Honda Civic * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * With petrol hitting $4 a gallon, the US models ranking has gone through an eventful year, trucks have lodged their poorest performance in over 20 years and passenger cars climbed to…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Norway are down 15% in 2008 at 110,617 registrations, and the renewed VW Golf takes the lead in the country for the first time in 8 years at 5,079 sales and 4.6%.…
VW Jetta * See the Top 115 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The VW Jetta is the best selling passenger car in China for the third year in a row, and at 202,303 sales it is still the only model…
In Chile the Toyota Yaris takes the lead in 2006 and holds this position in 2007 and 2008, while seeing its market share slip down from 8.4% to 5.9%, in line with the progressive fragmentation of the market. The Chevrolet Corsa drops to 2nd in 2006 and stays there too,…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Irish car market struggles in 2008, down 19% to 149,855 registrations. The Ford Focus conserves its pole position, but with 7,156 sales (4.8% share) it falls faster than the market at -29%. The Toyota…
In an ever-changing Singaporean car market, the Honda Civic becomes the country's most popular model in 2008 with 5,663 units sold. The Toyota Corolla Altis comes second, ahead of the Toyota Vios with 3,936 sales. The Nissan Latio is 4th with 3,066 registrations. The best selling non-Japanese model is the Hyundai…
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.…
Ford Focus * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 2008 the English car market is hit by the credit crunch at -11% and 2,131,795 registrations. The Ford Focus celebrates its 10th consecutive year atop the British sales ranking but…
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…
In a very solid market at 1,099,866 registrations, the Nissan Tsuru keeps the top spot with 63,461 sales and 5.8%, ahead of the Chevrolet Chevy at 59,621 units and 5.4%. The VW Jetta is #3 with 44,395 sales (4%) followed by the VW Pointer at 28,300 units (2.6%) and the…
VW Jetta * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After a couple of years of high volatility, the models ranking podium stabilises somewhat in 2007. The VW Jetta keeps its best seller title and becomes the very…
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Solid car market in Ireland this year with 184,864 registrations. The Ford Focus, #1 for the third consecutive year, is above 10,000 sales at 10,101 and 5.5% of the market. Two Toyotas follow: the Avensis at #2…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2007 is the very first year Australians purchased more than 1 million new cars: with 1,049,982 registrations the market is up 9% over 2006. The Holden Commodore is the best selling car in Australia for…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling foreign nameplate in Russia in 2006. * See the Top 63 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market enjoys a 4th consecutive all-time record year in 2006, up a fantastic 19.7% year-on-year to 1.953.998 registrations. As it…