March 2020 update: Now with Top 62 All-brands and Top 350 All-models. The Czech car market is up 4.7% in 2010 at 169,236 registrations. Skoda (+11.3%) seems to have bottomed out, improving its share for the first time since we started following Czech brands ranking annually in 2005. It bounces…
* See the Top 290 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * The Greek car market was hit hard by the economic crisis this year, down 36% to 141,404 registrations, with December down 62%. #6 in 2009, the Toyota Yaris is the best-selling car in Greece…
VW Golf * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Finnish car market is up 24% in 2010 with 110,475 registrations, and the VW Golf is the best-selling model for the third consecutive year at 6,172 sales and 5.6%, up 36%. The Toyota Avensis…
After last month's poor results, Tata has been busy trying to resuscitate the Nano with new TV ads, easier financing and an extended warranty, and it worked so far: the Nano is #12 in December with 5,784 sales, its best month since July. Let's see if this recovery will last…
Best Selling Cars now covers 154 countries around the world, so we can rank models by the number of times they appear #1 in any given country (more on the methodology below). This is exclusive to Best Selling Cars, you won't find it anywhere else! Toyota places 4 models in the…
The Austrian car market is growing by 9% year-on-year in November with 28,024 registrations. Behind the VW Golf, a tad weak at 4.8%, and the Hyundai i30, 2nd again at 3%, the VW Sharan now fully enjoys its renewal with an outstanding 3rd position at 832 sales and 3% share!…
Very healthy Romanian market in November: up 35% year-on year at 11,440 registrations, however the year-to-date figure is still down 22% at 82,069. The Dacia Logan is in very good shape again this month at 29.5% market share, a level it has attained a few times this year which is…
In a very stable market (+2% year-on-year), Skoda delivers a 1-2-3 in November: the Skoda Octavia reaches a very solid 16.2% share (vs. 15.4% YTD) whereas the Skoda Fabia slips back below 10% at 8.8%, and the Superb climbs back onto the podium with 3.1%. The Ford Focus is #4…
The Polish market is up a healthy 20% in October at 30,380 registrations, bringing the 2010 YTD total to -1% at 264,470. The Skoda Octavia (5.9%) and Fabia (3.8%) maintain their domination in Poland, ahead of the VW Golf which reaches a very satisfying third place. The Opel Astra and…
Still extremely healthy, the Finnish car market is up 32% in November (8,146 registrations) and 23% in 2010 (104,311). The models ranking is getting a bit of a shake up this month, with the Toyota Auris taking the lead at a very solid 4.6% market share, ahead of the Skoda…
The Romanian market is starting to recover from a catastrophic start in 2010 (-85% in January vs. '09!): October is at +9% with 8,281 sales, with the Year-to-date figure still down 27% with 70,629 registrations. No surprises on top: the Dacia Logan is king with 27.7% of the market, very…
The Swiss car market is handling well in 2010 with +7% over the 1st half of the year and 143,046 registrations. Not surprisingly, the VW Golf is by far the best-selling model in the country, but its market share (4.2%) is much weaker than in Germany (8.2%) and Austria (5.2%).…
The Slovakian market is slowly recovering from a dismal year: October is at +10% vs. 2009 but the year-to-date sales are still at -33% vs. last year. Like in Czech Republic, the Skoda Octavia is ahead, followed by the Fabia, but their market shares are significantly lower: 8.6% and 7.5%…
The Lithuanian car market has been severely hit by the economic crisis: after dropping by 66% in 2009, it contracts by another 26% over the 1st Semester 2010 at 3,553 sales, and by 22% in June at 723 sales. Given the small size of the market, the models ranking is…
Renault Scenic * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Estonian car market is slower by 19% over the first trimester 2010 (2,185 sales), and by 3% in March (864 sales). This is a very small market so the ranking by model is constantly…