L’best-selling car in Europe in 2024 it will not be an electric. There Tesla Model Ywhich last year was the first battery-powered car to finish the year in first place overall, will not be able to defend its title and climb onto the top step of the podium. The one to beat her will most likely be La Dacia Sandero.
According to preliminary data from Dataforce, which represents 97% of sales in the European Union, EFTA markets and the United Kingdom, Dacia will end 2024 as the best-selling in Europe, followed, perhaps, by Volkswagen Golf.
The best-selling cars in Europe in 2024
Looking at the provisional ranking, the Sandero is at the top of the Top Ten with 247,210 units sold in first 11 months of 2024. The gap from the Volkswagen Golf, currently second in the ranking, is difficult to close in just one month and in third place, for the moment, is the Renault Clio.
The Tesla Model Y is the only electric vehicle in the ranking, but it slipped to sixth position with 181,781 units registered from January to November (-21%); a fact that says a lot about electric car crisis.
| Position | Brand model | Units sold in the first 11 months of 2024 | Units sold in the first 11 months of 2023 | Was % |
| 1 | Dacia Sandero | 247.210 | 217.169 | +13,8% |
| 2 | Volkswagen Golf | 199.546 | 166.255 | +20% |
| 3 | Renault Clio | 195.675 | 181.712 | +7,7% |
| 4 | Volkswagen T-Roc | 187.707 | 191.121 | -1,8% |
| 5 | Peugeot 208 | 183.233 | 184.068 | -0,5% |
| 6 | Tesla Model Y | 181.781 | 230.071 | -21% |
| 7 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 179.322 | 163.433 | +9,7% |
| 8 | Volkswagen Tiguan | 178.696 | 160.138 | +11,6% |
| 9 | Skoda Octavia | 168.613 | 149.010 | +13,2% |
| 10 | Toyota Yaris | 165.040 | 146.089 | +13% |
The car manufacturers that are doing better
Reading the European registration data in November you can also see which car manufacturer had the highest number of models in the Top 50 for November. Volkswagen had seven (the Tiguan in second place, the Golf in fourth, and the T-Roc in seventh). Following was Skoda, another brand of the German group, with six cars (in particular Octavia in eleventh, the Fabia in 25th and the Enyaq in 29th). Toyota had five cars in the Top 50 of November (Yaris Cross in eighth, the Yaris in ninth and the Corolla in 17th).
After 11 months, the Volkswagen Group and Toyota they share leadership with six models, then there is Skoda with five, Peugeot with four and Dacia with three. All that remains is to wait until the end of December and see what the definitive ranking of the best-selling cars of 2024 will be.
Source: it.motor1.com
