VW Golf Plus Up 4% at 3,467,931 registrations, the German car market has its best year since 1999. It's official: the VW Golf has its worst full year since the launch of the nameplate in 1973, falling 12% to 148,879 sales and a paltry 4.3% market share. All this while…
Opel Astra * See 'Read more' for the Top 330 best-selling models and each Monthly Ranking! * Six years after holding the top spot for the last time, the Opel Astra is back in pole position in the Netherlands in 2006, however with 13,343 sales and 2.8% it is the…
At 156,160 registrations, the Danish car market is up 7% in 2006. The Toyota Avensis gains one spot to claim the best selling car title this year with 5,747 sales and 3.7%. It is followed by the VW Passat boosted by the new generation at 5,355 units sold and 3.4%…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * Very shy progression for the Polish car market in 2006, up 2% to a still mediocre 257,166 registrations. The Skoda Fabia is the favourite car in the country for the second consecutive year…
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…
Renault Clio III * See the Top 200 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * In a market down 3% at 2,000,553 registrations, the Renault Clio III takes the lead at 134,001 sales and 6.4% share. The Peugeot 307 is #2 at 4.9%, followed by…
VW Golf Plus * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Austrian car market is very stable this year at -1% and 307,915 registrations. The VW Golf V keeps its best seller title even though it lost 33% over 2004 at 11,931 sales and…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2005 is a difficult year to cover as different sources give a different best-seller in Europe... According to JATO, the VW Golf manages to keeps the title of best-selling car in Europe one more time…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Polish car sales hit a new low this year, down 24% on 2004 to 251,010 registrations. Interrupted last year by the Fiat Panda, the Skoda Fabia's reign in Poland resumes in 2005 with the model…
Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models and each monthly Top 30 by clicking on the title! * The German car market is stable again this year, up 0.4% to 3,342,122 registrations. Surprise, surprise, the VW Golf leads for the 25th year in a row but is down…
Peugeot 307 * See the Top 10/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Peugeot has a brilliant time in Denmark! The Peugeot 307 is the best-selling car in the country for 3 years running, starting at 5,423 sales in 2003, then 5,959 in 2004 and 5,878 and 4%…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market slightly down at -5% and 109,907 registrations, the Toyota Corolla, leader in 2002 and 2003, climbs back onto the top position with 6,241 sales and 5.7% (+20%). VW Passat The VW Golf…
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…
Ford Focus * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * Car sales are down 5% this year in England at 2,439,717 units. The Ford Focus keeps the pole position, it has been 7 years in a row now. At 123,799 sales…
The Hyundai Elantra was #1 Passenger Car in June. The Chinese market consolidates its growth in 2004 to "just" +13.1% year-on-year, still an additional 530,000 units to 4,589,782 sales. A surprise atop the brands ranking: Volkswagen not only can't keep up with the market evolution but actually registers a year-on-year…