The VW Fusca was #1 in Brazil from 1954 to 1980 The direct links to 42 Historical articles are below. January 2020 update: There is now a Top 20 brands ranking from 2003 onwards, Top 10 for 2002 - 10 articles have been updated over the 2002-2010 period. To celebrate…
1969 Chevrolet Opala: among Brazilian best sellers throughout the seventies I have now completed a review of the Brazilian market going back to 1954. Witness the domination of the VW Beetle (called Fusca in Brazil) from 1954 through the sixties and seventies... Explore the 1980's 'malaise' with the Fiat 147…
The Chevrolet C/K Pickup lands at #5 in Mexico in 1997. New car sales in Mexico continue on their spectacular recovery in 1997 at +67.5% to 504.778 units. Chevrolet (+142%) more than doubles its sales year-on-year to leap from #3 to #1 brand, overtaking Nissan (+64%) while Ford (+89.4%) passes…
Big surprise this year: the VW Gol is no longer the best-selling car in Brazil and is replaced on top by the Fiat Uno. The fight was extremely tight and the Uno finishes the year only 486 sales ahead with 221,627 units vs. 221,141 for the Gol... This shift can…
In 1993 the VW Gol keeps the leadership of the Brazilian car market with 180,937 sales (+33%). It was on top 10 months out of 12 and peaked at 18,399 units in July. The Fiat Uno takes the 2nd spot with 147,012 sales and an impressive +69% over 1992. It…
VW Gol The VW Gol grabs over 18% of the Brazilian market in 1992 with 135,668 sales, ahead of the Fiat Uno at 86,898 sales and the Chevrolet Monza at 53,505 units. In fact the podium has stayed unchanged for the last 3 years, with the Gol delivering 102,204 units…
VW Gol Launched in 1980, the VW Gol had to wait until its first restyling in 1987 to take the lead of Brazilian car sales. This is the start of 23 years atop the rankings... Over 5 million units of the VW Gol would be produced in 30 years! The…
I could not access detailed car sales figures for Brazil over the period, only a Chevrolet Monza advertisement in Quatro Rodas celebrating 2 years of domination over the Brazilian market in 1984 and 1985. The Monza sold 70,577 units in 1984 and 75,240 in 1985, and in all likeliness it…
Chevrolet Chevette and Fiat 147 The Fiat 147 is the best selling car in Brazil for the third consecutive year, with 105,779 units produced in 1983. The Chevrolet Chevette, boosted by its facelift, is #2 with 80,047 units and the VW Gol is slowly but surely continuing its progression (it…
Fiat 147 1982 is the second year the Fiat 147 leads Brazilian car sales and the first year over 100,000 units of the model were produced, at 110,336. The Fiat 147 has established a comfortable margin over all other models produced in the country. The VW Voyage, a 3-door sedan…
Oldsmobile Cutlass * See 'Read more' for the Top 80 best-selling models! Thanks DC for the data * We continue to travel through time to land in the USA in 1975. I can share with you the 80 best-selling American passenger cars for that year: the Oldsmobile Cutlass is up…