The sales of new cars in Europa have grown slightly since the beginning of 2024, reaching +4.4% compared to 2023 and recording a modest +3% in the month of June alone.
According to data provided by Jato Dynamics for 28 European countries they are in fact 6.847.842 cars registered between January and June 2024, compared to 6,559,213 cars in the first half of 2023.
This result is due to the combination of a contraction in sales of very popular electric vehicles such as the Tesla Model Y (-26% over six months) and the growth of more “traditional” models such as the Dacia Sandero (+16%) and Volkswagen Golf (+43%).
The best-selling cars in Europe
Before getting to the absolute ranking of the best-selling cars in the first half of 2024, let’s start with the electric and plug-in hybrid models. In the first half of this year, the queen of electric The Tesla Model Y remains at 101,181 units with a 23% drop, followed by the restyled Tesla Model 3 (58,400 units, +37%) and the Volvo EX30 which with 36,980 registrations is the best of the new BEVs.
Between plug-in hybrid The Volvo XC60 (29,903, +42%) dominates ahead of the declining Ford Kuga (20,848, -21%) and the BMW X1 (17,669, +59%).
In the overall ranking January-June 2024, the first place goes to Dacia Sandero with 143,596 registered cars and a +16% on the same period in 2023. Second and clearly recovering is the Volkswagen Golf with 126,993 units (+43%), while in third place is the Renault Clio (114,623, +15%).
Best-selling cars in Europe January-June 2024
- Dacia Sandero, 143,596 (+16%)
- Volkswagen Golf, 126,993 (+43%)
- Renault Clio, 114,623 (+15%)
- Volkswagen T-Roc, 111.381 (0%)
- Peugeot 208, 107.097 (+1%)
- Skoda Octavia, 102,945 (+25%)
- Citroen C3, 102,304 (+50%)
- Tesla Model Y, 101.181 (-26%)
- Toyota Yaris Cross, 99.694 (+3%)
- Toyota Yaris, 93.576 (+10%)
- Peugeot 2008, 93.436 (+11%)
- Dacia Duster, 89,435 (+3%)
- Kia Sportage, 87,164 (+13%)
- Opel/Vauxhall Corsa, 87.102 (-18%)
- Ford Puma, 83.972 (+9%)
- Nissan Qashqai, 82,816 (+13%)
- Hyundai Tucson, 80.948 (-2%)
- Renault Captur, 80,778 (+4%)
- Fiat Panda, 76,450 (+25%)
- Volkswagen Passat, 74,675 (0%)
- Fiat/Abarth 500, 72.026 (-20%)
- Toyota Corolla, 70,701 (+15%)
- Audi A3, 70,149 (+15%)
- Volkswagen Polo, 67,125 (+3%)
- Volkswagen T-Cross, 62.225 (+8%)
Source: it.motor1.com
