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Europe 2001: VW Golf, Peugeot 206 and Ford Focus on podium

January 24th, 2002 Leave a comment Go to comments

VW Golf

* See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Florian *

In 2001 the VW Golf celebrates its 18th year atop European car sales, but the task was a little harder this year. It leads with 664,328 units, down just 1%, that’s 37,000 sales or 0.2% market share above the Peugeot 206… The French heir of the legendary Peugeot 205 delivers what would end up being its best-ever European year-end volume at 627,370 sales, up 17% and 2 spots on 2000 for a much deserved 2nd place.

Peugeot 206

The Ford Focus is up 9% and also 2 spots to climb onto the European podium for the very first time with 543,378 sales, just above the Fiat Punto down just 4% but 2 ranks to #4 and 541,274 units. Passed by the Focus, the Opel Astra is now #3 in its category and #5 overall with 517,519 sales (-4%). The BMW 3 Series impresses: it is up 5% and one spot to #9 with a record 343,991 sales. It’s official: the Renault Scenic (#11, -3%) sells more than the Megane (#14, -15%).

Ford Focus

Other great performers in Europe in 2001 include the Ford Mondeo up 8 spots and 51% to #12, Mercedes C-Class also up 8 to #13, Renault Laguna up 9 to #17, Audi A4 up 5 to #18, Citroen Picasso up 10 to #21 and Skoda Fabia up 24 to #30. The Toyota Yaris is the best-selling Japanese model in Europe by far again at #22 with 195,875 sales, with only two other nippons in the Top 40: the Nissan Micra (#36) and Almera (#37). Notice also the Peugeot 307, launched mid-year, landing directly at #23 with 191,275 sales.

Previous year: Europe 2000: VW Golf and Fiat Punto dominate

Next year: Europe 2002: VW Golf only 500 units above Peugeot 206

Full Year 2001 Top 80 Ranking Table and each model’s sales data below.

You can check out sales figures for each and every model sold in Europe in 2001 here: Europe 2001 All models

Europe Full Year 2001 Top 80 (Source Interautonews):

Pos Model 2001 /00 2000 Pos
1 VW Golf 664,328 -1% 669,540 1
2 Peugeot 206 627,370 17% 535,697 4
3 Ford Focus 543,378 9% 499,099 5
4 Fiat Punto 541,274 -4% 564,219 2
5 Opel Astra (incl. Classic) 517,519 -4% 538,013 3
6 Renault Clio 492,308 5% 469,193 6
7 Opel Corsa 465,592 15% 406,179 7
8 BMW 3 Series 343,991 5% 326,177 9
9 VW Polo 335,862 -4% 348,974 8
10 VW Passat 332,466 21% 274,586 12
11 Renault Scenic 291,846 -3% 301,930 11
12 Ford Mondeo 286,794 51% 189,671 20
13 Mercedes C Class 277,463 52% 182,156 21
14 Renault Megane 272,228 -15% 318,455 10
15 Ford Fiesta 255,123 -6% 271,715 13
16 Opel Zafira 242,810 21% 200,236 19
17 Renault Laguna 226,458 37% 164,980 26
18 Audi A4 224,692 31% 170,965 23
19 Citroen Saxo 223,247 -8% 241,882 14
20 Citroen Xsara 219,731 0% 218,847 17
21 Citroen Picasso 209,403 54% 135,778 31
22 Toyota Yaris 195,875 9% 179,873 22
23 Peugeot 307 191,275 new 0  -
24 Opel Vectra 185,807 -17% 224,510 16
25 Peugeot 406 172,028 -20% 215,170 18
26 Seat Ibiza 163,724 -4% 170,762 24
27 Renault Twingo 163,115 -1% 164,276 27
28 Mercedes A Class 161,962 -2% 165,048 25
29 Fiat Seicento 147,116 -9% 161,368 28
30 Skoda Fabia 144,325 92% 75,006 54
31 Ford Ka 137,063 -7% 147,872 30
32 Mercedes E Class 128,208 -17% 154,127 29
33 Audi A3 123,561 5% 117,300 35
34 BMW 5 Series 122,388 1% 121,022 34
35 Peugeot 306 114,930 -52% 238,008 15
36 Nissan Micra 114,472 -11% 128,148 33
37 Nissan Almera 110,870 -1% 111,946 38
38 Citroen C5 109,657 new 99 n/a
39 Peugeot 106 105,054 5% 99,726 43
40 Skoda Octavia 104,837 5% 99,887 42
41 Audi A6 104,803 -7% 112,171 37
42 Toyota Avensis 104,692 2% 102,971 40
43 Lancia Y 102,087 -8% 111,211 39
44 MCC Smart 101,937 4% 97,634 44
45 Fiat Bravo/a 97,964 -24% 128,408 32
46 Fiat Panda 92,490 3% 90,199 48
47 Alfa Romeo 147 92,063 1329% 6,441 n/a
48 Alfa Romeo 156 90,390 -4% 94,547 45
49 Seat Leon 88,813 22% 72,714 55
50 Toyota Corolla 87,109 -24% 114,635 36
51 Opel Agila 83,788 101% 41,776 77
52 VW Lupo 80,014 -10% 88,636 49
53 Honda Civic 78,934 14% 69,475 58
54 VW Bora 73,228 -20% 91,968 47
55 Daewoo Matiz 69,106 -31% 100,603 41
56 Renault Kangoo 64,978 -10% 71,811 56
57 Rover 25 63,920 -16% 75,873 53
58 Seat Cordoba 63,644 -23% 82,590 52
59 Nissan Primera 63,083 -33% 94,284 46
60 Volvo V70 60,284 -28% 84,309 51
61 Renault Espace 59,721 -5% 63,040 59
62 Hyundai Accent 58,431 -17% 70,144 57
63 Citroen Berlingo 57,339 6% 54,260 63
64 Volvo V40 56,833 -9% 62,625 60
65 Toyota RAV4 53,976 112% 25,449 n/a
66 VW Sharan 53,523 16% 46,114 69
67 Land Rover Freelander 53,366 -9% 58,549 62
68 Ford Galaxy 52,417 14% 45,982 70
69 Audi A2 51,517 190% 17,781 n/a
70 Fiat Multipla 49,841 2% 48,784 68
71 Volvo S60 46,580 578% 6,871 n/a
72 Seat Toledo 43,974 -18% 53,611 65
73 Nissan Almera Tino 43,908 168% 16,366 n/a
74 Fiat Marea 43,401 -30% 62,121 61
75 Mazda 323 43,336 -20% 54,130 64
76 Lancia Lybra 41,583 -22% 53,218 66
77 Saab 9-3 40,130 -9% 44,289 74
78 Rover 45 39,058 -11% 43,993 76
79 Chrysler Voyager 35,883 11% 32,224 n/a
80 Rover 75 35,025 -20% 44,013 75

Europe Full Year 2001 Top 10 (Source JATO):

Pos Model 2001 01/00 2000 Pos
1 VW Golf 659,500 -4% 690,400 1
2 Peugeot 206 626,000 12% 556,600 4
3 Fiat Punto 543,200 -7% 583,900 2
4 Ford Focus 540,300 3% 525,000 5
5 Opel Astra 501,000 -13% 575,400 3
6 Renault Clio 494,000 3% 481,200 6
7 Opel Corsa 455,500 8% 420,900 7
8 BMW 3 Series 340,000 3% 330,400 10
9 Renault Scenic 300,300 -11% 337,400 9
10 VW Polo 297,800 -19% 367,700 8
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