The most popular cars in Europe – by country
In case you hadn’t heard, the Ford Fiesta has been best-seller in the UK for a number of years. Here’s what other European Union countries are buying
The top ten best-selling cars in the UK are easy to spot; on every street there’s at least one Fiesta, Corsa, Focus or Golf.
What is the best-selling car in other countries, though? Find out below which cars the rest of Europe loves as much as the UK loves the Ford Fiesta, measured by market analysts JATO Dynamics:
Austria: Volkswagen Golf
With no mainstream car manufacturers, Austria’s top-seller can’t be from a domestic manufacturer. 7520 buyers have flocked to the Volkswagen Golf so far in 2017, while the next two are also VW big-hitters; the Polo, at 5411, and the Tiguan at 5154.
Belgium: Volkswagen Golf
The same can be said for Belgium, but clearly being wedged between France and Germany has its effects: the Volkswagen Golf is the most popular car, followed by the Renault Clio and Opel Corsa. 8294, 6873 and 6410 have found owners respectively in 2017.
Croatia: Renault Clio
It's all change in Croatia; last year, the best-sellers were the Nissan Qashqai and Toyota Yaris, while this year, the Renault Clio, Skoda Octavia and Opel Astra take the top three so far, with 1714, 1525 and 11452 sales respectively.
Czechia: Skoda Octavia
No two guesses which carmaker rules supreme here - the Skoda Octavia has sold 14439 units and the second-best-seller was the Fabia, which sold 12277, in fact, half of the country’s top ten best-sellers are Skodas. The Rapid takes third, with 5959 sold so far.
Denmark: Peugeot 208
Peugeot’s only top spot in Europe is in Denmark, where 5583 208s have found homes in 2017 so far, while the next best-seller was the Nissan Qashqai, of which 3878 were sold. Trailing slightly in third place is the Volkswagen Polo; 3689 have found homes so far this year.
Estonia: Skoda Octavia
Estonia has a proclivity for larger cars, it would seem, as the Skoda Octavia takes pole position having sold 672 cars, while 506 and 476 units put the Toyota Avensis and Renault Clio in second and third place respectively.
Finland: Skoda Octavia
Skoda claims another victory in Finland with the Octavia – 3320 have been there in 2017. Second place was taken by the Nissan Qashqai, although only slightly less – 2787 – have been sold across the year so far. Volvo's S90 and V90 combine to take third place with 2174 sales.
France: Renault Clio
Little surprise here; France’s top car is the Renault Clio, and a whopping 64,379 take it right to the top. The Peugeot 208 takes second place, with 54,803 units being sold, while the other French supermini, the Citroën C3, takes third with 40,928. Only one car, the Dacia Sandero, in France’s top ten last year wasn’t from France, but even then, Dacia is Renault-owned.
Germany: Volkswagen Golf
The Volkswagen Golf, Polo and Passat took a 1-2-3 on home turf, with the Golf having sold 85,267 cars in the country. It sells so well that the second-place Polo sold less than half this number; 40,148, while the Polo follows just behind on 37,061. GM-owned Opel Astra and Corsa – fifth and tenth with 65,197 and 55196 sales – were the only non-German-owned cars in the top ten last year.
Greece: Toyota Yaris
The Toyota Yaris takes the top spot in Greece, with 2798 cars sold, compared to the second-place Nissan Micra’s 2023 units sold. Third goes to the Fiat Panda; 1817 have found Greek homes since January 1st.
Hungary: Suzuki Vitara
Hungarian buyers are hungry (sorry) for the Suzuki Vitara, quite probably because it's made there - the model sold 3952 units there in 2016. Meanwhile, the Skoda Octavia sold 2626 down in second place, and the Opel Astra has sold 2111.
Ireland: Hyundai Tucson
Hyundai has well and truly taken hold in Ireland; the Tucson was the best-selling car across the Irish sea in 2016, and grew by a staggering 11,323% over 2015, and remains at the top for 2017, having sold 3586 units so far. The Nissan Qashqai, meanwhile, sold 3146, and the Volkswagen Golf completes the top three, with 2823 sales.
Italy: Fiat Panda
Nationalism wins, once again – the Fiat Panda is the best-selling car in Italy so far this year, with 86,636 finding homes – the best-selling car in any single market. The Lancia Ypsilon was second, with a comparatively piddly 37,043. The Fiat Tipo, having shifted 36,557, was a close third. It was a 60/40 split between Fiat Chrysler group cars and other manufacturers in Italy last year, with the Renault Clio, Ford Fiesta, and Volkswagens Polo and Golf in the top ten, too.
Latvia: Nissan Qashqai
Another win for Nissan – the Qashqai claims a small victory so far this year, with 455 sold overall. The Volkswagen Golf came in second, having sold 321 units, while the third-place Skoda Octavia sold 316.
Lithuania: Fiat 500
Fiat’s second pole position came in Lithuania, where the 500 has sold 1551 so far, while the Skoda Octavia is the second best-seller, on 500. The Volkswagen Passat sneaks a third with 481.
Netherlands: Renault Clio
It's all change for the Dutch! The Volkswagen Golf has been ousted from its top spot and out of the top three altogether - the Renault Clio, Volkswagen Up and Opel Astra have usurped it, with 6046, 5673 and 5663 sales.
Norway: Volkswagen Golf
Surprise! The Volkswagen Golf is the best-selling car in Norway so far this year, with 5034 sold. The BMW i3 was in second place, but has sold a third less than the Golf’s Norwegian total, at 2769. The Passat remains in third place, at 2617.
Poland: Skoda Octavia
Skoda took another top two in Poland, with the Octavia and Fabia taking first and second place; the Octavia taking 9876 and Fabia taking 9242 sales in the country. Opel's Astra is third, on 8488.
Portugal: Renault Clio
French superminis find more homes than anything else in Portugal, as the Renault Clio has sold 8445 as the country’s best-seller and the Peugeot 208 sold 4718, while the Renault Mégane has sold 3902.
Romania: Dacia Logan
Dacia took its home market by storm last year, and continues to do so. The Logan and Duster make up the top two, with the former finding homes in 6189 garages, and the latter parked in 2747. The Sandero takes fourth place, and Skoda Octavia slips in at third in the Romanian market, with 1766.
Slovakia: Skoda Fabia
The Skoda Fabia takes its first pole position in Slovakia, while its bigger brother, the Octavia, isn’t far behind. The Fabia has been bought by 2735 Slovakians, and the Octavia has been bought by 2710. The Rapid, in third place, has sold 1926.
Slovenia: Renault Clio
The Renault Clio claims another first place in the Slovenian market, with 2229 sales ensuring its lead over the Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Octavia, which sold 1638 and 1534. The Clio is due to be built in Slovenia in facelifted form, which should help it maintain its lofty position there.
Spain: Seat Ibiza
What’s Spanish for ‘quelle surprise’? The Seat Ibiza and Leon take gold and silver in Spain, with 20,271 and 19,183 finding a place in the sun last year, and the Opel Corsa's 17,080 sales give it third place. Surprisingly, though, the rest of the top ten is a healthy mix. Introductions of the Ateca and Arona SUVs could make Seat’s footprint in Spain larger, though.
Sweden: Volvo S90/V90
There was uproar last year when the Volkswagen Golf took the lead in Sweden’s car market from Volvo, but three Volvos combined took second: the S80, V70 and XC70. The S90 and V90 are back on top now anyway, with 12,581 sales, while the XC60 pushes the Golf down into third place; 11,909 sales beating the German's 8405.
Switzerland: Skoda Octavia
With no native carmakers of any large volume, the Swiss buy the Skoda Octavia, Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Tiguan more than any other cars. 5151 have bought an Octavia so far this year, and 4158 and 2978 have bought Golfs and Tiguans.
UK: Ford Fiesta
The Fiesta is perched atop the lofty list of the UK’s top-sellers, with 59,380 this year so far. 40,045 Ford Focus and 36,703 Volkswagen Golf sales cement second and third places for the best-seller regulars. You can find the rest of the best-seller list here.
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Top 10 best-selling cars in Britain
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