There are many surprises in the statistics regarding the best-selling car of 2022
In a automotive market which is slowly recovering after the drama of the pandemic, there was a lot of anticipation to find out the ranking of the best-selling cars of 2022.
A ranking which, on the one hand, has offered many confirmations with respect to recent years, with historical models still extremely successful. which however, on the other hand, has offered new ideas for reflection and novelty.
Best-selling car 2022, Stellantis in evidence
Among the most interesting statistics is the success of the brand Stellar which includes numerous models at the top of the sales and approval charts in many countries. In all there are four models that Stellar place in the Top 10 of the main countries with Peugeot 208, Fiat 500, Opel Corsa (also in the British Vauxhall version) e Citroen C3.
Among light commercial vehicles, the group has three models in the top three positions in key markets such as those of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. It’s about Panda, Lancia Ypsilon and Fiat 500. An important result that saw the new car sales market grow compared to the pandemic but slightly down, with a decrease of half a percentage point, from 4.6 to 4.1%. Only there Germania has progressively adjusted its sales figures thanks above all to the promotions strongly desired by the German government to facilitate the production and sale of national automotive products.
Italy unfortunately it records the most evident calculus, just under 10%.
Peugeot 208 but also Tesla
According to official statistics, endorsed by associations that bring together automotive manufacturers, sellers and importers, the best-selling car is the Peugeot 208 with a significant increase compared to both the sales figures for 2020 and 2021. For the flagship car of the French Lion, an urban crossover – another feature that in some way illustrates what the public’s choices are – there are talks of almost 200 thousand orders .
But among the many curiosities there are in addition to the reconfirmation of eternal cars, such as the Golf (which loses the lead after years in favor of the 208 in what can be considered a historic overtaking), present with its latest generation car in the absolute Top5 with a more than flattering fourth place, also that of new cars. The Barter from the Volkswagen for example, second absolute best-selling car in 2022 in Europe.
In constant and continuous growth also the models full electric. With margins also of a certain importance: starting with Tesla Model Y. If orders have also increased by 200% compared to 2021, the American electric urban crossover in December 2022 was even the best-selling car ever in Europe. It had never happened for a completely electric product.
