* You can see the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Toyota Corolla returns to its traditional Japanese market domination pattern and leads 8 months out of 12. The 10th generation of the model is launched in October and sales reflect it immediately: the Corolla…
Toyota Corolla Altis in Singapore October 2007 ( I took the picture during one of my trips there) In 2006 the Toyota Corolla Altis has a comfortable margin on top of Singaporean car sales with 10,910 registrations and 11% of the market. The Mitsubishi Lancer is #2 at 6.8% followed…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20/30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Finnish car market is relatively stable over the period, going from 142,642 units in 2004 to 148,161 in 2005 and 145,700 in 2006. The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car in the country…
The VW Jetta is back to the #1 spot in the Passenger Car charts. New vehicle sales in China are back to their extravagant growth rate at +26.2% year-on-year in 2006 to 6,765,512 units, eclipsing 6 million units for the first time. Volkswagen (+38.2%) rallies back from two mediocre years…
The Toyota Avanza is the new leader in Indonesia. New car sales in Indonesia are hit full frontal by another economic crisis in 2006 at -40.2%, tumbling down to 295.326 units - the lowest annual score since 2002 - 314.000 according to Gaikindo. Toyota (-30%) resists much better, improving its…
The Nissan Tsuru resumes its domination of the Mexican market. It's another record year for Mexican new car sales in 2005, up 4% to 1.157.137 units, only the 2nd time in history above one million. Nissan (+0.1%) edges up to retain the brands pole position with 20.3% share but Chevrolet…
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…
Ford Fiesta * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The British car market is down again in 2006, this time at -4% with 2,344,864 registrations. The Ford Focus is on top for the 8th year in a row, holding its…
Ford F Series Another very strong year for trucks in the US: the Ford F-Series is the best-selling model in the country for the 24th consecutive year with 901,463 sales, down 4%. It broke its monthly volume record in July with no less than 126,905 units sold, or one every…
More than 150.000 Isuzu D-Max were sold in Thailand in 2005, a record. Half a decade after the financial crisis that annihilated the market, Thai new vehicle sales finally return to pre-crisis levels with 2003 volumes up 28.9% to 518.440, only the third half-million+ annual result in Thai history after…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2005 at 2,237,456 registrations (-1%). Big event in 2005: the Fiat Punto is replaced by the Grande Punto in September and together the two models sell 173,632 units…
Perodua Kancil In 2004, new car sales in Malaysia leap up 15.2% year-on-year to break a new annual volume record at 487.313 units. After falling apart in 2003 (-26.8%), Proton stops the rot with a 7.2% uptick to 34.6% share, widening the gap with Perodua (-1.8%) at 25%, but adding…
The Renault Megane remains the best-selling vehicle in Spain in 2005. Spanish car sales edge up 0.6% in 2005 to a new record 1.495.566 units, 1.529 million according to Aniacam. Renault (-2.9%) holds onto the brands top spot for the 20th time in the past 21 years at 12.3% share,…
Toyota Vitz You can see the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Lots of new models and changes this year in Japan, even though the Toyota Corolla stays #1 at 149,810 sales (-14%), ranking first 6 times. The new generation Toyota Vitz (aka Yaris) is an…
FAW Tianjin Xiali New vehicle sales in China leap up 16.8% year-on-year in 2005 to 5,360,615 units, including 2.77 million Passenger Cars (+23%). This year, new legislation aimed at containing sales growth by restricting car credit has the effect of reshuffling the models ranking entirely, bringing to an end two…