New registrations – top 3 lists: These cars are driven by other Europeans

In Austria, the Fiat 500 surprisingly dominated the registration statistics last year. With 6477 units sold, he referred the Skoda Octavia (6233) to second place. The VW Golf almost came third with 4816 units. A total of 9.7 million cars were newly registered in the EU. So what do our European roommates mainly drive?

Turkey: The ailing market on the Bosporus: New passenger car registrations in Turkey have halved since the beginning of the economic and currency crisis in 2019. This should also affect the celebrations at Fiat, which with the Tipo – locally called Egea – are again the bestseller with 71,741 new registrations. Toyota Corolla (41,721 units) and Renault Clio (36,444 units) follow. Sweden: As is usual in a country with a strong car industry, a domestic product also tops the registration charts in Sweden. In the case of the Scandinavians, it is the Volvo S60/V60, a classic sedan or a classic station wagon, which has sold 14,916 times. The Volvo XC40 (12,242 units) and XC60 (11,943 units) are followed by two SUVs. Russia: Lada has long since detached itself from the old Eastern Bloc models. The new cars from the Renault subsidiary are much more modern and attractive, but they are only really successful in their home country. Number one is the small Vesta with 113,698 new registrations ahead of the slightly larger Granta (111,430 units) and the small car Kia Rio (82,941 units).Poland:Poland is firmly in Toyota hands: three of the most successful models come from the Japanese brand. At the top of the bestseller list is the Corolla, which has sold 22,096 units. This is followed by the small car Yaris (14,482) and the Skoda Octavia (13,116). The third Toyota is the compact SUV RAV4 in fifth place (10,993).France: Small cars have always ruled in the Grande Nation. Last year, however, for the first time in a long time it was the Renault Clio (85,000 new registrations), but the newly launched Peugeot 208 (88,000 units). Third place goes to the Renault group with the Dacia Sandero (77,000 units). Great Britain: A Ford normally ranks at the top of the bestseller list on the island, this time it was the Opel Corsa (41,000 units). This was followed by the Mini (35,000 units) and the Mercedes A-Class (31,000 units). The former dominator Ford only had a market share of 7 percent – which is only enough for sixth place in the group ranking, which the VW group leads with 23 percent. Italy: The boot state is still for the Fiat group a bench. With the Lancia Ypsilon (42,000 units), a model even made it onto the podium in 2021 that is no longer offered in the rest of the world. The two places in front of the lifestyle small car go to the technically closely related Fiat Panda (103,000 units) and Fiat 500 (45,000 units).Spain: For a long time, the classic small cars dominated the Spanish bestseller list, but now a small crossover is number one: the Seat Arona (20,000 units). Second place goes to the Hyundai Tucson (19,000 units), which is one class larger, and the Dacia Sandero (18,000 units) comes in third. Belgium: Even if there is neither much snow nor mountains in Belgium, the country is an SUV market. Number one last year was the Volvo XC40 (9,000 units), number two was the Hyundai Tucson (7,000 units) and number three was the BMW X1 (6,000 units). This makes Belgium one of the few countries where a crossover is in all the top places.Netherlands:E-mobiles are very popular in Holland and its neighboring provinces. This should also have benefited the Kia Niro (9800 units), which is at least optionally available with a battery drive. The same applies to the Volvo XC40 (7200 units) in third place. The Kia Picanto (7500 units) is a reasonably priced small car between the two electric vehicles. Instead, a classic car, the Skoda Octavia (4200 units), ranks at the top. It is followed by Tesla’s Model 3 (4,000 units) and the Audi Q3 (3,700 units), an SUV. Germany: Despite a decline of around a third, the VW Golf was again the best-selling car in Germany in 2021. With almost 92,000 new registrations in a weak overall market, it placed well ahead of its crossover offshoot T-Roc (57,000 new registrations) and the VW Tiguan (56,000 units). (SPX)
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