The Ford Focus is the best-selling foreign nameplate in Russia in 2006. * See the Top 63 All-brands and Top 320 All-models by clicking on the title * The Russian new car market enjoys a 4th consecutive all-time record year in 2006, up a fantastic 19.7% year-on-year to 1.953.998 registrations. As it…
Suzuki Swift * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary drop 5.6% year-on-year in 2006 to 187.842 units. Local producer Suzuki celebrates ten consecutive years atop the brands ranking but sinks 17% this year to 17.4% share.…
Hyundai NF Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of interruption by the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Hyundai Sonata reclaims the pole position in South Korea this year through its new generation NF with 93,045 sales,…
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…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 35 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After losing the top spot to the Hyundai Avante at mid-year, the Hyundai Sonata reclaims the title of best-selling car in South Korea by the end of 2003, and this for…
Samsung SM525 * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea again in 2002 but its sales are down 3% on 2001 to 109,293 and it is now threatened by the…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * Third consecutive year of domination for the Hyundai Sonata, up 8% to 113,200 sales thanks to its facelift. The Hyundai Avante XD is up 49% and 4 spots to #2 at…
The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland over the period... * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * New car sales in Finland continue to gallop ahead at +8.8% to 136.224 units, the highest score in exactly ten years, since…
Daewoo Rezzo (aka Tacuma) * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea for the 2nd year running in 2000 thanks to 105,111 sales, down 7% year-on-year. Excellent performance of the…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of reign, the Daewoo Matiz is down one spot and 7% to #2 with 82,688 sales in 1999, passed by the Hyundai EF Sonata, up 4 ranks and…
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…
The Daewoo Leganza lands at #3 in South Korea in 1997. 1997 marks the largest decline so far this decade at -7.3% to 1.468.699 units. Hyundai (-10.8%) falls faster than te market and sees its share thaw to 46.9% but the big event this year is Daewoo (+23.7%) surging past…
The Opel Astra is the best-selling vehicle in Finland for the first time. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * The Finnish new car market is finally recovering after sinking from 177.000 units in 1989 to just 55.700 in 1993. It is up…
The Hyundai Avante is only 3.600 sales off a first annual win in 1996. After a pause in 1995, new car sales in South Korea resume their crazed progression in 1996 at +5.9% to 1.584.129 units, a new record. Hyundai (+1.1%) slips back below 50% share at 48.7%, Kia (+3.8%)…
Daewoo is the #3 brand in Hungary in 1996 * See the Top 35 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary rebound back up 9.5% in 1996 to 74.328 units. Opel signs a third consecutive year in pole position, outpacing the market at +14%…