The Isuzu Faster Z was also called Golden Power, Dragon Eyes or Dragon Power in Thailand over the period. The Thai new vehicle market wakes up from its financial crisis torpor with a 53.6% year-on-year surge in 1999 leading to 212.974 sales, albeit less than half the high of 547.000 sales…
Peugeot 206 The Spanish new car market resumes its record run in 2001 with registrations up 3.7% to 1.410.170 units, a new all-time high eclipsing the previous best set in 1999. No surprise atop the brands ranking: Renault (+2.2%) dominates again at 12.6% share ahead of Opel (+13.5%) up 3…
The Proton Wira remains the most popular vehicle in Malaysia. In 2000, Malaysia continues its recovery with new car sales up 18.8% in 2000 to 343.350. Finally, the two local carmakers let go a tiny bit of their hold on their national market: Proton (+14.9%) drops its share slightly to…
Opel Astra * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The generation change of the Toyota Corolla has opened opportunities for other models to improve their rankings in Finland, and the main beneficiaries are the Opel Astra, leader this year with 5,749 sales, and the…
2001 Holden Commodore. Picture by James Dobbin. All rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * The Australian car market is down 1% year-on-year in 2001 to 772,681. Once again the Holden Commodore widens the gap with the Ford Falcon:…
VW Golf * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 2001 the VW Golf celebrates its 18th year atop European car sales, but the task was a little harder this year. It leads with 664,328 units, down just 1%, that's…
The Lada Riva (2106 pictured) is up to 26.9% share in 2001. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new light vehicle market is up 7.4% year-on-year in 2001 to hit a new all-time record at 1.165.161 registrations. Russian…
The Toyota Camry holds 16% of the Saudi Arabian market in 2001. The Saudi new car market surges 27.5% year-on-year in 2000 to 150,983 units, the largest annual tally since 1992. Toyota (+8%) can't catch up with the overall growth rate and reduces its share to 30.5% vs. 36.1% a…
Toyota Revo * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title - Thanks to myk for the data! * After losing 45% in 1998, the Filipino car market is down a further 8% in 1999 at 74,007 registrations and stays very low in 2000 (83,887 units) and…
The Nissan Tsuru (aka Sentra) sells over 100.000 units in Mexico in 2001. The Mexican new car market breaks its annual record for the 4th year in a row in 2001, lifting it 4.3% to 932.164. Nissan (+10.4%) reclaims the brands top spot for the first time since 1996, toppling…
The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland over the period... * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland continue to gallop ahead at +8.8% to 136.224 units, the highest score in exactly ten years, since…
The Seat Ibiza tops the Spanish charts for the 5th time. After two consecutive record annual volumes, the Spanish market catches its breath in 2000, edging down just -1.9% to 1.359.866 which is the 2nd largest annual score in Spanish history. Renault (-11.9%) is faithful to its traditional brands pole…
Hyundai Accent * See the Top 244 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Bill and Kostas * Car sales in Greece are up 11% in 2000 to a huge 290,030 registrations, still to date the biggest year ever for car sales in the country. #1 in 1998,…
The Fiat Punto is #1 in Ireland for the third straight year. The Irish new car market stuns in 2000 with a stratospheric 32.5% year-on-year gain lifting the annual volume way above the 200.000 mark for the first time in history at 230.804. Toyota (+33.8%) is back above Ford (+29.6%)…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on title! Thanks to Vic and Miguel * Two Toyotas fight it out for the title of best-selling car in South Africa over the period: the Toyota Corolla wins over 4 months in 1997 and 8 months in 1998 but…