Fiat 126p taxi in Shanghai, China * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Up until 1979, cars were an extremely rare sight on Chinese roads, only high ranking civil servants were permitted to have cars and a privately owned vehicle was unthinkable. In the early eighties, China…
The Sunny helps Nissan remain atop the Finnish brands charts over the period. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland skid 6.7% in 1983 to 119.421 units, still the second best-ever annual volume. Datsun is renamed…
The Holden Commodore is 12.000 sales off the #1 spot in 1984. * See the Top 15 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * In 1984 the Australian new car market is up a splendid 12% year-on-year to 638.745 registrations, a new all-time record. Ford tops the…
The Iran National Paykan landed in Iran in 1967. Based on the 1966 Hillman Hunter, the Paykan started being assembled in Iran in 1967 by Iran National (later renamed Iran Khodro), and full-scale manufacture of the car, less the engine, was effective in the mid-70's. By 1972, it seemed that all…
1983 Ford Falcon The Australian new car market drops 7.8% year-on-year in 1983 to 568.100 registrations, but its two best-sellers take a hit: the Ford Falcon dives 27% to 10.8% share while the Holden Commodore freefalls 55% to just 6.2% share vs. 12.7% a year ago in 1982. The Holden…
1990 Ford Falcon, Argentina spec * Click on the title to see 30 years of Ford Falcon sales in Argentina! * * Many thanks to Bruno for making this post possible! * Originally launched in the country in 1962, the Ford Falcon gets an Argentina-specific design in 1973 and would…
The Ford Escort is the most popular nameplate worldwide in 1983. According to information shared by the Irish SIMI, the Ford Escort topples the Toyota Corolla to become the best-selling car in the world in 1983. Note the Escort is sold under two different bodies in Europe and the USA,…
The Ford Fiesta is #1 in Ireland in 1983. In 1983, the Ford Fiesta is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland, followed by the Toyota Corolla, Opel Kadett, Ford Sierra and Ford Escort. If you have more detailed information about the 1983 Ireland ranking including sales volumes, please contact us here.
We are now able to fill a significant hole in our New Zealand Historical Data with the learning that the locally assembled Ford Cortina was the best-seller here between 1977 and 1983 with over 100,000 assembled in total during that period. Many thanks to Ricardo Acosta Antunez for the tip.
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme is the #1 car in the US in 1983. The 1980-1982 recession is now all but a bad memory for US new light vehicle sales, soaring 16.8% in 1983 to 12.311.516 units including 9.148.038 cars (+15%) and 3.163.478 trucks (+22.5%). The Ford F-Series celebrates a second…
Renault 5 I have no data for this period, however the fact that the Renault 5 lodged its record volume and shere in France in 1980 at 299,000 units and 16%, that it ranked #2 worldwide that year below just the Toyota Corolla, and that based on the information I…
Ford Taunus * Many thanks to Bruno for making this post possible! * Whereas for the last 11 years, the best-selling model in Argentina was either the Ford Falcon, Fiat 128 or Renault 12, in 1982 the Ford Taunus tops the country's sales charts for the first, and the last…
The Toyota Corolla is estimated to top the worldwide ranking over the period. In 1981 and 1982, the Toyota Corolla is estimated to be the best-selling vehicle in the world for the second and third consecutive year. If you have detailed worldwide sales figures for these two years please contact…
Fiat 128 * Many thanks to Bruno for making this post possible! * 6 years after it last lodged a #1 finish, the Fiat 128 gets boosted by its facelift and becomes the best-selling model in Argentina in 1981. This would be the last time at that level of the…
Datsun is the best-selling brand and the Cherry is the best-selling model in Finland in 1980. * See the Top 50 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland gain 3.9% year-on-year in 1980 to 103.184 units, and Datsun takes off to…