Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After 3 consecutive years in pole position, the Ford Focus gives up its crown to the Toyota Corolla, best-seller in Ireland in 2004 with 6,857 sales, up 4% on last year. Granted it is only…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a light facelift, the Toyota Corolla stays on top for the 2nd year in a row, however its sales are down for the 3rd consecutive year at -13% with 173,301 units. It held…
Ford F-SeriesHonda CivicDodge Caravan The Canadian new light vehicle market drops -4.2% year-on-year in 2004 to 1.545.580 units. Ford (-13.3%) is hit full frontal but manages to keep the brands pole position for just 0.4% of share at 14% ahead of Chevrolet (+5.2%) improving to 13.6%. Toyota (+3.2%) cements its…
The Chevrolet Chevy C2 is the best-selling model in Mexico in 2004. In 2004, the Mexican new light vehicle market crosses the symbolic million annual sales mark for the first time in history thanks to a solid 12.4% year-on-year uptick to 1.112.130 units. Nissan (+9.8%) cements its domination of the…
The Lada Samara misses out on the pole position for less than 1.000 sales. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 275 All-models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Russia surge 19.1% year-on-year in 2004 to smash their all-time volume record established just last year…
In 2004, the Holden Commodore is the best selling car in New Zealand with 7,439 units moved, followed by the Ford Falcon at 5,611 and the Toyota Corolla at 4,902. These 3 cars dominate the ranking by a large margin. In 4th comes the Honda Accord (2,628 units), ahead of…
The Buick Regal is now inside the Chinese Top 10 and #6 Passenger Car. The Chinese new vehicle market continues on its gigantic year-on-year gains in 2003 at +37.4%, passing both the 3 million and 4 million annual sales in the process. The market goes from 2,954,986 units in 2002…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 5 years after its launch and after missing the title by only 500 units last year, the Peugeot 206 finally becomes the best selling car in Europe in 2003. It is the first time a…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Vic Mouton I have some insight on the best-selling models in South Africa in 2003 with a Top 10 for May. Although not representative of the Full Year 2003 ranking, it still gives…
Toyota Wish * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This year no less than 4 different models held the Japanese best seller trophy for at least one month: the Toyota Corolla, back to #1 after having its 33-year long reign interrupted by the Honda…
The Ford F-Series reclaims the top spot in Canada. The Canadian new light vehicle market slides -4.9% in 2003 to 1.613.299 units, still estimated to be the 2nd largest annual volume in history below last year. Market leader Ford (+1.5%) defies the market decline to improve to 15.5% share whereas…
The Honda CR-V breaks into the Indonesian Top 10 in 2003. In 2003 the Indonesian new car market advances 11.1% year-on-year to cross the 300.000 annual unit milestone for only the third time in history after 1995 and 1997 at 320.457. Toyota (+19.6%) outpaces the market to climb back above…
Hyundai sales in Malaysia are up 3-fold year-on-year in 2003. After two consecutive years of record annual volumes, Malaysia takes a breather in 2003 dropping -3.8% to 423.184, still only the 2nd time in history the market is above 400.000 units. 2003 marks the year local carmaker Proton starts to…
The Honda Accord ranks #7 in Saudi Arabia both in 2002 and 2003. The Saudi new car market is up by a further 9.2% year-on-year in 2002 to a record 235,076 units. Toyota (+3.8%) sees its share drop from 39.1% to 37.2% while Nissan (-20.8%) is in great difficulty at…
The VW Pointer is the best-selling vehicle in Mexico for the first time. After five consecutive record years, the Mexican new car market edges down in 2003 at -0.9% to a still extremely string 989.148 units. Nissan (+1.2%) is back above Chevrolet (-4.2%) for the #1 brands spot with Volkswagen…