Ford Fiesta * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian & STAC * Helped by a light facelift this year, the Ford Fiesta takes the lead of the English market, up 8% to 139,522 sales, just above the Ford Escort at 128,760…
The Seat Ibiza scores its 2nd ever annual win at home. Very solid year for Spanish new car sales up 9% year-on-year to 900.278 registrations. After a freak interruption last year, Renault (+4.9%) reclaims the brands top spot in Spain off Ford (-8.5%), marking an 11th win in the past 12…
The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the first time. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is finally recovering after sinking from 177.000 units in 1989 to just 55.700 in 1993. It is up…
Opel Vectra * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The 1996 Top 3 best-selling models in Switzerland stay unchanged vs. 1994: the VW Golf dominates at 6.1% share, followed by the Opel Astra at 5.2% and the Opel Corsa at…
Daewoo is the #3 brand in Hungary in 1996 * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary rebound back up 9.5% in 1996 to 74.328 units. Opel signs a third consecutive year in pole position, outpacing the market at +14%…
VW Gol * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Thanks to Bruno for sharing the data * The VW Gol had an interesting career in Argentina: a little bit like in Brazil, it was not an instant hit but once on top of the models rankings it…
Three years after launch the Zen breaks into the Top 5, helping Maruti to a record 52.2% share. * See the Top 14 All-brands and Top 33 All-models by clicking on the title * The Indian new vehicle market soars 19.2% year-on-year in 1996 to reach 555.801 deliveries, the first…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Boosted by another row of scrappage schemes, the French new car market is up 10% in 1996 at 2,132.091 registrations, back above 2 million units for the first time since 1992.…
Toyota Carina * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While the Toyota Carina brilliantly keeps the lead of the Danish models ranking thanks to 6,679 sales and 4.8%, the VW Polo is up a spectacular 27 spots on its 1994 ranking to 2nd place…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling modelsby clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * The Portuguese new car market is down 13% in 1995 to 201,444 registrations. After falling only 49 units short of the pole position last year, the Fiat Punto takes its revenge over the…
Ford Escort * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In a stable market at 1.918 million registrations, the Ford Escort is the best seller for one last time at 137,760 units and 7.1% share, down just 4%. Ford monopolises the…
Ford Escort New car sales in Spain drop -8.5% year-on-year in 1995 to 825.777 units. After at least a decade of unchallenged domination, Renault (-16.9%) is toppled by Ford (-6.8%) for the brands top spot at 13.9% vs. 14.5% share. Opel (-15.1%), Seat (-5.4%), Peugeot (-11.9%) and Citroen (-15%) ensure…
Opel is the most popular carmaker in Hungary in 1994 and 1995. * See the Top 25 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary soar 19.2% year-on-year in 1994 to 89.893 units. Opel beats the market with a 23% gain enabling it to take…
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 * French new car sales are down 2% in 1995 at 1,930,504 registrations. All models on the podium see their sales figure drop:…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * (Note these figures include Luxembourg) Traditionally relatively stable, the Belgian Top 10 best-sellers are turned upside down this year. Except for the first two spots still occupied by the VW Golf,…