World Best Selling City Cars up to October 2023: BYD Dolphin becomes the new segment leader (+65.2%), overtaking the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV (-49.6%).

Considering ytd sales of 2023 put to October, the BYD Dolphin becomes the new segment leader, with 252,552 new registrations and a 65.2% surge in year-on-year sales.

In second place ranks the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV with 189,863 sales (-49.6%), ahead of the Maruti Wagon R  at 176,156 new registrations (-8.5%).

The Daihatsu Tanto rises 11 spot into 4th with 131,612 sales (+63.2%), followed by the Maruti Alto -down 1 spot- with 116,596 sales (-15.7%) and the Wuling Bingo  -up 131 spots- with 116,282 cumulative registrations.

The Hyundai Grand i10 falls 2 spots into 7th with 115,108 units sold (-15.3%), followed by the Fiat 500 -down 2 spots- with 108,326 sales (-5.3%), the Renault Kwid with 108,036 units (-1.6%) and in 10th place the Changan Lumin rises 17 spots with 107,492 sales (+176.5%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 50 models.

World Best Selling City Cars of 2022: Wuling Hongguang Mini EV remains the segment leader, followed by the Maruti Wagon R.

In 2022 the segment leader is the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV with 443,384 units sold (+4.0%).

In second place ranks the Maruti Wagon R with 271,317 sales (+18.2%), ahead of the BYD Dolphin -up 32 spots- at 204,946 new registrations.

The Maruti Alto falls 1 spot into 4th with 162,548 sales (-6.8%), followed by the Fiat 500 -down 1 spot- with 158,045 sales (+4.2%) and the Hyundai Grand i10  with 148,993 cumulative registrations (+4.8%).

In seventh place ranks the Suzuki Alto with 140,726 units sold (+14.0%), followed by the Fiat Panda -down 2 spots- with 127,398 sales (-5.3%), the Renault Kwid -up 1 spot- with 120,895 units (-0.8%) and in 10th place the Daihatsu Tanto with 107,809 units (-7.8%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 50 models.

World Best Selling City Cars 2021 final data: the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV is the new segment leader, followed by the Fiat Panda and the Fiat 500. The Kia Picanto rises in 6th place, jumping 5 spots.

In 2021 the new segment leader is the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV rising 10 spots with 426,484 units sold holing 10.7% market share.

In second place we have the Fiat Panda with 247,570 sales (6.2% market share), ahead of the Fiat 500, with 194,239 units (4.9% market share).

The Maruti Wagon R fell in 4th position with 183,851 sales (4.6% share) followed by the Maruti Alto –down 3 spots- with 174,409 sales (4.4% share) and the Kia Picanto –up 5 spots- with 147,969 units (3.7% share).

In seventh place we have the Hyundai Grand i10 with 147,645 units (3.7% share) followed by the Suzuki Spacia with 128,900 units (3.2% share), the Suzuki Alto -up 6 spots- with 122,216 units (3.1% share), and in 10th place the Renault Kwid -dropping from ninth place- with 120,118 units (3.2% share).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 50 models.

World Best Selling City Cars in 2020 final data: the Maruti Alto remains the unchallenged leader, followed by the Maruti Wagon R and the Hyundai Grand i10, climbing 8 spots. The Fiat Panda falls down in 10th place.

In 2020, the segment leader remains the Maruti Alto with 161.580 units sold and 5% market share, 0.1% more than the previous year.

In second place we have the Maruti Wagon R -up 7 spots- with 148.298 sales (4.6% market share), ahead of the Hyundai Grand i10 -up 8 spots- with 140.000 units (4.3% market share).

The Suzuki Spacia reached 4th position by jumping 3 spots with 139.869 sales (4.3% share) followed by the Daihatsu Tanto –up 1 spot- with 129.681 sales (4% share) and the Renault Kwid –down 2 spots- with 123.128 units (3.8% share).

In seventh place we have the Chevrolet Spark -up 3 spots- with 119.267 units (3.7% share) followed by the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV entering the leaderboard with 119.255 units, the Fiat 500 -down 4 spots- with 118.363 units (3.7% share), and in 10th place the Fiat Panda -down 8 spots- with 117.125 units (3.6% share).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 50 models.

World Best Selling City Cars in 2019 have seen the Indian Maruti Alto leading ahead of the Italian Fiat Panda – up 2 spots – and the Ford KA. The Daihatsu Tanto jumped in 5th position, up in double-digits, while the Nissan Dayz gained the 8th spot.

In 2019, the segment leader was still the Indian Maruti Alto, on top of the list since 2016, despite losing 18.5% with sales at 215.687.

In second place the Italian Fiat Panda with 187.251 sales (+8.8%), ahead of the Ford KA with 183.339 (-3.3%).

In fourth place the Renault Kwid with 182.622 sales (+7.1%) followed by the Daihatsu Tanto with 175.292 (+28.4%) and the Fiat 500, down 3 spots, with 172.260 units (-4.8%).

In seventh place the Suzuki Spacia with 166.389 (+9.4%) followed by the Nissan Dayz with 157.439 (+11.3%), the Maruti Wagon R with 155.967 (+2.6%) and in 10th place the Chevrolet Spark with 153.225 (+8.1%).

Tables with sales figures

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

World Best Selling City Cars in the 2018 with the Indian Maruti Alto leading ahead of the Ford Ka, and the Italian Fiat 500. The Nissan Dayz reported the best improvement of the year, up 121.2%. Renault Kwid advanced 8 spots and ranks in 5th.

Global Sales

In the 2018, the “City Cars” segment contracted worldwide by 7.5% with 4.2 million vehicles sold. This segment includes all four wheels vehicles smaller the 3.6 meters.

Sales 2016	Sales 2017	Sales 2018	Mix 2018	'+/- 2018 vs 2017	'+/- 2018 vs 2014
4.425.018	4.555.890	4.213.337	100,00%	-7,5%	-20,2%

Global City Cars sales by Brand

At brand-wise, Daihatsu was the 2018 global leader within the City Cars segment with 546.218 units sold in the 2018 (+20.9%), followed by Maruti with 518.334 (-2.9%) and Suzuki with 489.032 (-1.4%). In fourth place Fiat with 377.097 sales (-13.5%), followed by Hyundai losing -14.1% with 319.086 units and Renault with 256798 (+25.3%).

Rank 2018	Rank 2017	Model	Sales 2018	Sales 2017	'+/- 2018
1	3	Daihatsu	546.218	451.939	20,9%
2	1	Maruti	518.334	533.549	-2,9%
3	2	Suzuki	489.032	496.003	-1,4%
4	4	Fiat	377.097	436.196	-13,5%
5	5	Hyundai	319.086	371.422	-14,1%
6	9	Renault	256.798	204.998	25,3%
7	7	Kia	219.332	216.592	1,3%
8	8	Chevrolet	207.470	215.494	-3,7%
9	6	Volkswagen	196.236	230.572	-14,9%
10	10	Ford	186.781	173.384	7,7%

Global City Cars sales by Manufacturer

At Manufacturer-wise, the global leader was Suzuki/Maruti with 1 million sales in 2018 (-2.2%), ahead of Toyota Group with 714.646 – up 17% – and Hyundai-Kia with 538.418 (-8.4%). In fourth place Renault Nissan Alliance with 445.257 units sold (+42.5%), followed by F.C.A. with 377.097 (-13.5%) and Volkswagen Group losing volume – down 11.9% – with 248.055.

Rank 2018	Rank 2017	Group	Sales 2016	Sales 2017	Sales 2018	'+/- 2018
1	1	Suzuki	944578	1.029.552	1.007.366	-2,2%
2	2	Toyota Group	577367	610.966	714.646	17,0%
3	3	Hyundai-Kia	615470	588.014	538.418	-8,4%
4	5	Renault Nissan Alliance	332173	312.440	445.257	42,5%
5	4	F.C.A.	441657	436.196	377.097	-13,5%
6	6	Volkswagen Group	285038	281.570	248.054	-11,9%
7	7	General Motors	272678	241.345	238.997	-1,0%
8	8	P.S.A.	247811	216.558	215.870	-0,3%
9	9	Ford Group	144360	173.384	186.781	7,7%
10	10	Perodua	132202	120.193	141.775	18,0%

Best Selling Models

In the 2018, the segment leader was the Indian Maruti Alto, already on top of the list in the 2016, with sales at 264.728 (-0.2%).

In second place the Italian Fiat 500 with 177.449 sales (-10.9%), ahead of the Fiat Panda with 174.667 (-9.7%).

In fourth place the Hyundai Grand i10 with 172.922 sales (-6.8%) followed by the Renault Kwid with 166.721 (+34.3%) and the Ford KA, up 2 spots, with 159.580 units (+8.3%).

In seventh place the Suzuki Spacia with 152.104 (+45.2%) followed by the Maruti Wagon R with 152.020 (-8.9%), the Volkswagen Up! with 144.032 (-9.9%) and in 10th place the Nissan Dayz with 141.495 (+121.2%).

In the table below, data for the others models between 11th and 100th place are hidden. Wishing to know more, please contact us.

Data Source

This report is done utilizing data extracted from our GAD (Global Auto Database) the wider Auto Sales Database actually existing in the World, with sales data by region/area/country broken down by type/size/body-style/brand/model from January 2010 to the last month. Data are collected by over 300 sources, including all the official providers (local Minister of Transportations or Associations of car Manufacturers).

Copyright

Let us to remember to all the several global media and bloggers feeding from our articles for their publications, to quote and link us to not infringe our copyright and respect our job on collecting so many data. Thanks!

Rank 2018	Rank 2017	Model	Sales 2018	Sales 2017	'+/- 2018
1	1	Maruti Alto	264.728	265.245	-0,2%
2	2	Fiat 500	177.449	199.160	-10,9%
3	3	Fiat Panda	174.667	193.373	-9,7%
4	4	Hyundai Grand i10	172.922	185.484	-6,8%
5	13	Renault Kwid	166.721	124.097	34,3%
6	8	Ford KA	159.580	147.301	8,3%
7	16	Suzuki Spacia	152.104	104.763	45,2%
8	6	Maruti Wagon R	152.020	166.815	-8,9%
9	7	Volkswagen Up!	144.032	159.843	-9,9%
10	26	Nissan Dayz	141.495	63.970	121,2%
11	11	Suzuki WagonR
12	12	Kia Picanto
13	10	Daihatsu Tanto
14	5	Chevrolet Spark
15	9	Daihatsu Move
16	80	Daihatsu Mira
17	23	Perodua Axia
18	17	Maruti Celerio
19	14	Hyundai i10
20	19	Toyota Aygo
21	21	Renault Twingo
22	20	Daihatsu Mira e:S
23	15	Suzuki Alto
24	18	Kia Morning
25	22	Smart Fortwo
26	37	Chevrolet Beat
27	24	Honda N-WGN
28	27	Peugeot 108
29	28	Citroen C1
30	25	Hyundai Eon
31	47	Chery eQ
32	33	Mitsubishi eK
33	29	Opel Adam
34	36	Opel Karl
35	30	Daihatsu Cast
36	31	Suzuki Mehran
37	40	Skoda Citigo
38	38	Perodua Myvi
39	32	Volkswagen Fox/CrossFox
40	39	Suzuki Celerio
41	59	Hawtai EV160
42	45	Toyota Agya
43	42	Suzuki Alto Lapin
44	48	Ford Ka+
45	46	Daihatsu Ayla
46	61	Baojun E100
47	49	Toyota Pixis
48	35	Fiat Uno
49	51	Toyota Wigo
50	53	Zotye E200
51	43	Chery QQ
52	56	Honda N-One
53	44	ChangAn Benben
54	34	Zhi Dou D2 EV
55	67	Mazda Flair Wagon
56	55	Seat Mii
57	50	Volkswagen Suran
58	62	Mazda Flair
59	63	Opel Viva
60	65	Smart Fortwo ED
61	77	Daihatsu Atrai Wagon
62	68	Subaru Stella
63	52	Haval H1
64	41	Suzuki Beidouxing
65	75	Subaru Pleo+
66	71	Mazda Carol
67	70	Honda NBOX Slash
68	73	Zotye E30
69	57	Daewoo Matiz
70	79	ChangAn Benni
71	81	Daihatsu Copen
72	74	Volkswagen Fox
73	60	BYD F0
74	127	Hawtai Lusheng S1
75	127	Kandi K27
76	103	Samsung Twizy
77	84	Peugeot ION
78	89	Citroen C-Zero
79	86	Tata Nano
80	64	Kandi K12
81	88	Micro Cars Panda
82	91	Jiangnan Alto
83	96	Kia Eko (taxi)
84	83	Fiat 500 1,3 diesel
85	85	Chery QQ3
86	93	Kia Eko
87	66	Chery eQ 1
88	95	Chevrolet Spark GT
89	69	Lifan 320
90	87	Holden Spark
91	99	Arcfox Lite
92	108	Zhi Dou D3 EV
93	92	Mitsubishi i-MiEV
94	127	Kandi K22
95	100	Holden Barina Spark
96	104	Renault Twizy
97	101	Jac J2
98	102	Geely LC1
99	106	Perodua Viva
100	107	DR Zero

[contact-form-7]

]]> https://www.focus2move.com/world-best-selling-city-cars-2017/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:56:56 +0000 https://focus2move.com/?p=40006 World Best Selling City Cars 2017 with a new leader, the Japanese key-car Daihatsu Move ahead of the Indian Maruti Alto and the italian Fiat 500. However this last model is the only real global city car, sold in over 130 countries.

World Best Selling City Cars during the 2016 led by Maruti Alto and Chevrolet Spark as in the previous year. However, the Italian Fiat gained the podium with the Panda, fast growing despite the age.

Definition

It is defined a “city car”  (or “urban car” or “mini car”) a small car passenger with a length size below the 3.7 meters intended primarily for a use inside urban area. The term is used along with other terms for small cars including subcompact in North America. The Euro NCAP calls all small cars superminis. The European Commission refers to A-segment (Utility/city class: entry-level small passenger car). In Japan, the kei car (軽自動車 keijidōsha, lit. “light automobile”) is a specific type of small car with engine power within the 600 cc.

Ranking

Following the decision of car makers to sales similar/same models with different nameplates across the Wold, all global ranking reported sales aggregated just for same nameplates and we do not assembly data. For instance, Suzuki Group sale the Alto under the Maruti and Suzuki brand and respecting this strategy we report the two models separately.

During the 2016 the city car segment declined 7.5% at  global level with preliminary global volumes reported at 4.3 million units.

The segment leadership unchanged with the Maruti Alto with leader as in the previous year thanks to global delivery of 256.514 units, representing a sharp fall from the previous year (-18.3%).

Thanks to a strong second half, the Chevrolet Spark positively defended the second place with 220.211 sales (+9.9%) while the Italian Fiat Panda raised in third place, up 3 spots from the previous year, with 187.749 units (+11.4%).

In fourth place Fiat 500 with 181.387 (-5.2%) followed by the Maruti Wagon R with 172.175 units (+1.0%), the Hyundai Grand 110, up 3 spots with 171.101 sales (+4.8%), the the Volkswagen Up! with 163.463 units (-8.8%).

In eight place the Japanese Key-car, the Daihatsu Tanto with 160.603 units (+1.8%) followed by the Hyundai i10 with 147.144 (-12.5%) and in ten place the Ford Ka with 135.678 units (-17.6%).

F2M Mobility Database

Thanks to the powerful F2M mobility database expanded, day after day, collecting sales of over 2.400 different models in all countries in the World, we can provide any kind of segmentation including this one. On demand, we are able to extract similar data for any segment in any country or regional area.

Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands, Groups and Models. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.