The VW Golf is the best selling car in Europe in 2013
- The Volkswagen Golf is the best selling car in Europe in 2013 (first 8 months) in front of the Renault Clio (seventh place in 2012) and Ford Fiesta (fourth in 2012). The B-segment cars occupy five places in the top ten of 2013 (results for the first eight months of the year) among the top six of the ranking.
- C segment cars occupy 3 places (VW Golf, Ford Focus, Opel Astra), against 4 in 2012, the Renault Megane has been forced out of the top ten this year (end of life of the model).
- German brands are well represented with pairs such as Golf-Polo, Fiesta-Focus and Astra-Corsa.
- French brands are only represented by the Clio & the 208. The start of the Peugeot 308 II (2014) and Renault Megane IV (2015) is expected to rebalance the rankings in favor of the French.
- A D-segment car is in the top ten in 2013, it is the BMW 3 Series, while in 2012 it was the VW Passat. But we know that the Passat is at the end of its life cycle (replacement in 2014).
- Finally, an SUV is for the first time in the top ten, it is the Nissan Qashqai. The SUV category (all segments) has made significant progress in Europe for ten years, from 3% to 15% of the market between 2000 and 2012.
