VW Golf III * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * The German car market is down 5% this year at 3,929,558 registrations.This is the year the new generation VW Golf and Opel Astra gear up. The VW Golf III…
Renault Clio * See the Top 233 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! Many thanks to STAC for making this post possible! * French car sales are up 4% this year to 2,105,700 registrations. 18 months after its original launch, the Renault Clio finds its…
Fiat Uno * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to José * The Fiat Uno stays strong both years in Portugal at 26,096 sales and 11.5% in 1991 and 28,588 and 10.3% in 1992. It is joined on the podium both times by…
VW Gol The VW Gol grabs over 18% of the Brazilian market in 1992 with 135,668 sales, ahead of the Fiat Uno at 86,898 sales and the Chevrolet Monza at 53,505 units. In fact the podium has stayed unchanged for the last 3 years, with the Gol delivering 102,204 units…
The Nissan Tsuru/Sentra overtakes the VW Beetle to become Mexico's #1. The Mexican new light vehicle market gains a round 10% in 1992 to 635.738 units, but remains extremely stable as far as the brands ranking is concerned with the Top 10 unchanged. Volkswagen (-3.1%) sees its share drop to…
Fiat Uno Fiat Panda * See the Top 15 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in Italy reach a record level in 1992 at 2,374,775 registrations. The Fiat Uno is very stable in pole position with 336,262 sales and 14.2% share. The Fiat Panda reclaims…
VW Golf * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The traditional VW Golf / Opel Kadett battle for the European best-seller title takes a completely different direction in 1992. To improve its chances of putting its star model in the…
The Renault Clio is the most popular vehicle in Spain for the 2nd year running. After two years of decline, new car sales in Spain bounce back up 10.4% year-on-year in 1992 to 977.320 units. The entire Top 6 brands are in positive, with Renault (+7.6%) easily holding on to the…
I haven't managed to access official car sales data for Austria over the period, but in all likeliness the VW Golf should lead the ranking with a comfortable margin during the 25 years from 1977 to 1992. Three generations of the model were successively on sale these years: the 1st…
The new generation Escort helps Ford to #1 brand in Ireland. New car sales in Ireland edge up 0.9% year-on-year in 1992 to 68.359. This year Ford (+3.5%) overtakes Toyota (-5%) to snap the brands pole position, while Opel (+15.8%) is back above Nissan (-5.3%) to return on the podium.…
Volvo 940 * See 'Read more for the Top 25 best-selling models! Many thanks to Torbjörn for the data * Compared to the 340,000 units reached in 1988, the Swedish car market is at a very weak 154,173 registrations in 1992. Launched in 1990, the Volvo 900 is the best-selling model…
The VW Santana is the best-selling vehicle in China in 1991. 501,838 new vehicles were registered in China in 1991, a 38.3% year-on-year surge. Volkswagen leads the way with over 50,000 sales, well above Isuzu (just under 15,000), Toyota (almost 12,800) and Beijing Jeep (11,300). FAW Tianjin rounds out the…
The VW Beetle is the most popular nameplate in Mexico in 1991. 577.764 light vehicles found a buyer in Mexico in 1991, and Volkswagen dominates the market head and shoulders with 27.8% share, distancing Nissan (19.8%), Dodge (18.1%) and Ford (13.4%) with the Top 4 brands holding a whopping 79.1%…
The Toyota Corolla confirms its steady increase over the last 15 years with very high production numbers in the early nineties: 980,000 units produced in 1990 and 960,000 in 1991. The VW Golf takes the 2nd spot in 1991 at 820,000 units, 120,000 of which are the 3rd generation launched…
Volvo 940 * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Nils * Rare change of guard atop the Swedish models ranking in 1991: for its first full year of sales in the country, the Volvo 900 takes the lead thanks to 15,757 sales…