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Best-selling cars in Europe in 2012

11,425,200 new cars were registered in Europe in 2012, 8.2% fewer than in 2011. The Volkswagen Golf was the most registered model, ahead of the Renault Mégane and the Ford Fiesta. Volkswagen sold the most cars, 13.5% of the market.

11,425,200New cars
−8.2%vs 2011
1,413 kgAverage mass
—Average CO₂ per km

The 50 most registered models

#ModelNew carsSharevs 2011Rank 2011
1Volkswagen Golf479,7874.2%−9.2%1
2Renault Mégane322,0502.8%−14.8%2
3Ford Fiesta301,0452.6%−10.6%4
4Volkswagen Polo279,2852.4%−17.5%3
5Renault Clio240,5602.1%−15.2%5
6Ford Focus233,0192.0%−11.9%6
7Volkswagen Passat187,1851.6%−21.3%7
8Fiat Panda182,5561.6%−1.2%10
9Nissan Qashqai171,5001.5%+2.2%12
10BMW 3 Series166,4961.5%+11.5%16
11Toyota Yaris158,8081.4%+23.7%23
12Peugeot 208152,6031.3%new—
13BMW 1 Series147,7431.3%+20.2%26
14Citroen C3147,3011.3%−17.5%11
15Volkswagen Tiguan141,6551.2%+35.6%32
16Fiat 500137,1941.2%−6.0%17
17Fiat Punto130,5111.1%−36.2%9
18Peugeot 308116,1651.0%−20.0%18
19Mercedes-Benz C-Class111,0511.0%+4.9%31
20Citroen C4110,0221.0%−9.8%27
21Škoda Octavia109,5601.0%−33.5%13
22BMW 5 Series108,8761.0%−12.8%25
23Peugeot 207106,6020.9%−53.9%8
24Volkswagen Touran102,0630.9%−6.4%29
25Dacia Duster101,0610.9%−22.0%22
26Nissan Juke99,9150.9%+4.0%33
27Opel Corsa98,1100.9%−30.3%19
28Volkswagen Up!96,7670.8%new—
29Peugeot 300893,2360.8%−13.0%30
30Mercedes-Benz B-Class92,2380.8%+90.0%73
31Renault Twingo92,1160.8%−29.1%21
32Hyundai i3091,7000.8%−1.2%34
33Audi A389,6310.8%−28.3%24
34Vauxhall Corsa89,0190.8%+14.5%43
35Škoda Fabia88,4610.8%−41.9%15
36Opel Astra87,9760.8%−26.4%28
37Ford C-Max83,8930.7%+2.8%38
38Audi A182,0700.7%−10.1%35
39Kia Sportage81,7320.7%+31.8%59
40Peugeot 50878,8990.7%+2.4%44
41Hyundai i2072,8500.6%+12.1%54
42Toyota Aygo70,8850.6%−16.1%36
43Dacia Sandero70,7160.6%+11.8%56
44Peugeot 10768,4480.6%−17.4%37
45Audi Q368,1950.6%new—
46Audi A4 Avant67,5250.6%new—
47Ford Mondeo66,6800.6%−12.5%45
48SEAT Ibiza66,6700.6%−56.3%14
49Kia Rio66,4160.6%+166.5%118
50Hyundai i1066,0260.6%−3.3%51

Models are grouped as we list them: the EEA's trim names (C 220 d, 320d) are counted under the class or series.

Makes

MakeNew carsSharevs 2011
Volkswagen1,541,51413.5%−2.1%
Ford919,6868.0%−11.4%
Renault801,0957.0%−20.3%
Peugeot773,9756.8%−11.2%
Audi669,9225.9%+6.0%
Citroen656,6945.7%−11.3%
BMW611,4765.4%+2.5%
Mercedes-Benz569,8935.0%+2.8%
Fiat543,7074.8%−15.2%
Toyota491,1544.3%−1.5%
Nissan421,0033.7%−4.4%
Hyundai415,4223.6%+12.4%
Kia331,1262.9%+21.2%
Opel320,4752.8%−24.1%
Škoda299,7532.6%−33.3%
Dacia232,2442.0%−1.2%
Vauxhall231,4592.0%−1.3%
Volvo205,5551.8%−9.1%
MINI152,1911.3%−4.4%
Suzuki144,0141.3%−12.3%

Fuel

Fuel20122011
Petrol42.1% 4,810,03742.7%
Diesel55.6% 6,347,10955.8%
Hybrid0.1% 6,3220.0%
Electric0.1% 15,4760.1%
LPG, gas and other2.2% 245,9491.3%

Hybrid: petrol or diesel with an electric motor, plug-in or not. Shares of cars whose fuel was recorded.

European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars (monitoring of every new car registered) · re-use permitted with acknowledgement