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…
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…
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 facelifted Oda lifts IZH up 83% to 4th place in the Russian brands ranking in 2000. * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales edge down 1.8% year-on-year in 2000 in Russia but remain above the symbolic…
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…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian car market jumps 30.3% year-on-year in 1998 to 104.055 registrations, its first six-digit figure this decade. Suzuki enjoys a second consecutive year atop the brands ranking with deliveries soaring…
Skoda Felicia * See the Top 15/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian * The car market is stable over the period in Czech Republic at 141,200 registrations in 1998 and 146,300 in 1999. The Skoda Felicia dominates the models ranking head and shoulders, reaching…
The Skoda Felicia, actually an evolution of the 1987 Skoda Favorit, launches in October 1994 and replaces the Favorit atop the Slovakian car sales for the next 5 years, in all likeliness reaching market shares of between 33 and 50%. More details about the Skoda Felicia here, more pictures: click on…
The Lada Riva holds 27.1% of the Russian market in 1999. * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 155 All-models by clicking on the title * Thanks to sales soaring 18.2% year-on-year, the Russian market edges past the one million annual mark for the third time in the past…
VW Golf Opel Astra * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * Over the first 6 months of 1999, Germans bought 2,037,526 new cars, only the third time in history (after 1991 and 1992) that the 2 million mark is…
The Seat Ibiza scores a third consecutive pole position at home. New car registrations in Spain surge 16.8% year-on-year in 1998 to break an all-time annual volume record dating back to 1989 to 1.166.748 units. Renault (+24.3%), Seat (+19.8%) and Citroen (+18.7%) all outpace the market in a podium unchanged…
VW Golf See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * In 1998 the VW Golf clocked in 26,364 sales, that's twice the amount of the #2, the VW Passat at 13,451 units. The Opel Astra takes the 3rd spot with 13,131 units, and only one more…
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…