VW Golf * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rene I can now share with you a Top 25 by decade in Switzerland, giving us a great insight into the best-selling models in the country at that time. This decade marks the…
Renault 5 16/09/2026 update: Now with Top 54 All brands and All models rankings. 1,976,391 new cars found a buyer in France in 1979, which is believed to be a new record. Renault holds a commanding 35% share, distancing Peugeot at 18.1% and Citroen at 16.5%. Talbot comes fourth with…
Renault 5 No change atop the French models ranking: the Renault 5 confirms its domination: it holds 10.1% of the market in 1977 and 10% in 1978. I don't have any detailed sales ranking for these years in France so if you do please make sure to get in touch…
Opel Kadett * Many thanks to Rene for making this post possible! * * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on this article's title or 'Read more'! * Throughout the period the Opel Kadett is top of the class, reaching 28,393 sales for a 5.9% market share in…
1969 Chrysler Valiant * See the 1970-1973 yearly brands rankings & many more vintage pictures by clicking on the title! * Thanks to the help of the State Library of Sydney I have been able to continue searching through old Wheels magazines to share with you the evolution of the Australian…
VW Golf * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! - thanks to DC & Florian for the data * The German car market is booming in 1975 at +27% and 2,106,048 registrations. 1975 is the start of a very long reign: that of the VW Golf. For…
Fiat 131 Mirafiori * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 54 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Andrea * Thanks to Andrea I can share with you a detailed models ranking for the first 3 months of 1975 in Italy. Over the period the Italian market crashes…
Mercedes Strich 8 * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! Thanks DC & Florian for the data * Another trip down memory lane today, this time to West Germany in 1974, which is a relatively weak year in terms of sales volume at 1,662,384 registrations. For the…
Volvo 144 * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rene * Norwegian car sales are up a timid 1% in 1974 to 90,239 registrations. The Volvo 140 manages to stay in pole position for the 4th consecutive year at 7,894 units and…
Fiat 127 * See the Top 150 best-selling models and Top 57 All-brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Andrea * After two years spent in the shadow of the Fiat 128, the Fiat 127 becomes the best-selling model in Italy in 1974 and would stay at that position for…
Renault 12 15/09/2026 update: Now with Top 33 brands New passenger car sales in France progress 6.6% year-on-year in 1973 to 1,745,830, an all time record again. Renault (+3.5%) can't match its home market's growth rate and drops to a round 30% share. Peugeot (+16%) is the performer of the…
Simca 1100 15/09/2026 update: Now with Top 36 brands ranking. The French new passenger car market gains 11.5% year-on-year in 1972 to 1,637,540 units. This is a new record. Renault (+18.1%) easily outpaces its home market to reach 31% share vs. 29.2% in 1971. Citroen (+1.5%) and Peugeot (+3.7%) are…
The Peugeot 204 is #1 in France for the third year running. Total Passenger Car sales (including imports) in France add up to 1,468,888 units. French brands including CV is at 1,370,014 (+13%) and with PC+LCV only at 1,288,403 (+13.7%). For the first time we have a complete brands ranking…
Fiat 600 * See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Finnish new car sales drop a steep 18.2% year-on-year in 1971 to 74.907 units and the brands ranking is completely reshuffled, now truly displaying Italian, Japanese and Russian influences. Fiat (+26%) ignores the surrounding…
Second straight win for the Peugeot 204 1,212,381 new French vehicles were delivered in France in 1970 (including commercial vehicles), a -3.6% year-on-year drop. PC and LCV are down -3.1% to 1,133,548. PC only for all brands stands at 1,296,628. Renault (+1.5%) takes off to 39.2% share in first place…