What were the best Auto Sales in Europe in the first half of 2020?
Answer with this top 10...
Good news for the European car market: sales of new passenger cars stopped three months after the lockdown in June, which was helped by the government’s recent purchase incentives.
With 233,820 enlistments, the bounce-back was 1.2% contrasted with June 2019 (- 8.4% on an equivalent number of working days contrasted with June 2019 with 21 days in June 2020 and 19 days in June 2019).
A black first semester,However, in the first six months of the year, the situation remains delicate with only 714,804 registrations. This is 38.6% less than in the same period of 2019 (-39.1% on comparable business days, 124 days in the first 6 months of 2020, and 123 days in the same period of 2019).
During the first half of the year, the European and foreign groups were housed in the same brand with a drop of 38.7% respectively (420,039 registrations) and 38.6% (295,765 vehicles). PSA, in particular, fell by 39.5% (232,932) and the Renault Group by 37.5% (187,077).
Logically, the brands have followed the same trend and all are in the red. Regardless of whether it is Peugeot (- 37.4%, 127,912), the precious stone (- 34%, 146,120) or Volkswagen (- 48%, 40,123).
On the model side, there is a change among the best-selling vehicles. The Peugeot 208 II, which was the most sold model on the French market for months, has fallen from its throne! It was overtaken at the end of the first half by its biggest rival, the fifth-generation Renault Clio. But just for 21 small registrations: 38,884 against 38,863. Far behind, the third-placed Citroën C3 completes the podium with 24,431 units registered from January to June 2020.
Also noteworthy in this classification are the ascents of the new Peugeot 2008 and Renault Captur, now 4th and 6th, the beautiful 5th place of the Dacia Sandero, and the entry in tenth place of the small Toyota Yaris. Conversely, the Peugeot 3008 II fell back to the 7th while the Peugeot 308 II, still 8th at the end of the first quarter, is downright ejected from the ranking (15,280 registrations). For these two models, renewal is urgently needed!
Top 10 European sales from January to June 2020
Find out below the ranking of the Auto Sales in Europe in the first half of 2020.
1 - Renault Clio V: 38,884 registrations (5.4% market share)
2 - Peugeot 208 II: 38,863 (5.4%)
3 - Citroën C3 III: 24,431 (3.4%)
4 - Peugeot 2008 II: 23,901 (3.3%)
5 - Dacia Sandero: 22,770 (3.2%)
6 - Renault Captur II: 22,750 (3.2%)
7 - Peugeot 3008 II: 20,501 (2.9%)
8 - Renault Twingo III: 20,225 (2.8%)
9 - Renault Zoe: 17,650 (2.5%)
10 - Toyota Yaris: 15,404 (2.2%)
