Europe November 2012: Renault Clio back on podium for the first time in almost 2 years
Renault Clio IV
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New car sales in the continent are down a painful 10% year-on-year to 970,393 registrations, the weakest month of November in 19 years, and down 7% year-to-date at 11,712,132 units. Brand-wise, Volkswagen is more dominant than ever with sales down just 4% this month to 130,446 and 3% year-to-date to 1,511,226. Ford (-12%) and Opel (-15%) follow with Renault (-28%), Peugeot (-12%) and Citroen (-19%) suffering. Only BMW at #7 (+4%) and Mercedes at #8 (+1%) manage to gain ground in the Top 10…
The VW Golf is still the most popular model in the region by far with 35,473 sales (-6%) and enjoying a smooth transition between the 6th and 7th generation. Boosted by great performances in the UK and Germany, the Ford Fiesta is up 4% at #2 and 25,336 units while the Renault Clio climbs onto the European podium for the first time since February 2011 at #3 with 22,133 sales (-3%) thanks to the new 4th gen and its pole position in France. Other great performers include the Peugeot 208 at #8 and the Nissan Qashqai at #9 (-4%).
Full November 2012 Top 10 models and Top 20 brands Ranking Tables below.
Previous month: Europe October 2012: Peugeot 208 #3, Fiat Panda back in Top 10
One year ago: Europe November 2011: Opel Corsa up to third place
Europe November 2012 – models:
| Pos | Model | Nov | /11 | Oct | 2012 | /11 | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | VW Golf | 35,473 | -6% | 1 | 408,412 | -10% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ford Fiesta | 25,336 | 4% | 2 | 289,553 | -11% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Renault Clio | 22,133 | -3% | 4 | 225,287 | -18% | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | VW Polo | 21,596 | -25% | 5 | 269,000 | -19% | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Opel Corsa | 20,100 | -17% | 6 | 249,596 | -15% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Opel Astra | 19,392 | -14% | 7 | 216,802 | -20% | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Ford Focus | 18,799 | -5% | 8 | 226,378 | -15% | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Peugeot 208 | 18,358 | n/a | 3 | 138,938 | new | 19 | - |
| 9 | Nissan Qashqai | 15,852 | -4% | 10 | 193,695 | 0% | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | VW Passat | 15,827 | -22% | n/a | 182,194 | -17% | 10 | 10 |
Europe November 2012 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Nov | /11 | Oct | 2012 | /11 | Pos |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 130,446 | -4% | 1 | 1,511,226 | -3% | 1 |
| 2 | Ford | 72,687 | -11% | 2 | 896,530 | -12% | 2 |
| 3 | Opel/Vauxhall | 65,357 | -12% | 5 | 783,431 | -15% | 3 |
| 4 | Renault | 64,126 | -28% | 3 | 758,440 | -22% | 4 |
| 5 | Peugeot | 57,378 | -12% | 4 | 743,367 | -13% | 5 |
| 6 | Audi | 56,440 | -2% | 6 | 665,215 | 5% | 6 |
| 7 | BMW | 54,716 | 4% | 8 | 587,091 | -1% | 8 |
| 8 | Mercedes | 50,596 | 1% | 10 | 552,850 | 1% | 9 |
| 9 | Citroen | 48,523 | -19% | 7 | 632,252 | -12% | 7 |
| 10 | Fiat | 44,656 | -8% | 9 | 544,616 | -15% | 10 |
| 11 | Toyota | 38,748 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 12 | Skoda | 37,918 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 13 | Hyundai | 32,830 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 14 | Nissan | 31,042 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 15 | Kia | 27,171 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 16 | Seat | 20,822 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 17 | Volvo | 19,224 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 18 | Dacia | 19,171 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 19 | Mini | 12,502 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 20 | Suzuki | 11,052 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Source: www.jato.com
Tiguan is also successful.
@Gav
I guess it’s Up
No Up last year, then it’s pure gain.
Why is Peugeot and Citroen so low?? PSA cars are very good, only Volkswagen has better cars than PSA. I really don’t understand why Europeans buy GM/Opel or Ford so much(American brands) instead of Peugeot and Citroens.
@Miguel
Your passion for Honda is admirable, even a bit creepy.
Golf down 6%, Polo down %25, Passat down %22, VW only down 4%? It would be interesting to see the breakdown of the other VW models…
Anyone know Panda sales figures?
Honda got the best selling car in the USA (CIVIC) and they’re growing in every market of the world with the new CR-V and Civic except China just cuz the boicot of the japanese products,, just because they’re not popular in Eu or china doesn’t mean anything, you don’t know anything about cars.@eddy
@eddy
Do not say that! That´s not true at all!!
The Clio adds the 3 generations to be 3rd…
Honda is not even among the Top 20 in Europe! Honda is also not doing well in South America, Africa, Middle East, Russia and other parts too. They are going to be in trouble down the road. The cars they build are not interesting anymore!