia are stable at a dismal level at +0.8% to 65,602 units. Toyota (-28.6%) sinks and loses almost ten percentage points of share YoY, going from 33.9% in 1995 to 24%…
The Punto helps Fiat up 31.7% in Ireland in 1995. The Irish new car market continues to gallop ahead at +8.1% to 86.905 registrations in 1995. The Top 6 brands are unchanged on 1994 but evolve in vastly different ways: Ford (+3.1%) keeps the lead at 14.8% just above Opel…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Vic * Thanks to Vic I can share with you some insights on the South African car market in the early to mid nineties. The Toyota Corolla and Conquest, counted together, dominate the market without…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The Norwegian new car market goes from 61,000 registrations in 1993 to 85,000 in 1994, and the VW Golf leads both years with 3,970 sales and 6.5% in '93 and 6,903…
The Isuzu Faster Z tops the Thai sales charts over the period. In 1992, Thai new vehicle sales surge 37% to 338.267 units. Toyota (+25.2%) drops to 28.3% share ahead of Nissan (+15.7%) holding onto the #2 spot off Isuzu (+27.9%) for just 46 sales. Mitsubishi (+42.5%), Mazda (+59.6%) and…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * Excellent year for new car sales in Australia, up 10% to 616,256 registrations, or nearly back to its 1990 level (617,298). After two years of Ford Falcon domination, the Holden Commodore…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The Top 3 best-selling models in Austria are unchanged over the period: the VW Golf leads the way by far and manages to stay on or above 10% market share both…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * In 1994 the German new car market is stable at 3,209,224 registrations. The VW Golf improves its score further to reach a fantastic 388,707 sales, the nameplate's second best year ever,…
Toyota Carina * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * Spectacular progression of the new car market in Denmark in 1994: up 70% year-on-year to 139,700 registrations! In this euphoric context, the Toyota Carina puts an end to the Opel Astra…
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%…