The best-selling car in Europe in 2024 is a Dacia - not Tesla
Given the January-November 2024 trend, it is difficult for the Volkswagen Golf to recover. Meanwhile, the Model Y is sixth.
The best-selling car in Europe in 2024 will not be an electric car. The Tesla Model Y, which 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 take the top step on the podium. Beating it will most likely be the Dacia Sandero.
According to preliminary data from Dataforce, representing 97 per cent of sales in the European Union, EFTA markets and the UK, the Dacia will end 2024 as the best-selling car in Europe followed by the Volkswagen Golf.
Best-selling cars in Europe in 2024
Looking at the provisional ranking, the Sandero tops the Top Ten with 247,210 units sold in the first 11 months of 2024. The gap to the Volkswagen Golf, second in the ranking for now, is difficult to fill in just one month and in third place, for the time being, is the Renault Clio.
The Tesla Model Y is the only electric car in the ranking, but it has slipped to sixth position with 181,781 units registered from January to November (-21%); a figure that says a lot about the crisis of the electric car.
| Position | Model make | Units sold in the first 11 months of 2024 | Units sold in the first 11 months of 2023 | Var % |
| 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 best
Reading the European registration figures for November, one can also see which car manufacturer had the most models in the Top 50 in November. Volkswagen had seven (the Tiguan in second place, the Golf in fourth, and the T-Roc in seventh). Next was Skoda, another brand of the German group, with six cars (notably the Octavia in 11th, the Fabia in 25th, and the Enyaq in 29th). Toyota had five cars in the November Top 50 (Yaris Cross at eighth, Yaris at ninth and Corolla at 17th).
After 11 months, the Volkswagen Group and Toyota share the lead 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 final ranking of the best-selling cars of 2024 will be.
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