Skoda Octavia See the Top 10/25/40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Latvian car market is extremely strong in 2006 at 25,626 registrations and 2007 at 32,497 units but plunges in 2008. The Skoda Octavia is the best-selling model in the country all through the period, selling…
The Honda Civic is the most popular vehicle in Canada outright for the very first time in 2008. Now with All-brands and All-models rankings instead of a 9 months Top 50 models. The Canadian new light vehicle market resists very well in 2008 at just -0.9% to 1.638.233 units. Fresh…
2008 is the year when the fight between the Toyota Corolla and Holden Commodore turned to the advantage of the Corolla for the first time in New Zealand. Over the first 4 months of the year, the Corolla leads with 2,013 sales and 5.9% share, ahead of the Commodore at…
Honda CR-V * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Complete reshuffle of the models ranking this year in Estonia with Honda having the time of its life! The Honda CR-V is the new best-selling model in the country thanks to 1,479 sales, up 175%…
VW Passat * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Austrian car sales stay stable over the period at 308,594 registrations in 2006 (+0.2%) and 298,192 in 2007 (-3%). Volkswagen monopolises the podium with the VW Golf #1 both years at 3.7% share in 2006…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The effect of the new generation on Toyota Corolla's sales in Japan are rather short-lived: from +24% in January, the year-on-year variation slips into negative as early as August. Nevertheless the Corolla was #1 10…
The Pontiac Pursuit is #13 in Canada in 2007. The Canadian market is up 2.4% in 2007 to 1.653.771 registrations, the 2nd largest annual volume in history below 2002 (1.696.803). Ford (-3.1%) remains the #1 brand in the country despite losing one percentage point of market share to 13.1%, and…
The New Zealand car market is euphoric this year: with 102,468 registrations, it is up 33% over 2006! The Holden Commodore increases its margin over the Toyota Corolla even though its share slips from 7% to 5.9%. The Corolla goes from 6.9% to 5%. The Ford Falcon stays 3rd but…
The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Thailand in 2006. After 6 years of double-digit gains lifting the market from record lows in 1998 to record highs in both 2004 and 2005, the Thailand new vehicle market takes a breather in 2006 at -3.8% to a still very high…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * One car stands out from the crowd in the Estonian models ranking over the period: the Toyota Corolla. It sells 1,026 units in 2005 and 1,307 in 2006, way above the competition, in the form…
Honda Civic New light vehicle sales in Canada leap up 2.5% in 2005 to 1.583.599 units. Rare event atop the brands ranking: Chevrolet (+0.7%) reclaims the top spot off Ford (-4.5%) for the first time since 1991. Toyota (+2.3%) follows the market at 10.5% share in third place, with the…
In a stable market at 76,804 registrations, the fight for the pole position between the Holden Commodore and the Toyota Corolla has never been that tight: the Commodore, perhaps helped by the arrival of the new generation at the end of the year, loses 8% but keeps its title with…
The Ecuadorian car market establishes itself at 86,618 registrations in 2006 and Chevrolet places no less than 5 models in the Top 6! The Chevrolet Corsa Evolution is the best selling car in the country with 11,498 sales and 13.3% ahead of the Chevrolet Luv D-Max (aka Isuzu D-Max) at…
Holden Commodore VE * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2006, car sales drop by 2% in Australia to 962,666 units, and larger models suffered greatly from the petrol price surge. The Holden Commodore needed the help of its new VE generation to…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian market is down 4.3% year-on-year in 2005 to 199.068 registrations. Suzuki posts a 9th consecutive year atop the brands ranking, this time frankly outpacing the market at +16% to 19.7%…