The Fiat Punto is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland in 1998. It's a 5th consecutive year in positive for the Irish new car market in 1998 at +6.6% to 145.715 registrations. This year it's Toyota (+23.5%) that spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking at 11.5% share, but it…
VW Golf In 1998 the VW Golf celebrates its 18th consecutive year atop the German model ranking (it's an adult now!) with a 21% sales increase thanks to the arrival of the 4th generation launched in late 1997. The Golf nameplate is back above 300,000 annual sales with 338,550 units…
Daewoo Tico * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Polish car market is up a very healthy 8% in 1998 to 518,019 registrations. With the passage of relay from the Fiat Cinquecento to the Seicento launched this year, the models ranking gets completely…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * French car sales are up a healthy 14% this year at 1,943,553 registrations. The race for the first place was very close, with the Renault Megane leading up until August. However…
Lada 112. Picture by www.autonavigator.ru * Now updated with detailed foreign models sales * A third popular model is added to the Lada range in 1996: the Lada 110 sedan, declined in station wagon (called 111) in 1998 and in hatchback (called 112) in 2000. In all likeliness, the Lada 110 Series…
The Chevrolet Corsa could be the best-selling model in Colombia from 1995 onwards * See the Top 30 best-selling brands in 1997-98 by clicking on the title! * I only have total sales data over the period and a brands ranking for the Full Year 1997 and the first 3…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * After two years of interruption by the Fiat Punto in 1995 and 1996, the Opel Corsa reclaims the pole position in the Portuguese models ranking in 1996 and ranks Number 1 for…
The Polo scores its first Top 10 finish just as Volkswagen is #1 for the first time in 30 years. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland gain another 8.6% in 1997 to cross the 100.000…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * In 1997, the Ford Fiesta stays on top for the second year in a row, but it didn't look like it at the start of the year: boosted by its facelift,…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After leading for 4 months in 1995-1996, the Fiat Punto finally makes its mark over the European car market and puts an end to 14 years of uninterrupted domination by the VW Golf. The Fiat…
Suzuki takes the lead of the Hungarian brands ranking for the first time in 1997. * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * The Hungarian new car market edges up 7.4% in 1997 to 79.827 registrations. Seven years after the establishment of its new plant in Esztergom…
Although its production stopped in 1989 in the rest of the world, the Renault 9 survives in Turkey. In 1996, the Turkish new car market bounces back up 17.6% to 296,387 units. Big event atop the brands ranking: Renault (-1.5%) topples long term leader Tofas (-32.9%) to become the most…
Renault 19 * See 'Read more' for the Top 10 best-selling models! Many thanks to Bruno for the data * While the Renault Megane has already replaced it in Europe, the Renault 19 manages to snap away from the VW Gol the title of best-selling car in Argentina in 1997…
Ford is back to #1 brand in Ireland in 1997. It's a second consecutive double-digit gain for the Irish new car market with sales up a whopping 18.7% in 1997 to 136.662 units. Even though it trails the market, Ford (+12.3%) reclaims the top spot while VW-Audi (+35.7%) leaps up…
Volvo V70 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Swedish car market is up 25% year-on-year in 1996 to 225,263 registrations. The Volvo 850 gets replaced by the S/V/C70, denoting the Sedan, Versatile (Station Wagon) and Coupe versions. Sales are not split in…