Europe November 2011: Opel Corsa up to third place
Opel Corsa
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Up until now, the European car market had been holding itself rather well given the continent’s economic situation and currency crisis. But November is down 5%, with Germany the only Big Five country to register a year-on-year increase (+3%), at 1,043,317 units, bringing the year-to-date total down to -1.2% and 12,510,265 units.
Volkswagen keeps its hold on the models ranking, placing the VW Golf at #1 with a solid 3.6% share thanks to 37,059 sales – identical to its 2011 year-to-date market share at 449,882 units, and the VW Polo at #2 with 2.7% and 28,413 sales, slightly above its 2.6% 2011 YTD share. Up two ranks on October, the Opel Corsa climbs on the podium for the second time in the last 3 months but without the help of an inflated UK market this time, at 23,886 sales and 2.3%.
Other good performers this month include the Opel Astra, up 3% year-on-year at #6, the VW Passat up a massive 116% on November 2011 to #7 and 19,432 sales. The Ford Focus is down a worrying 15% year-on-year in spite of the arrival of the new generation in dealerships in the meantime.
Previous month: Europe October 2011: VW Polo back to second place
Full November 2011 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
Europe November 2011:
| Pos | Model | Nov | % | /10 | Oct | 2011 | % | /10 | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | VW Golf | 37,059 | 3.6% | -2% | 1 | 449,882 | 3.6% | -2% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | VW Polo | 28,413 | 2.7% | 0% | 2 | 329,891 | 2.6% | 0% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Opel Corsa | 23,886 | 2.3% | 2% | 5 | 288,857 | 2.3% | -1% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Ford Fiesta | 23,753 | 2.3% | -16% | 3 | 322,969 | 2.6% | -15% | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Renault Clio | 22,414 | 2.1% | -13% | 4 | 273,705 | 2.2% | -12% | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Opel Astra | 21,956 | 2.1% | 3% | 8 | 265,674 | 2.1% | -1% | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | VW Passat | 19,432 | 1.9% | 116% | 6 | 235,724 | 1.9% | 57% | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Renault Megane | 19,207 | 1.8% | -12% | 7 | 221,360 | 1.8% | -9% | 10 | 9 |
| 9 | Ford Focus | 18,759 | 1.8% | -15% | 9 | 260,749 | 2.1% | 6% | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Peugeot 207 | 16,707 | 1.6% | -27% | 10 | 225,806 | 1.8% | -20% | 9 | 6 |
Source: www.jato.com
Note: These figures include the 27 European Union countries plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, and minus Bulgaria, Romania and Malta.
