The European market 2018 by body-type and segment
- Inovev has previously studied the evolution of the European passenger car market by segment and by body-type since 2000. Today, Inovev analyses the evolution of vehicle categories by crossing segments and body-type.
- Thus, in B segment, sedans still make up the major part of sales (3.15 million units), but SUVs are growing strongly (1.75 million units) and could sell as much as sedans in the early 2020s.
- In the C segment, SUVs are now selling as well as sedans (2.5 million units). As for minivans, they continue to lose ground (500,000 units compared to 1.5 million in 2007).
- In D segment, SUVs are at 750,000 units while sedans are still above one million units, but their steady decline (1.5 million units in 2012, 2.5 million units in 2000) suggests a future balance between sedan and SUV sales in the early 2020s.
- In E segment, SUVs have some difficulties to progress. They are capped at 250,000 units, slightly ahead of minivans (125,000 units), while sedans are once again approaching 500,000 units, after having lost a lot of ground until 2015 (600,000 units in 2006, 900,000 units in 2000).
- In the F segment, SUVs are now on a par with sedans (50,000 units).
- It should be noted that in the A segment, sedans account for almost all sales (1.25 million units).
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