- Even if the market for SUVs (and crossovers) has continued to grow in Europe for a dozen years, the production of SUVs (and crossovers) marked a pause in 2013 (as in 2009) due to clearance organised by manufacturers, a reduced sales price of large SUVs (eg Volkswagen) and the end of the life cycle of the segment leader (Nissan Qashqai) that will be replaced early 2014.

- By manufacturer, the Volkswagen Group remains the European leader of SUV sales in 2013, almost on par with the Renault-Nissan group that maintained its position thanks to the good sale figures of the Dacia Duster and the arrival of the Renault Captur. Behind these two SUV leaders (650 000 units produced for each of them), follows far behind the Tata Group (Land Rover) which produced 350 000 units. Followed by BMW, Hyundai-Kia, PSA and Volvo.

- By segment, we can see on the chart below that the SUV boom in Europe was possible thanks to a broadening towards segment C from 2007 to 2012 and then another towards segment B from 2010 to 2013, while segments D, E and F have been sluggish or on the decline. The offer has therefore focused in recent years on SUV segment B and C.

- By model, we can observe thanks to the graph on the next page that out of the 30 models produced in Europe, the Nissan Qashqai, VW Tiguan, Nissan Juke and Land Rover Evoque represent a third of total European production of SUVs.