Ford Focus * See the Top 20/30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The British car market beats its own volume record twice over the period: to 2,563,631 units in 2002 and 2,579,050 in 2003. The Ford Focus, best seller for the 4th and…
Suzuki Wagon R+ * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After the Swift at the end of the nineties, the Suzuki Wagon R+ becomes the best-selling car in Hungary in 2002 with 10,209 units sold. It is followed by the Skoda Fabia at 8,985…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Italian car sales are down 6% in 2002 at 2,345,086 registrations. In February 2002, the Fiat Punto celebrates its 100th consecutive month on top of Italian models ranking, but finishes the year below 10% share…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Total reshuffle atop the Danish models ranking this year, with the Peugeot 206 taking the leadership position for the first time in the country with 6,808 sales, up 29% on 2001. To complete a very…
The Skoda Fabia launches in October 1999 and is the first Skoda model with all of its mechanical parts developed by or in conjunction with Volkswagen. It replaces the Felicia at the lead of Czech car sales in 2001 with 25.5% share, keeping its title in 2002 when it holds…
VW Golf * See the Top 95 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2002 started swimmingly well for the Peugeot 206: #1 over the first Quarter, #1 over the first Half...but it was just not meant to be. The VW Golf keeps the European best-seller title in 2002,…
The Ford Transit is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in 2002. The Turkish new light vehicle market remains in purgatory in 2002, down a further -13.9% to 158,388 units. Big event atop the brands charts: the leadership changes hand as Fiat (-15.4%) snaps the pole position off Renault (-46.6%) which…
The Paykan closes a reign over Iranian sales that started in 2002. No sign of abating for the Iranian new car market growth in 2002 at +42.3% to brilliantly cross the half-million mark for the first time in history at 520.544 sales. Iran Khodro (+26.5%) visibly trails the market gain…
Renault Clio * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Many thanks to Bruno for the data * The Argentinean car market is struggling over the period, with the top seller well under 15,000 units for the first time in over 15 years... The Renault Clio surprisingly takes…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 240 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * New car sales are down 4% in 2002 in Greece to 268,287 registrations. In third place both in 2000 and 2001, the Fiat Punto is up 2 spots this year to…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models and every monthly Top 10 by clicking on the title! * Car sales are down 3% in Germany this year at 3,252,898 units. No surprises on top: the VW Golf leads the way again but with 255,430 sales it delivers its…
Fiat Seicento * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another year in the red for Poland car sales, down 5% on 2001 to 310,929 registrations. The locally produced Fiat Seicento is the best-selling model in the country for the fourth (but last) year in…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 245 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * This year Peugeot manages the extraordinary feat of placing two models atop the ranking: the Peugeot 206 with 21,173 sales and 4.1% and the Peugeot 307 at 18,849 sales and 3.7%.…
The Ford Focus is the best-selling vehicle in Spain for the first time. 2002 volumes are down -7.2% in Spain to 1.308.877 units. Renault (-6.6%) remains the most popular brand with Citroen (-4.4%) up 3 spots to #2 ahead of Peugeot (-6.1%), Opel (-11.9%) and Seat (-9.3%). Model-wise, the Ford Focus…
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…