The top 25 best-selling models in Europe in 2022
- The European passenger car market reached 11,287,005 units in 2022, compared to 11,762,568 units in 2021 and 11,951,813 in 2020, corresponding to a decrease of 1.6% in 2022 compared to 2021 and a decrease of 5.5% compared to 2020.
- The Peugeot 208 was the best selling model of the European market in 2022, thus ousting the Volkswagen Golf which had been the best-selling car in Europe since 2007. It should be noted that a Peugeot had already been the European market leader in 2002 and in 2003, it was the Peugeot 206. The Dacia Sandero manages to take second place in the European market in 2022 (it was fifth in 2021), thus supplanting the Volkswagen Golf which is now in third position. It could be explained by the competition of the Volkswagen T-Roc which goes from 6th place to 5th in 2022. The Fiat 500 reaches 4th place (previous and new generations), whereas it was 9th in 2021. The battery electric version (500e) has boosted sales of the model. Remember that the Fiat 500e was the most produced 100% electric car in Europe in 2022. The Opel Corsa manages to reach 6th place when it was 7th in 2021, ahead of the Toyota Yaris which goes from 8th to 7th place.
- Three sharp drops in 2022: the Peugeot 2008 goes from 3rd to 9th place, the Renault Clio goes from 4th to 11th place and the Volkswagen Polo which goes from 13th to 20th place.
- Two strong increases in 2022: the Tesla Model Y goes from 15th to 10th place and the Toyota Yaris Cross which enters the Top 25 in 22nd place.