Europe 11 months 2014: Discover the Top 357 models & all brands

The Hurácan lifts Lamborghini sales up 29% this year in Europe.

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Time for the last year-to-date update for the 2014 European market, on track to lodge its first year-on-year gains in 7 years at 11.945.609 registrations after 11 months vs. 11.346.647 a year ago (+5%). This return to form for new car sales in Europe is illustrated by the fact that all Top 20 manufacturers register year-on-year volume improvements. Volkswagen and Ford top the brands ranking but grow slightly slower than the market at +4%, while Opel (+8%), Renault (+9%) and Peugeot (+6%) outpace it. Premium German brands all evolve at record heights: Audi is up 4% to 675,177 sales, BMW up 5% to 615,409 and Mercedes up 5% to 605,316. Citroen and Fiat round up the Top 10 but are threatened by Skoda up a fantastic 14% in 11th place, spending most of the 2nd half of the year in the Top 10.

Infiniti is selling twice as many cars in Europe this year than in 2013.

Dacia remains the best performing mass marque across the continent, with sales up an indecent 28% on 2013 to 334,407, securing the low-cost brand a spot inside Europe’s Top 15 for the first time in its history. Seat (+13%), Volvo (+11%) and Mazda (+20%) also benefit from a renewed range and dynamic sales. Further down, notice (in order of sales) Mitsubishi up 32%, Porsche up 21%, Jeep up 55%, Tesla up 181%, Maserati up 306% and Infiniti up 95%. In the bad news aisle, Smart is down 20% but should return in black shortly with the new Fortwo and Forfour, Subaru is down 15% and Chevrolet takes a bow at a logical -72% in 29th position.

The Ford Kuga breaks into the European year-to-date Top 50 this month.

Readjusted figures mean the Top 10 models look slightly different from our last November update: the Audi A3 replaces the Skoda Octavia at #9 and gives the Nissan Qashqai at #8 a little more room to breathe, with the 3 nameplates respectively adding up to 186,783 (+20%), 186,243 (+23%) and 188,448 units after 11 months. December will decide of the final order. The Fiat 500 keeps pushing just outside the Top 10, up 14% to #11, while the Toyota Yaris passes the BMW 3 Series to rank #14 and the Fiat Panda overtakes the VW Passat to #18. The Mercedes C-Class is up to #23, the Dacia Duster up to #28, Opel Mokka up to #31, Nissan Juke up to #39 and the Ford Kuga makes its entrance inside Europe’s Top 50 at #49 with 78,582 sales, up a stunning 31% on 2013.

587 Bentley Continental Flying Spur found a buyer in Europe so far this year.

The VW Golf Sportsvan leads the all-new entrants at #77 with 50,340 sales, with the Mercedes GLA the only other new nameplate inside the Top 100 at #98 and 40,243 units. These two superstars are followed by the Peugeot 108 at #119, Citroen C4 Cactus at #121, BMW 2 Series at #133, Porsche Macan at #156, Ford Ecosport at #166, BMW X4 at #187, Mercedes V-Class at #188, Nissan Pulsar at #218 and Jeep Renegade at #232. In the luxury aisle, notice the Maserati Ghibli at #235 with 3,984 sales, the BMW i8 at #279 with 905 deliveries, Bentley Continental Flying Spur at #290 with 587 units and the Lamborghini Huracan at #318 with 199 sales.

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