The Fiat Punto is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in 1998. It's a 5th consecutive year in positive for the Irish new car market in 1998 at +6.6% to 145.715 registrations. This year it's Toyota (+23.5%) that spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking at 11.5% share, but it…
VW Golf In 1998 the VW Golf celebrates its 18th consecutive year atop the German model ranking (it's an adult now!) with a 21% sales increase thanks to the arrival of the 4th generation launched in late 1997. The Golf nameplate is back above 300,000 annual sales with 338,550 units…
The Hyundai Santro is the best-selling foreign nameplate in 1998 after just 4 months in market. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 40 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market endures a 9.5% year-on-year drop in 1998 to 530.342 units. However brand leader…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * After two years of interruption by the Fiat Punto in 1995 and 1996, the Opel Corsa reclaims the pole position in the Portuguese models ranking in 1996 and ranks Number 1 for…
The Polo scores its first Top 10 finish just as Volkswagen is #1 for the first time in 30 years. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland gain another 8.6% in 1997 to cross the 100.000…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Flavio/Marc * Thanks to aggressive scrappage schemes, the Italian car market is up a massive 39% this year to a record-breaking 2,402,363 units. The Fiat Punto also break records with 375,159 sales, up 31%…
1992 US spec Toyota Corolla * See the 1997 Top 28 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Toyota Corolla should be the best selling car in the world over the period with at least 900,000 units produced each year. The only official data…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After leading for 4 months in 1995-1996, the Fiat Punto finally makes its mark over the European car market and puts an end to 14 years of uninterrupted domination by the VW Golf. The Fiat…
Suzuki takes the lead of the Hungarian brands ranking for the first time in 1997. * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The Hungarian new car market edges up 7.4% in 1997 to 79.827 registrations. Seven years after the establishment of its new plant in Esztergom…
Ford is back to #1 brand in Ireland in 1997. It's a second consecutive double-digit gain for the Irish new car market with sales up a whopping 18.7% in 1997 to 136.662 units. Even though it trails the market, Ford (+12.3%) reclaims the top spot while VW-Audi (+35.7%) leaps up…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * At 3,528,179 registrations and up 0.9%, the German car market passes the 3.5 million mark for the third time only after 1991 and 1992. No surprises on top, the VW…
Fiat Cinquecento * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Mariusz * 477,960 new cars were registered in Poland in 1997, and 3 models hold more than 10% market share this year. The locally manufactured Fiat Cinquecento is the best-selling car in the…
The Maruti Zen post its first podium finish in India. * See the Top 14 All-brands and Top 35 All-models by clicking on the title * New vehicle sales in India edge up 5.5% year-on-year to break a new volume record at 586.349 units. Maruti (+11%) once again outpaces the…
Seat Ibiza New car sales in Spain lift up a very solid 11% year-on-year in 1997 to 998.874 units, the largest annual volume this decade. Renault (+7.3%) manages to hold onto the brands top spot even though its market share continues to thaw to 12.9%. Illustrating the increased competitiveness of…
VW Polo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * (Note these figures include Luxembourg) While the pole position is no surprise this year in Belgium - the VW Golf leads by far with 23,709 sales and 5.5% share - it's…