Ford Fusion March 2020 update: Now with Top 56 All-brands and Top 325 All-models. The Czech market is up a healthy 8.4% in 2008 at 143.661 registrations. Homegrown carmaker Skoda (-9.3%) continues to lose share at 31% vs. 37% a year prior. In contrast Ford (+28.6%), Renault (+22.9%), Volkswagen (+27.1%)…
VW Golf 6 * See the Top 346 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * At 3,090,040 registrations this year, down 2%, German new car sales are at their lowest since the reunification... The VW Golf is slowing getting itself out of the weakest period of the…
Audi A4 * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The car market is down only 1.5% in 2008 in Austria at 293,697 registrations. The VW Golf is the best selling car again this year with 12,724 sales and 4.3% share. It lead the way…
+17% for the Slovak car market in 2008, reaching 70,040 registrations. Skoda places the Fabia and Octavia on top of the sales ranking again, and the Fabia continues its slow decline at -5% this year and 7,922 sales or 11.3% of the market. The Octavia grows faster than the market…
VW Golf * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After two years of chaos, the European models ranking is back to stability - albeit rocked by the GFC - with only 2 models sharing the #1 spot throughout the year. The VW Golf is…
* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The main event in 2008 in the Swiss car market is the constant progression of the Skoda Octavia which is starting to threaten the multi-decade-long leadership of the VW Golf...…
Skoda Octavia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Mariusz * The Polish market is up 9% in 2008 at 344,270 registrations, and the models podium stay unchanged compared to 2007. The Skoda Fabia leads the way for the 4th consecutive year with 14,717…
I only have official figures for the first 8 months of the year, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in touch! In spite of the increased competition triggered by the country's entrance in the European Union, the Dacia Logan maintains its stranglehold on the…
I missed the boat when Danish Full Year 2008 figures were published so I only have the models ranking over the first 8 months of the year. If you have access to Full Year data please get in touch! The Skoda Fabia, helped by the new generation, takes the lead…
Dacia Logan * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Even though sales in Romania are starting to decrease, the Dacia Logan manages to stay on top of the Central & Eastern European models ranking for the 4th consecutive year in 2008 with 75,858 sales…
VW Jetta * See the Top 115 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The VW Jetta is the best selling passenger car in China for the third year in a row, and at 202,303 sales it is still the only model…
Toyota Yaris near Olafsvik, Iceland August 2008 * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * During the first half of 2008 (or just before the GFC), 8,885 cars were sold in Iceland, and Toyota dominated the landscape. The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling car in…
Toyota Yaris in Iceland, August 2008 * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After hitting its record year in 2005, the Icelandic new car market stays at extremely high levels the two following years with 20,198 registrations clocked up in 2006 (-3%) and 19,316…
Skoda Fabia March 2020 update: Now with Top 53 All-brands and Top 310 All-models. In a Czech market up 6.9% at 132.542 registrations, Skoda (-5.3%) falls below the symbolic 40% share at 37%. Ford (+56.5%) surges 4 spots to land in 2nd place at 6.4% share, distancing Renault (-8.5%) at…
VW Passat * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Austrian car sales stay stable over the period at 308,594 registrations in 2006 (+0.2%) and 298,192 in 2007 (-3%). Volkswagen monopolises the podium with the VW Golf #1 both years at 3.7% share in 2006…