The Lada 2105-7 (Riva) reclaims the best-selling title it had held for decades before 2009. * See the annual and monthly Top 57 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * After sinking 49% in 2009, aggressive scrappage schemes enable the Russian car market to bounce back up 30.3%…
Street Scene in Yerevan, Armenia. Picture by ls2_zed. All rights reserved. * Click on title for more street scenes and videos! * Lada dominates Armenian car sales, with the 2104/2105 very likely to be the best-seller, and the 4x4 (aka Niva) also doing well in spite of its old age.…
Russian November car sales are up 80% year-on-year at 189,902 registrations! For the first time ever, the Lada Kalina is number 1 in Russia, with 12,148 sales and 6.4% of the market. Only 400 sales below stand the Lada Priora (11,753, 6.2%) and the Lada 2105/2017 (11.737, 6.2%) which keeps its…
Lada Priora * See the Top annual and monthly Top 56 All-brands and Top 25 models by clicking on the title * Russian car sales are hit full frontal by the Global Financial Crisis in 2009, almost halving the record 2008 score at -49% to just 1.465.917 units. Russian carmakers get a…
The Lada Samara misses out on the Russian pole position again. * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * It's a third consecutive record year for new car sales in Russia, up 11% to 1.632.464 units in 2005. The foreign wave continues to…
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…
#1 after 8 months, the Lada 2110 ends 2003 in third place. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 245 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market gains a solid 8.6% year-on-year in 2003 to break it all-time volume record at 1.234.017, its first time above…
The Lada Riva remains the best-seller but drops 21%. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 230 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Russia drop 2.5% year-on-year in 2002 to 1.136.379. Local carmakers resist very well this year given the influx of new…
Opel Astra * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Over the period car sales in Latvia went from 7,306 to 7,836 registrations, and the Opel Astra is the best-seller each year, peaking at 424 sales and 5.5% share in 2001. The VW Bora is…
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 facelifted Oda lifts IZH up 83% to 4th place in the Russian brands ranking in 2000. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales edge down 1.8% year-on-year in 2000 in Russia but remain above the symbolic…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! Many thanks to STAC for making this post possible. * A robust government scrappage scheme enabled the French new car market to rebound by 15% on 1993 at 1,972,919 registrations this year.…
Lada Samara * See the Top 15 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Alex * In 1988, the private new car market is down 8% year-on-year to 754,600 registrations, with the sales to state organisations, intelligence services and the army down 14% to 165,950 units. The VAZ…
Saab is the best-selling carmaker in Finland from 1975 to 1978.... * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * In 1975, Finnish new car sales soar 21.7% to 116.991 registrations, and for the first time ever, a Swedish manufacturer takes the lead…