The Ford Transit is the best-selling vehicle in Turkey in 2002. The Turkish new light vehicle market remains in purgatory in 2002, down a further -13.9% to 158,388 units. Big event atop the brands charts: the leadership changes hand as Fiat (-15.4%) snaps the pole position off Renault (-46.6%) which…
Honda Fit * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 2002 is a historical year: for the first time in 34 years, the Toyota Corolla is not the best selling car in Japan! The car responsible for this extraordinary event is the Honda Fit. Launched…
The Mazda Protege is inside the Canadian Top 5 both in 2001 and 2002. New light vehicle sales in Canada edge up 0.8% in 2001 to 1.562.460 units, believed to be a new record. Ford (-10.1%) struggles but remains the most popular brand at 15.5% share, distancing Chevrolet (-2.7%) which…
The Lada Riva remains the best-seller but drops 21%. * See the Top 45 All-brands and Top 230 All-models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in Russia drop 2.5% year-on-year in 2002 to 1.136.379. Local carmakers resist very well this year given the influx of new…
The Toyota Kijang hasn't been threatened in the Indonesian first place for the past 24 years. Exceptional year for new car sales in Indonesia with the 1999 volume multiplied by 3.5 (+241.2%) to reach 289.747, the highest since 1996. As expected Toyota (+240%) drives the market growth to a stable…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 240 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Kostas * New car sales are down 4% in 2002 in Greece to 268,287 registrations. In third place both in 2000 and 2001, the Fiat Punto is up 2 spots this year to…
The Proton Waja ranks #3 in Malaysia for the 2nd straight year. The Malaysian new car market signs a 4th consecutive double-digit gain in 2002 at +10.4% leading to the very first annual volume above 400.000 units at 439.814. For the first time since 1997 and only the third time…
The Tata Indica is up to 9.6% share in India four years after launch. * See the Top 17 All-brands and Top 60 All-models by clicking on the title * After a 3% drop in 2001, the Indian new car market is back on its record run in 2002 thanks…
Fiat Seicento * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Another year in the red for Poland car sales, down 5% on 2001 to 310,929 registrations. The locally produced Fiat Seicento is the best-selling model in the country for the fourth (but last) year in…
Opel Astra * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Over the period car sales in Latvia went from 7,306 to 7,836 registrations, and the Opel Astra is the best-seller each year, peaking at 424 sales and 5.5% share in 2001. The VW Bora is…
2002 Holden Commodore * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Record car market in Australia this year with 824,309 units sold, up 7% year-on-year and beating the previous record of 807,649 in 1998. The Holden Commodore sees its sales boosted by the arrival of the new…
The Isuzu Faster Z was also called Golden Power, Dragon Eyes or Dragon Power in Thailand over the period. The Thai new vehicle market wakes up from its financial crisis torpor with a 53.6% year-on-year surge in 1999 leading to 212.974 sales, albeit less than half the high of 547.000 sales…
Honda Accord The Ford F-Series passes an important benchmark this year: 900,000 sales in one year! At 911,597 units it is up 4% on 2000 sales. It even reaches the out-of-this world figure of 102,424 sales in one month in October, its new monthly volume record... The Chevrolet Silverado is…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Marc * Car sales in Italy are stable in 2001 at 2,417,149 registrations. The Fiat Punto still comfortably leads the Italian models ranking and improves its market share year-on-year to 11.9% thanks to…
The Proton Wira remains the most popular vehicle in Malaysia. In 2000, Malaysia continues its recovery with new car sales up 18.8% in 2000 to 343.350. Finally, the two local carmakers let go a tiny bit of their hold on their national market: Proton (+14.9%) drops its share slightly to…