Suzuki Swift * See the Top 40 All-brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Hungarian market is down 4.3% year-on-year in 2005 to 199.068 registrations. Suzuki posts a 9th consecutive year atop the brands ranking, this time frankly outpacing the market at +16% to 19.7%…
Peugeot 307 * See the Top 10/20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Peugeot has a brilliant time in Denmark! The Peugeot 307 is the best-selling car in the country for 3 years running, starting at 5,423 sales in 2003, then 5,959 in 2004 and 5,878 and 4%…
Toyota Kijang Innova The Indonesian new car market gains 11.7% year-on-year in 2005 to a 2nd all-time record in a row at 493.583 units according to manufacturers, 534.000 according to Gaikindo (add the Mitsubishi Colt at 35.000 sales). Toyota (+29.7%) almost triples the market growth to hit 36% share, its…
* See the Top 25 All-brands and Top 95 All-models by clicking on the title * Indian new vehicle sales gain a further 7.3% in 2005 to lodge a fourth consecutive record volume at 1.225.678 units. Maruti continues to follow the market to remain very stable market share-wise at 42%.…
Toyota Yaris in Cuzco, Peru December 2005 * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * I only have official figures for the first 9 months of the year, so if you have more complete data please make sure to get in…
Suzuki Ignis * See the Top 37 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Hungary are stable in 2004 at 208.044 units (-0.2%) but market leader Suzuki sinks 15% to 16.3% share and #2 Opel is down 11% to 24.147 while Renault…
The Toyota Kijang Innova launches in Indonesia in 2004. New car sales in Indonesia surge 37.9% year-on-year in 2004 to smash its all-time volume record, crossing the 400.000 unit benchmark for the first time in history at 441.912 wholesales. Brand leader Toyota (+40.8%) drives the growth with an improved 31%…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * I only have data for the first 9 months of the year and over that period 732,004 vehicles were sold in the region. Like in 2002 and 2003 the Skoda Fabia is the best-selling model…
Launched in December 1984 in India, the Maruti 800 was originally based on the 1979 Suzuki Fronte, before being replaced by a rebadged version of the 1984 Suzuki Alto in 1986. It was India's best selling car for 20 years, from 1985 to 2004 and over 2.5 million units of…
The Buick Regal is now inside the Chinese Top 10 and #6 Passenger Car. The Chinese new vehicle market continues on its gigantic year-on-year gains in 2003 at +37.4%, passing both the 3 million and 4 million annual sales in the process. The market goes from 2,954,986 units in 2002…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 35 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title! * 208.430 new light vehicles found a buyer in Hungary in 2003. Suzuki remains dominant with 19.1% share, distancing Opel (13%), Renault (9.5%) and Skoda (7.3%) with Volkswagen (7.1%) rounding out the Top…
The Honda CR-V breaks into the Indonesian Top 10 in 2003. In 2003 the Indonesian new car market advances 11.1% year-on-year to cross the 300.000 annual unit milestone for only the third time in history after 1995 and 1997 at 320.457. Toyota (+19.6%) outpaces the market to climb back above…
Skoda Fabia * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Exceptional results over the period for the Skoda Fabia: it sells 120,645 units in 2002 and 128,001 in 2003 in the region, by far the best-selling model in Central and Eastern Europe. The Suzuki Swift,…
The VW Jetta is the best-selling Passenger Car in China in 2002. Exceptional year for new vehicle sales in China: up a whopping 40.7% year-on-year to 2,954,986 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (+43.5%) even outraces the market to almost 475,000 sales, distancing Changan (+29.8%) and FAW (+60.8%), the latter up three…
Suzuki Wagon R+ * See the Top 8 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After the Swift at the end of the nineties, the Suzuki Wagon R+ becomes the best-selling car in Hungary in 2002 with 10,209 units sold. It is followed by the Skoda Fabia at 8,985…