The 2017 European market by segment and body type(3)
- C Segment currently accounts for 38.5% of the European passenger car market, relative to 38.5% in 2005. This segment is stable. The breakdown by body in this segment shows that the sedans are losing influence, since their sales volume decreased from 3.6 million units in 2000 to 2.6 million units in 2017 (-1 million). SUVs in this segment grew strongly, from 0.1 million units in 2000 to 2.1 million units in 2017 (+2 million). C-segment minivans have lost much of their influence over the last decade, from 1.5 million units in 2007 to 0.75 million in 2017, a 50% drop.
- D segment currently accounts for 14% of the European passenger car market, down from 17.5% in 2005. This segment has been steadily declining over the past fifteen years. The breakdown by body work in this segment shows that this drop is due to the fall in sales of sedans (mainly generalists). Their sales decreased from 2.5 million units in 2000 to 1.25 million units in 2017, a 50% drop. The SUVs in this segment are growing and reached 0.75 million sales in 2017 against 0 in 2000. The segment D minivans have completely disappeared.
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