The preferred brands in Europe during the first semester by country

In recent months we have been talking about how new car sales have been in the main international markets, paying greater attention by European countries. Today we want to give you a summary of how things are going with him ranking of the 10 brands most in demand in the old continent.

For the occasion we have not only chosen the markets of the European Union and the countries that form the Free Trade Agreement (Norway, Iceland and Switzerland) but we have also included others further east and even occupy part of Asia, as in Russia and Turkey. With this you can also better understand local tastes.

GERMANY

1. VW 223,227
2. Mercedes 117,355
3. BMW 98,839
4. Audi 98,623
5. Ford 84,007
6. Skoda 71,868
7. Opel 60,820
8. SEAT 50,007
9. Renault 47,879
10. Fiat 39,095

AUSTRIA

1. VW 17,443
2. Skoda 11,555
3. SEAT 7,839
4. BMW 7,427
5. Renault 6,454
6. Ford 5,733
7. Mercedes 5,642
8. Hyundai 5,262
9. Opel 4,683
10. Audi 4,616

BELGIUM

1. VW 21,921
2. BMW 17,446
3. Peugeot 15,818
4. Renault 15,139
5. Mercedes 14,513
6. Audi 12,597
7. Citroën 11,340
8. Opel 10,521
9. Ford 9,552
10. Toyota 9,430

BELARUS

1. Lada 5,735
2. Renault 4,498
3. Geely 4,350
4. VW 2,868
5. Kia 2005
6. Hyundai 1,830
7. GAZ 1,364
8. Skoda 1,319
9. Nissan 572
10. Toyota 548

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA

1. Skoda 597
2. VW 407
3. Renault 218
4. Dacia 211
5. Hyundai 195
6. Toyota 193
7. Audi 184
8. Opel 157
9. Peugeot 154
10. Citroën / Mercedes / Kia 109

BULGARIA

1. Skoda 1,458
2. Renault 1,421
3. Dacia 1,357
4. Toyota 1,182
5. VW 1,087
6. Peugeot 746
7. Nissan 742
8. Mercedes 606
9. BMW 512
10. Kia 503

CYPRUS

1. Toyota 748
2. Kia 614
3. VW 426
4. Nissan 403
5. Hyundai 382
6. BMW 269
7. Mercedes 257
8. Audi 176
9. Land Rover 165
10. Jeep 160

CROATIA

1. VW 2,766
2. Skoda 2,429
3. Renault 1,580
4. Dacia 1,142
5. Kia 957
6. Suzuki 868
7. Hyundai 801
8. Toyota 762
9. Peugeot 665
10. Opel 619

DENMARK

1. VW 11,315
2. Peugeot 7,678
3. Toyota 6,812
4. Citroen 6,219
5. Skoda 5,581
6. Ford 5,026
7. Mercedes 4,963
8. Renault 4,771
9. Kia 4252
10. Hyundai 3,876

SLOVAKIA

1. Skoda 7,621
2. Hyundai 3,172
3. VW 3,123
4. Kia 2,534
5. Toyota 2,248
6. Peugeot 2,090
7. Dacia 1,788
8. Renault 1,540
9. Citroën 1,499
10. Opel 1,084

SLOVENIA

1. Renault 4,792
2. VW 4,690
3. Skoda 2,946
4. Dacia 1,530
5. Peugeot 1,492
6. Hyundai 1,461
7. Kia 1,430
8. Citroën 1,129
9. Fiat 1,105
10. Toyota 1,030

SPAIN

1. SEAT 30,512
2. VW 26,932
3. Peugeot 26,680
4. Toyota 23,621
5. Renault 22,924
6. Citroën 19,018
7. Kia 17,682
8. Audi 16,736
9. Hyundai 16,436
10. Mercedes 15,923

ESTONIA

1. Toyota 1,815
2. Skoda 1,307
3. Renault 932
4. Kia 711
5. VW 685
6. Peugeot 624
7. Citroën 461
8. Dacia 286
9. Honda 272
10. Mercedes 266

FINLAND

1. Toyota 6,469
2. Skoda 4,902
3. VW 4,739
4. Volvo 3,915
5. Kia 3,367
6. Ford 3,001
7. Mercedes 2,870
8. BMW 2,288
9. Opel 1,953
10. Nissan 1,833

FRANCE

1. Renault 146,120
2. Peugeot 127,912
3. Citroën 73,768
4. Dacia 40,731
5. VW 40,123
6. Toyota 39,576
7. Ford 24,516
8. Mercedes 21,564
9. Opel 20,163
10. BMW 19,338

GREECE

1. Toyota 5,357
2. Peugeot 3,693
3. VW 3,277
4. Hyundai 2,620
5. Nissan 2,214
6. Opel 2,155
7. Citroën 1,844
8. Suzuki 1,730
9. BMW 1,521
10. Mercedes 1,414

HOLLAND

1. VW 17,889
2. Kia 13,649
3. Peugeot 11,321
4. Opel 9,992
5. Toyota 9,861
6. Ford 9,410
7. Renault 9,283
8. BMW 9,205
9. Skoda 7,612
10. Mercedes 6,503

HUNGARY

1. Toyota 5,854
2. VW 5,016
3. Dacia 4,942
4. Suzuki 4,750
5. Skoda 4,704
6. Ford 4,214
7. Renault 2,913
8. Kia 2,767
9. Opel 2,476
10. Fiat 2,416

IRELAND

1. Toyota 6,470
2. VW 6,225
3. Hyundai 5,223
4. Skoda 4,593
5. Ford 3,629
6. Nissan 3,364
7. Kia 3,085
8. Renault 2,658
9. Peugeot 2,537
10. Audi 2,092

ICELAND

1. Toyota 551
2. Tesla 465
3. Kia 329
4. Hyundai 315
5. VW 284
6. Mitsubishi 232
7. Nissan 199
8. Skoda 188
9. Volvo 184
10. Suzuki 180

ITALY

1. Fiat 89,992
2. VW 54,055
3. Ford 37,640
4. Peugeot 36,154
5. Renault 35,321
6. Citroën 28,663
7. Toyota 27,848
8. Opel 24,749
9. Jeep 23,099
10. Dacia 22,152

LATVIA

1. VW 489
2. Toyota 438
3. Skoda 398
4. Peugeot 265
5. Renault 181

LIECHTENSTEIN

1. BMW 105
2. Mercedes 73
3. Audi 66
4. VW 55
5. Skoda 42
6. SEAT 38
7. Toyota 28
8. Ford 27
9. Land Rover 27
10. Renault 25

LITHUANIA

1. Fiat 2,201
2. Toyota 1,073
3. VW 661
4. Skoda 512
5. Renault 323

LUXEMBOURG

1. VW 2,608
2. 2014 Mercedes
3. BMW 1,851
4. Audi 1,591
5. Skoda 1,357
6. Renault 1,182
7. Ford 983
8. Peugeot 922
9. Volvo 764
10. Hyundai 641

MONTENEGRO

1. Dacia 143
2. Skoda 97
3. Toyota 88
4. VW 81
5. Renault 63
6. Mercedes 39
7. Audi 38
8. Hyundai / Volvo 37
9. Kia 31
10. Suzuki 25

NORWAY

1. VW 7,542
2. Audi 6,125
3. Toyota 5,146
4. Volvo 4,151
5. BMW 3,901
6. Hyundai 3,772
7. Skoda 3,577
8. Mercedes 3,166
9. Nissan 2,937
10. Peugeot 2,305

POLAND

1. Toyota 18,774
2. Skoda 17,049
3. VW 10,497
4. Kia 7,530
5. Hyundai 5,787
6. Mercedes 5,592
7. Dacia 5,482
8. Renault 5,357
9. BMW 5,174
10. Ford 4,462

PORTUGAL

1. Renault 7,915
2. Peugeot 7,068
3. Mercedes 6,187
4. BMW 4,620
5. Citroën 3,821
6. Nissan 3,725
7. SEAT 3,319
8. Toyota 3,013
9. Ford 2,867
10. VW 2,863

UK

1. Ford 59,874
2. VW 58,933
3. BMW 46,580
4. Mercedes 45,683
5. Audi 40,405
6. Toyota 39,360
7. Vauxhall 37,576
8. Nissan 30,109
9. Kia 28,970
10. Land Rover 25,624

REP. CZECH

1. Skoda 36,551
2. Hyundai 7,999
3. VW 7,655
4. Dacia 4,722
5. Toyota 4,180
6. Kia 3,887
7. Peugeot 3,564
8. Renault 3,318
9. Mercedes 3,306
10. BMW 2,380

ROMANIA

1. Dacia 14,573
2. VW 3,996
3. Skoda 3,877
4. Renault 3,802
5. Hyundai 3,494
6. Toyota 2,826
7. Ford 2,669
8. Peueot 1,645
9. Mercedes 1,625
10. Suzuki 1,490

RUSSIA

1. Lada 28,020
2. Kia 17,007
3. Hyundai 13,373
4. Renault 10,704
5. VW 7,553
6. Toyota 7,364
7. Skoda 7,282
8. Nissan 4,267
9. GAZ 3,760
10. UAZ 2,770

SWEDEN

1. Volvo 24,089
2. VW 17,639
3. Kia 11,221
4. Audi 8,806
5. Toyota 7,942
6. BMW 7,816
7. Mercedes 7,778
8. Skoda 6,444
9. Renault 3,750
10. SEAT 3,668

SWITZERLAND

1. VW 11,578
2. Mercedes 10,164
3. BMW 9,613
4. Skoda 8,393
5. Audi 5,809
6. SEAT 5,327
7. Renault 4,860
8. Ford 4,142
9. Toyota 4,136
10. Volvo 3,641

TURKEY

1. Renault 29,054
2. Fiat 21,304
3. VW 15,416
4. Peugeot 12,804
5. Opel 10,007
6. Toyota 8,796
7. Dacia 7,927
8. Citroën 7,447
9. Hyundai 7,212
10. Honda 6,848

UKRAINE

1. Renault 6,277
2. Toyota 5,460
3. Kia 3,098
4. Skoda 2,053
5. Hyundai 1,806
6. Nissan 1,769
7. Mercedes 1,401
8. Mazda 1,356
9. Suzuki 1,235
10. Peugeot 1,232

Among the countries that have not provided the figures or do not usually offer information, mention should be made of Albania, Andorra, Principality of Monaco, San Marino, Moldova, Macedonia and Malta. Given that they are countries that move very small volumes, it does not seem that they are of excessive importance, although it should be noted that in Monaco more luxury cars are sold than normal, with a very high share of the so-called “super-luxury” cars. how Rolls Royce, Porsche, Bentley or Ferrari.

Among the brands that are most repeated in European markets we must mention Volkswagen, Skoda, Peugeot, Renault, Toyota and Kia. Others like Fiat, Opel, Ford and Citroën they also enjoy high popularity. We are not surprised that in many cases it is the firms that have plants in the country that achieve the best commercial results.

If we talk about Chinese firms, just geely has managed to sneak into one of the markets: Belarus. The interesting Atlas crossover It is marketed at an attractive price and has managed to conquer the local public by offering more cars for less. Lada also appears in some eastern countries.