The 2017 European market by segment and body type (1)
- The European passenger car market accounted for 15,498,183 units in 2017 (compared to 15,005,318 units in 2016).
- How does this volume break down by segment? C-segment cars remain largely in the lead in the European market (38% of the European market in 2017), ahead of B-segment cars (32%), D-segment cars (14%), segment A cars (8% ), E segment cars (7%), F segment cars (1%).
- Two segments where the market share has declined over the last twenty years, are the D and E segments. The others have increased their market share (C, B) or remained stable (A, F).
- As for the breakdown by body type, sedans remain in majority on the European market, but their market share has fallen sharply over the past twelve years, from 76% in 2005 to 59% in 2017. This fall in the market share of sedans was driven by strong growth in SUV sales (30% of market share in 2017, compared with only 5% in 2005).
- Minivans (MPV) were also hit hard by the growth of SUV sales, with their market share decreasing from 15% in 2005 to 7% in 2017. The share of microvans and coupé-cabriolets has remained stable.
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