Volvo 850 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Torbjörn and STAC * Swedish car sales are up 9% in '95 to 169,756 registrations and up 6% in '96 to 180,181 units. The Volvo 850 delivers its best year ever in '95, up 10%…
Toyota Carina * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * While the Toyota Carina brilliantly keeps the lead of the Danish models ranking thanks to 6,679 sales and 4.8%, the VW Polo is up a spectacular 27 spots on its 1994 ranking to 2nd place…
The VW Santana 2000 has landed in China. 1,258,702 new vehicles found a buyer in China in 1995, a shy 7.3% year-on-year improvement. The Chinese market is showing signs of slowing down after gaining just 11% in 1994 vs. 44.3% in 1993. In any case, Volkswagen (+46.2%) widens the gap…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling modelsby clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * The Portuguese new car market is down 13% in 1995 to 201,444 registrations. After falling only 49 units short of the pole position last year, the Fiat Punto takes its revenge over the…
1994 VW Gol Thanks to the second generation launched last year, the VW Gol reclaims the title of best-selling car in Brazil in 1995 with 287,443 sales and 22.1% share, up 30% on 1994. The Gol was market leader 8 months out of 12 and peaked at 31,276 sales in…
The Nissan Tsuru holds 14.6% share of the Mexican market in 1995. Complete and utter debacle for the Mexican new car market in 1995, hit full frontal at -70.4% to just 171.284 units. Nissan (-67.5%) bypasses Volkswagen (-79%) to become the most popular brand in Mexico for what is believed…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Car sales in Italy continue to be relatively weak at 1,741,018 units in 1995. The Fiat Punto owns the market and improves its market share again to a mammoth 18.8% this year and 326,789 sales.…
Fiat Punto * See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * A once-in-a-decade event occurs in November 1995: after 154 consecutive months of VW Golf domination, the Fiat Punto takes the reins of the European car market with 51,058 sales vs. 50,693…
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…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * Car sales in Germany are up 3% this year with 3,314,061 registrations. The VW Golf enjoys its 3rd year in a row above 10% share, leader again with 342,135 sales,…
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…
Renault Clio * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! Many thanks to STAC for making this post possible * French new car sales are down 2% in 1995 at 1,930,504 registrations. All models on the podium see their sales figure drop:…
In October 1984, Volkswagen signed a contract with the STAC (Shanghai Tractor Automobile Corporation), along with the CNAIC (China National Automotive Industry Corporation) and the Bank of China to form the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive joint venture. This JV was established to build the VW Santana, in spite of its limited success…
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…
Ford Mondeo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * (Note these figures include Luxembourg) Traditionally relatively stable, the Belgian Top 10 best-sellers are turned upside down this year. Except for the first two spots still occupied by the VW Golf,…