Ford Falcon * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * Excellent year for new car sales in Australia in 1995, up 4% to 642,557 registrations, second only to the 1985 score of 695,856. Both Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore grow faster…
Opel is the most popular carmaker in Hungary in 1994 and 1995. * See the Top 25 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title * New car sales in Hungary soar 19.2% year-on-year in 1994 to 89.893 units. Opel beats the market with a 23% gain enabling it to take…
The Pontiac Sunfire instantly becomes the #2 passenger car in Canada. New light vehicle sales in Canada dive -6.1% year-on-year in 1995 to 1.158.435, the lowest volume so far this decade. Brand leaders Ford and Chevrolet ignore the surrounding gloom and both gain 2.8% year-on-year to improve their shares to…
Nissan March * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Thanks to a tip from Joe I can now share with you the Top 15 most popular models in Japan in 1995. Unsurprisingly, the Toyota Corolla is the best-seller this year with 235,738 sales, followed…
The Daihatsu Feroza ranks 5th in Indonesia in 1994 and 1995. The Indonesian new car market soars 51% year-on-year in 1994 to break a new annual volume record at 279.228 registrations. Toyota (+54.1%) manages to outpace the overall growth to improve its share to 27.2%, while Suzuki (+40%) drops to…
Ford F-Series The Ford F-Series goes from strength to strength: for its 14th consecutive year atop the overall American models ranking and even though it will be completely relaunch next year, it is up 7% to reach 691,452 sales, a personal volume record. The Chevrolet C/K drops 8% to 536,901…
Second year of reign for the Proton Wira in Malaysia. Another spectacular gain for new car sales in Malaysia in 1995: up 42.9% to a new record 280.675 registrations. Local manufacturer Proton (+27.3%) continues to see its domination eroded, losing over six percentage points of market share but remaining above…
The Punto helps Fiat up 31.7% in Ireland in 1995. The Irish new car market continues to gallop ahead at +8.1% to 86.905 registrations in 1995. The Top 6 brands are unchanged on 1994 but evolve in vastly different ways: Ford (+3.1%) keeps the lead at 14.8% just above Opel…
Toyota Corolla * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Vic * Thanks to Vic I can share with you some insights on the South African car market in the early to mid nineties. The Toyota Corolla and Conquest, counted together, dominate the market without…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * Car sales in Greece are up 14% in 1995 to 128,137 registrations, and for its first full year of sales in the country the Fiat Punto manages to dominate the models…
FAW Tianjin ends the year just 7,300 sales below Volkswagen. The Chinese new vehicle market slows down its growth in 1994 at "just" +11% year-on-year to 1,173,151 sales. Volkswagen (+9.3%) is slower and is now threatened by FAW Tianjin (+69.7%) only 7,300 units below. Yuejin (+80.8%) is up seven spots…
Opel Corsa * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * For its first full year of sales in the country, the Fiat Punto manages the exceptional feat of coming just 49 units short of the pole position in Portugal in 1994…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The Norwegian new car market goes from 61,000 registrations in 1993 to 85,000 in 1994, and the VW Golf leads both years with 3,970 sales and 6.5% in '93 and 6,903…
VW Golf * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * 267,000 new vehicles found a buyer in Switzerland in 1994, and after an interruption last year by the Opel Astra, the VW Golf reclaims the top spot in the models ranking…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * Excellent year for new car sales in Australia, up 10% to 616,256 registrations, or nearly back to its 1990 level (617,298). After two years of Ford Falcon domination, the Holden Commodore…