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…
Toyota Avensis * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Norwegian car sales are dynamic again this year, up 29% year-on-year at 115,645 registrations. After having jumped 5 spots in 2003 to reach 2nd place thanks to its facelift, the Toyota Avensis is the new…
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…
VW Golf * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 301,616 cars were registered in Austria in 2003, and seven years after its launch the VW Golf IV still manages to hold 5.4% of the market at 16,293 sales. The Golf IV was #1 every…
VW Golf *See the Top 100 best-selling models and each monthly Top 20 by clicking on the title! * New car sales are down 3% in Germany this year at 3,236,938 units. The VW Golf continues its downward spiral at a worrying -20% this year to 205,084 sales and 6.3%…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Norwegian car market drops under 90,000 units over the period at 88,721 registrations in 2002 and 89,920 in 2003. The lead changes again and Volkswagen gives up the pole position to Toyota with the…
The VW Jetta is the best-selling Passenger Car in China in 2002. Exceptional year for new vehicle sales in China: up a whopping 40.7% year-on-year to 2,954,986 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (+43.5%) even outraces the market to almost 475,000 sales, distancing Changan (+29.8%) and FAW (+60.8%), the latter up three…
Toyota RAV4 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Icelanders love Toyotas, and not much else. The Japanese brand monopolises the Icelandic best-selling models podium in 2001 and places 5 models in the Top 5 in 2002! The best-seller both years is the Toyota…