In this article we are going over the Top 50 models ranking up to October 2023 of the largest European car market.

The undiscussed leader remains the Volkswagen Golf, now in its eighth generation model. Reporting 64,930 sales,  a 7.8% year-on-year loss.

The Volkswagen T-roc maintains 2nd spot with 59,337 new sales (+19.6%), in front of the Volkswagen Tiguan which sold 52,887 units (+15.9%).

The Opel Corsa maintains 4th spot with 44,662 sales (+10.8%), in front of the Volkswagen Passat -up 1 spot- with 40,571 sales (+23.9%), the Tesla Model Y at 40,257 (+66.5%) and the Mercedes C Class with 38,527 new sales (+41.8%).

The Mini falls 3 spots into 8th with 37,756 sales (+14.9%), followed by the Skoda Octavia with 36,324 registrations (+24.0%) and finally the Volkswagen ID.4 -up 39 spots- with 30,657 units sold (+107.4%).

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The traditional narrow streets of the Italian towns and the difficulties to find parking areas continue to be the first driver for people to prefer small cars. In the last decade, the increased average price and the reduced purchasing power have further forced a large part of the population to choose a low-cost car, with the success of brands like Dacia, Kia, Hyundai.

After over 40 years from its arrival in the market, the best seller up to October 2023 is always the same: the city-car Fiat Panda which has a substantial advantage over all the followers (6.6% market share), with sales at 84,398 (-3.9%).

The Dacia Sandero, with 3.2% market share, rises 2 spots into 2nd with 40,717 units sold so far and a 49.0% increase from the previous year. The Lancia Ypsilon, ranks in 3rd position with 37,883 sales, an 8.9% year-on-year growth. 

The Toyota Yaris Cross rises 4 spots into 4th with 29,200 sales and a 33.7% boom in ytd volume.

The Volkswagen T-Roc jumps 6 spots into 5th with 27,240 sales (+29.5%), in front of the Fiat 500 at  26,590 (+9.3%), the Dacia Duster at 25,626 (+20.8%) and Ford Puma in 8th with 25,586 sales (+0.9%).

The Citroen C3 falls 6 spots into 9th with 25,379 sales (-8.6%) and the Fiato 500x rises 2 spots into 10th position with 24,581 registrations (+19.6%).

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World Best Selling Compact Cars of  2023. Toyota Corolla keeps dominating the rankings (-0.1%), followed by the Honda Civic (+13.4%) and the Hyundai Elantra (+11.3%). Maruti Baleno, GAC Aion S and Nissan Sentra all enter the Top 10 for the first time.

Taking into consideration sales up to October 2023, as in the past few years, the best-selling compact car remains the Toyota Corolla with 921,568 sales, a 0.1% decrease in sales from the prior year. Produced in Japan since 1966, the Corolla has been the best-selling nameplate in the World for 20 years and is also the best-selling car in all history, with over 50 million sold so far.

In second place we have the Honda Civic with 392,180 units sold (+13.4%). Launched in 1972, it is actually at the 11th generation (since 2021), available as both sedan and liftback. The last generation is the only Civic not to offer a coupe version since the second generation because of its declining sales.

In third position there is the Hyundai Elantra with 273,183 sales  (+11.3%), followed by the Volkswagen Golf with 229,847 new registrations (-11.7%), the Volkswagen Sagitar with 220,450 sales (+25.5%), and the GAC Aion S -up 15 spots- with 193,960 sales (+124.2%).

The Audi A3 with 182,114 registrations maintains 7th spot (+4.9%). Next we have the Maruti Baleno  -up 5 spots- with 170,359 sales (+15.3%), the Nissan Sentra -up 9 spots- at 160,741 (+37.3%) and in 10th place the Mazda3 -up 1 spot- with 155,118 sales (+4.8%).

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The following report shows the top 50 best selling models ranking in the European Market (including 43 countries from Portugal to Russia).

Considering data up to October 2023, the Tesla Model Y becomes the best selling car in Europe, reporting 224,879 cumulative sales and jumping 23 spots from the previous year (+146.2%).

The Renault Clio follows closely in second with 210,478 new registrations (+46.7%), in front of the Volkswagen T-Roc -up 5 spots- at 195,774 sales (+24.1%) and the Dacia Sandero with 180,738 sales (+19.2%).

In 5th place ranks the Opel Corsa -up 3 spots- with 179,631 sales (+22.7%), followed by the Volkswagen Tiguan -up 8 spots- at 158,169 (+25.7%), the Volkswagen Golf -down 5 spots- at 157,598 (-2.1%) and the Lada Granta -up 35 spots- with 152,972 registrations (+124.2%).

The Dacia Duster rises 10 spots into 9th with 151,236 cumulative sales (+8.1%) and the Toyota Yaris closes the Top 10 with 151,069 new registrations (+3.3%).

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Dutch Auto Market in October 2023 falls 2.3% following 9 consecutive positive months, reporting 28,230 new sales (-2.3%). YTD figures at 314,676 are up 24.4% from the previous year. Volkswagen becomes the market new leader, rising 47.3%.

Market Trend and Outlook

The Dutch auto market in October 2023 falls for 2.3% following 9 consecutive growths, reporting 28,230 new sales. YTD figures at 314,676 are up 24.4% from the previous year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023, brand-wise Volkswagen rises 1 spot into 1st with 29,862 sales (+47.3%), followed by Kia at 28,688 (+12.0%), Toyota at 21,395 (+7.3%) and  Peugeot at 18,625 new registrations (+0.8%). 

Renault rises 3 spots into 5th with 17,253 sales (+37.0%), followed by Skoda at 17,184 (+33.8%) and Hyundai with 16,909 units sold (+15.0%).

BMW falls 2 spots into 8th position with 16,725 new sales (+17.7%), in front of Tesla -up 16 spot- at 14,924 (+648.1%) and Opel in 10th with 12,819 units sold (+25.2%).

Looking at specific models the Tesla Model Y becomes the new best selling car, rising 67 spots from the previous year with a 644.7% increase in sales. The Kia Picanto follows in second with a 52.7% year-on-year growth.

Medium-Term Market Trend

The Dutch Auto market presented many ups and downs in the past 12 years. It started in 2011 at 578k sales, the highest level of all the following years. A 3 year downtrend took sales to 384k in 2014 with  2015 and 2016 alternating trends, +18.1% and -16.2%, respectively.  From 2017 to 2019 car passenger sales grew overall despite the growth getting smaller each year.

The arrival of the pandemic shook the world markets and the dutch one was no exception, reaching the lowest level of the decade at 355k registrations (-19.9%).

It is clear that the fall of the pandemic has scarred the Dutch auto market. In fact, the market collapse continued through 2021 into 2022, with this past year totaling 311,429 sales, a 3.2% decrease compared to the prior one.

Although Europe is an important center for EV manufacturing, Germany in particular, the production costs haven’t been able to meet with the consumers willingness to pay, with the average cost of new BEVs at euro 55,821. Lack of raw materials and elevated costs for micro-chip production also pose a threat for the Dutch car passenger market, that is already having to confront higher prices and longer waiting times, pushing lower income consumers into the second hand market. These factors will continue to put negative pressure on sales going into 2023.

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The Polish car market is quite concentrated, with the first 10 models holding 28.1% market share and the top 20 models holding more than 41.5%.

Looking at the rankings up to August 2023, Toyota Corolla remains in pole position with 19,653 sales (+35.4%) and 6.3% market share. 

The Toyota Yaris maintains 2nd with 10,642 sales (+30.5%), followed by the Skoda Octavia -up 6 spots- with 10,119 units sold (+71.2%).

In fourth position ranks the Toyota Yaris Cross -up 8 spots- with 8,922 (+71.3%), followed by the Kia Sportage  -down 3 spots- with 8,255 sales (+0.5%).

The Hyundai Tucson ranks in 6th, with 6,698 units sold (-2.6%), followed by the Dacia Duster with 6,383 sales (-9.8%) and the Toyota C-HR -down 2 spots- with 6,203 registrations (-10.8%).

Further down the leaderboard, the Volkswagen T-Roc ranks in 9th with 5,769 sales (+3.4%) and the Toyota RAV4 falls 6 spots into 10th with 5,118 new registrations (-31.6%).

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World Best Selling Compact Cars of  2022. Toyota Corolla keeps dominating the rankings, followed by the Honda Civic and the Volkswagen Golf. Audi A3, MG 5 and Maruti Baleno all enter the Top 10 for the first time.

In 2022, as in the past few years, the best-selling compact car remains the Toyota Corolla with 1.1 million sales, a 2.8% decrease in sales from the prior year. Produced in Japan since 1966, the Corolla has been the best-selling nameplate in the World for 20 years and is also the best-selling car in all history, with over 50 million sold so far.

In second place we have the Honda Civic with 402.022 units sold (-31.6%). Launched in 1972, it is actually at the 11th generation (since 2021), available as both sedan and liftback. The last generation is the only Civic not to offer a coupe version since the second generation because of its declining sales.

In third position there is the Volkswagen Golf with 303,376 sales  (-4.0%), followed by the Hyundai Elantra with 299,221 new registrations (-16.1%), the Volkswagen Bora with 230,215 sales (-7.3%), and the Volkswagen Sagitar with 225,534 sales (-4.3%).

The Audi A3 with 211,996 registrations enters the top 10 taking seventh place, rising 5 spots from the previous year (+19.7%). Next we have the MG 5  -up 3 spots- with 201,441 sales (+10.7%), the Toyota Levin -down 1 spot- at 197,501 (-11.4%) and in 10th place the Maruti Baleno -up 5 spots- with 185,665 sales (+7.8%).

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The European Market (including 42 countries from Portugal to Russia) in 2022 has lost 10.9% in sales from the prior year, hit by the effects of Russian invasion of Ukraine, by fuel price increase, vehicle price increase and shortage, interest rate boom.

The following report shows the Top 50 Models Ranking.

In 2022 the best-selling car in Europe is the Peugeot 208. Thanks to the release of the new generation this model scaled the rankings rapidly, moving up 11 spots from 2021. Sales in 2022 totaled 206,348, an 18.8% increase from the prior year.

The Dacia Sandero follows closely in second with 205,422 new registrations (-0.3%), in front of the Renault Clio at 190,065 sales (-19.4%) and the model with the most years ended as best selling in Europe, the Volkswagen Golf. This car ,with 188,839 new registrations, has lost 13.2% in sales from the prior year.

In 5th place ranks the Volkswagen T-roc -up 1 spot- with 186,629 sales (-4.5%), followed by the Dacia Duster -up 9 spots- at 176,193 (+5.2%), the Toyota Yaris at 174,442 (+1.9%) and the Opel Corsa with 173,098 registrations (-9.2%).

The Hyundai Tucson moves up 1 spot into 9th with 169,647 cumulative sales (-7.3%) and the Toyota Corolla closes the Top 10 with 167,477 new registrations (-12.5%).

Looking at other models within the Top 50, remarkable are the performances scored by the Tesla Model Y in 19th place and the Toyota Yaris Cross in 39th.

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In the tables below we report sales for the top 50 Models this year.

In this article we are going over the Top 50 models ranking 2022 of the largest European car market.

The undiscussed leader remains the Volkswagen Golf, now in its eighth generation model. Accumulating sales at 84,282 with a year-on-year variation of -8.0%.

The Volkswagen Tiguan follows with a total of 59,136 sales (+6.5%), overtaking the Volkswagen T-roc which sold 58,942 units (+2.6%).

The Opel Corsa moves into 4th place with 50,191 sales (+1.4%), in front of the Mini -up 2 spots- with 40,142 sales (-6.5%), the Volkswagen Passat at 39,261 (-14.1%) and the Ford Kuga -up 9 spots- with 38,482 total sales (+32.2%).

In 8th place we have the BMW 3 Series with 36,261 sales (-14.1%), followed by the Tesla Model Y -up from 127th- with 35,426 (+705.1%) and finally the Audi A3-up 8 spots- with 35,052 sales (+23.0%).

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Dutch Auto Market closes 2022 3.2% lower than the previous year, totaling 311,429 sales. December reports 30,841 new registrations (-13.4%). Hyundai up 26.9%.

Market Trend and Outlook

In December 2022 the momentum built up in the Dutch auto market in the previous 4 months slows down, with 30,841 new car sales (-13.4%). Cumulative data from 2022 totals 311,429 car registrations, a 3.2% decrease from the prior year.

Looking at comprehensive data from 2022, brand-wise Kia moves into 1st with 30,115 (+0.2%), followed by Volkswagen with 26,174 (-15.9%), Toyota with 25,400 (+10.3%) and  Peugeot with 21,327 sales (+3.6%). 

BMW with 17,414 (-7.3%) moves up 1 spot into 5th, followed by Hyundai -up 5 spots- with 17,144 (+26.9%) and Renault with 16,587 sales (+1.3%).

Skoda drops 3 spots into 8th with 15,050 (-26.1%), preceding Audi at 13,890 (+9.9%) and Opel with 13,515 (-12.1%).

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In the tables below we report sales for all Brands, top 10 Manufacturers Group and top 10 Models