The Renault Megane is the most popular vehicle in Turkey in 2001. The Turkish new light vehicle market crashes and burns in 2001 at -70.3% year-on-year to just 184,047 units. The Top 3 carmakers fall slightly slower than the market. Renault is off -68.4% to 21.2% share, followed by Fiat…
The Lada Riva (2106 pictured) is up to 26.9% share in 2001. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 225 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new light vehicle market is up 7.4% year-on-year in 2001 to hit a new all-time record at 1.165.161 registrations. Russian…
Mercedes C Class * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * The German car market slows down its decline this year at -1% and 3,341,718 registrations. No surprise at #1: the VW Golf holds on tight to its title of…
VW Passat * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In a market down 6% at 91,916 registrations, the top of the sales ranking is turned upside down this year, but Volkswagen keeps the first spot, in the form of the VW Passat. Renewed in…
Peugeot 206 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * With 2,254,733 units sold in 2001, the French market is up 6% and delivers its third best year ever behind 1990 and 1989. The Peugeot 206 takes the lead for the first time in the country…
Fiat Seicento * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks SEBA & Mariusz * The Polish market continues on its bad run: after losing 25% in 2000, it drops by 32% in 2001 to 327,251 registrations. The best-selling model in the country is still the…
Skoda Felicia May 2025 update: Now with Top 30 models ranking for all years. The light vehicle market is stable over the period in Czech Republic at 158,640 registrations in 1998. 162,923 in 1999 and 164,816 in 2000. The Skoda Felicia dominates the models ranking, reaching market shares of 35.2%…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 2000 the VW Golf manages to keep the title of Europe's best-selling car for the 17th year in the last 18 without too much difficulty. It delivers 690,400 sales for a 4.7% market share,…
Suzuki holds 21.1% of the Hungarian market in 2000. * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary edge up 2.3% year-on-year in 2000 to 132.876, their highest level since we started following Hungary annually in 1993. Suzuki remains the most…
The Seat Ibiza tops the Spanish charts for the 5th time. After two consecutive record annual volumes, the Spanish market catches its breath in 2000, edging down just -1.9% to 1.359.866 which is the 2nd largest annual score in Spanish history. Renault (-11.9%) is faithful to its traditional brands pole…
The Symbol sedan accounts for the majority of Clio sales in Turkey 618,704 new cars hit Turkish roads in 2000, a stunning 63.7% year-on-year bounce and believed to be a new record. Renault (+57.1%) and Ford (+62.6%) evolve roughly like the market and stay on top of the brands charts,…
VW Gol * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Many thanks to Bruno for the data * The VW Gol enjoys its third consecutive year atop the Argentinean models ranking with 22,168 sales in 2000, followed by the Chevrolet Corsa at 18,893 units. For its first full…
2 out of every 3 cars sold in Romania in 1998 are 1310 variants. The Romanian new car market resumes its upwards run in 1998 with sales up 24.4% to a new record 139.867 units. Dacia (+7%) lags behind the market growth, resulting in a markedly lower yet still ultra-dominant…
The Fiat Punto is #1 in Ireland for the third straight year. The Irish new car market stuns in 2000 with a stratospheric 32.5% year-on-year gain lifting the annual volume way above the 200.000 mark for the first time in history at 230.804. Toyota (+33.8%) is back above Ford (+29.6%)…
VW Golf * See the Top 120 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Thanks to a tip from Florian, we now have access to the 120 best-sellers in the entire world, data sourced on Interautonews and AutoWorld. We were expecting the Toyota Corolla to…