South Korea 2004: Hyundai Santa Fe takes control

Hyundai Santa Fe * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * After 5 consecutive years in pole position, the transition between two generations of Hyundai Sonata (EF to NF) is fatal for the nameplate: in 2004 the Hyundai Santa Fe is the most popular…

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World 2000: VW Golf in pole position!

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…

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South Korea 1998: Daewoo Matiz takes pole position

Daewoo Matiz The financial crisis hit the South Korean car market with a vengeance: going from 1,512,935 units in 1997 to 779,905 in 1998, a drop of 48%! Small cars are more popular this year with the Daewoo Matiz, just launched, taking the lead with 88,951 sales and 11.4% share…

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Australia 1997: Commodore & Falcon down, Kia lands

Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Record year for the Australian new car market, up 11% on 1996 to 722,642 registrations, for the first time above 700,000 and beating the 695,856 units delivered in 1985. Both in a transition year with…

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