During many years volkswagen golf dominates the European car market. A five-door compact family car, the leading category on the Old Continent, she consistently dominated the rating models from year to year. During 2022, he sometimes left the top of the podium to some of his competitors: Peugeot 208 and Dacia Sandero on your mind A track record that didn’t concern the German sedan more than the one left behind number 1 in cumulative sales.

Several French women in the rating

You feel it wind of change who blows in 2022? The French city car, the star of our sales, really dominates sales, ahead of the best seller Volkswagen! We are waiting for the final numbers, but at the end of October excellent points for 208 raised it to the rank of the best-selling model in Europe since the beginning of the year! 17,075,208 against 17,038 were registered in detail Golf and 16,147 Sandero. Then come Fiat/Abarth 500 (16,117 units) and Toyota Yaris, which closes the top 5 with 16,039 units. Two French women on the catwalk, and a model assembled in France, good score…

Thermal is still leading

Another interesting fact presented in this study by the JATO Institute: the situation of different energies on European market. There is no purely electric car on the podium? The Thermal models are the most popular, as well as some models that also exist in hybrid versions. As Clio, Yaris and Yaris Cross especially. Of course, the 208 and its sister Corsa, which appears in the tenth position, exist in an electric version. But these models are well designed primarily for thermal, do not install a platform designed for electricity. In the future, electric cars will gain more and more importance, to the detriment of these historical energies.