Lithuania Full Year 2010: Peugeot 3008 in the lead

8,906 new cars (+7%) were registered in Lithuania in 2010 according to Autotyrimai, 7,970 (+6%) according to JATO. Lithuania is the first and only country in the world to reward the Peugeot 3008 with the best-selling car title, thanks to 456 units sold in the country last year. The Nissan Qashqai is #2 with 434 sales, and the Renault Megane rounds off the podium with 358 sales. Please get in touch if you have any additional information.

Models ranking source: Autotyrimai

Lithuania June 2010: Yeti roars

The Lithuanian car market has been severely hit by the economic crisis: after dropping by 66% in 2009, it contracts by another 26% over the 1st Semester 2010 at 3,553 sales, and by 22% in June at 723 sales.

Given the small size of the market, the models ranking is very volatile and in June the Skoda Yeti takes the lead with 49 units sold and a 6.8% market share. #2 is the Nissan Qashqai at 5.5% and #3 is the Skoda Octavia at 5.3% of the market.

USSR/Russia 1986-1995: Lada 2104-7 and Samara dominate

Lada Samara

A second very popular Lada model appeared on the Soviet Union’s roads in 1984: the Lada Sputnik, better known worldwide as Samara. The 3-door hatchback was launched in 1984, followed by the 5-door hatchback in 1987 and the sedan in 1990.

In all likeliness, the Samara should feature along the Lada 2104/5/7 on top of  the car sales ranking of the USSR from 1986 to 1991, Russia from 1992 to 1995. I couldn’t find any official figures for this period so if you have any please do get in touch! More info on the Lada Samara here.

Lada 2105

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USSR 1980-1985: Lada 2104-7 likely leader

Lada 2105

Lada launches the 2105 in 1979, basically a restyled 2101. Despite the absence of official sales figures it is easy to imagine that the more modern 2105 would lead car sales in the Soviet Union during the first half of the eighties.

The traditional Deluxe version, named 2107, is added in 1982 and the Station Wagon, 2104, appears in 1984. More info on the Lada 2105 series here.

Lada 2104

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USSR 1970-1979: Lada 2101-3 conquers the Soviet roads

Lada 2101

The brand VAZ (Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod), better known worldwide as Lada, was established in the late 1960’s in collaboration with Fiat and started producing the 2101, a localised version of the Fiat 124, in 1979.

Even though there are no official figures available, the Lada 2101 in all likeliness dominated car sales in the USSR throughout the seventies. In 1972 the 2102, a Station Wagon, and the 2103, a Deluxe version, are added, reinforcing the domination of the model on the Soviet roads.  More info on the Lada 2101 series here.

Please get in touch if you have any data relating to this period!

Lada 2102

Lada 2103

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