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In a surprising turn of events, the Dacia Sandero has been crowned Europe’s best-selling car for July 2021, beating the VW Golf in its own game. The Romanian budget-friendly supermini sold 20,446 units in July, proving to be quite popular with European buyers and reaching the top spot for the first time ever.
In total, the European market fell by 24 percent last month with 967,830 sales according to JATO, following four months of growth. For comparison, Europe had 1.27 million sales in July 2020 and 1.32 million sales in July 2019 before the pandemic. Most automakers and markets saw a great decline in the new car registrations, not only because of the pandemic but also due to the shortage of semiconductors affecting the availability. Still, 2021 sales for the first seven months of the year are 24 percent higher than the same period of 2020.
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The third generation of the Sandero was officially revealed last year together with the Sandero Stepway and Logan siblings. Unlike its predecessors who were built in dated underpinnings, the new model is based on the latest CMF-B platform by Renault Group. Still, it is one of the cheapest models in the B-Segment.
Whilst looking fairly modern and offering adequate space for its segment, the cheap price does come at a cost, since the Sandero only managed to grab a two-star safety rating by Euro-NCAP, mostly due to pedestrian protection and standard ADAS equipment. Additionally, the cheapest variant is not equipped with an infotainment touchscreen, offering a smartphone dock instead.
Despite losing the top spot, Volkswagen is the brand with the most cars in the top-10 thanks to the Golf (19,425 units) in second place, the Polo (17,343 units) in fourth, the T-Roc (16,494 units) in fifth, and the T-Cross (14,170 units) in seventh place. It remains Europe’s best-selling brand despite a 19 percent drop.
July’s best-seller list also includes the Toyota Yaris (18,858 units) who came third, the Hyundai Tucson (14,883 units) in sixth place, the Dacia Duster (13,329 units) in eighth place, the Ford Puma (13,283 units) in ninth place, and the rival Peugeot 2008 (13,134 units) in 10th place. As we can see, six out of 10 best-selling cars were SUVs, three were B-Segment superminis and only one was a C-Segment hatchback.
Volkswagen tops the charts in electric vehicles with the ID.3 (5,433 units) remaining the best-selling BEV, ahead of the Renault Zoe (3,976), the Kia Niro EV (3.953 units), and other rivals. In PHEVs, the Ford Kuga (4,247) came first, followed by the Peugeot 3008 (3.039 units) and the Volvo XC40 (2,931).
Combined sales of BEV and PHEV models in July were 160,646 units, accounting for 17 percent of all car sales. While this is impressive, Automotive News Europe reports that it wasn’t enough to surpass diesel car’s 22 percent share, with gasoline vehicles still the most popular option with a conquering 59 percent share.
2020 was a year most automakers would like to forget and that’s especially true in the luxury segment as every single brand posted a decline in U.S. sales.
However, the luxury sales crown is a closely watched contest and only a few thousand units separated BMW, Mercedes and Lexus last year.
BMW took top honors as they sold 278,732 vehicles in the United States. That’s a drop of 17.5%, but it’s worth noting the automaker was fined $18 (£13.3 / €14.7) million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for inflating their sales between 2015 and 2019.
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Second place went to Lexus which sold 275,041 vehicles last year. That’s a decline of 7.7% and the drop can be partly attributed to weak sales of the ES and RX.
Rounding out the podium is Mercedes. They sold 274,916 passengers vehicles – excluding vans – for a drop of 13.0%. C-Class sales plummeted 46.5% for the year, while sales of the E-Class / CLS and S-Class were both off by more than 30%.
Over at Audi, sales dropped 17% to 186,620 units. Their big losers were the A4, A6 and A7 which all saw declines of between 31-42%. On the bright side, Q3 sales skyrocketed 84% for the year.
Acura came in fifth place with sales of 136,983 units. That’s a decline of 13.5% and that can be chalked up to weaker demand for the outgoing TLX and MDX. However, both models are new for 2021.
The final two spots go to Cadillac and Lincoln. Cadillac sales were down 17.1% to 129,495 units, while Lincoln sales were off 6.1% at 105,410 units.
Lincoln sales will likely drop again this year as the brand has axed the MKZ and Continental. While they were Lincoln’s slowest selling vehicles, aside from the MKT, they still contributed 17,780 units to the bottom line last year.
Lastly, Infiniti sales were down 32.5% to 79,502 units. The drop was largely due to a decline in Q50 and QX60 sales which were off 36.4% and 47.0%, respectively.
The two slowest-selling new vehicles in the United States are both Mitsubishis, a new study has found.
During a recent analysis of 4.4 million new and used vehicles sold throughout the United States in the period from March through June 2020, it was discovered that the Mitsubishi Outlander and Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross are the slowest-selling new vehicles in the country. On average, it takes 197.7 days for an Outlander and 187.7 days for an Eclipse Cross to sell.
It is hardly a surprise that the Mitsubishi Outlander is so difficult to shift as it has been in production in third-generation guise, with minimal changes, since 2014 and there are many newer and more modern alternatives on the market.
Speaking about it, iSeeCars chief executive Phong Ly said: “The Mitsubishi Outlander compact SUV saw a 76 percent decrease in sales in the second quarter of 2020 compared to 2019, which shows that there isn’t high demand for the vehicle, despite its affordability and unique features like a third-row seat.”
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It is somewhat of a surprise to see the Eclipse Cross so high up on the list, though, as it is still relatively new. However, like other Mitsubishi models, it is extremely basic and clearly failing to cash-in on demand for SUVs and crossovers in the United States.
The third slowest-selling new vehicle is the Buick Encore with an average sale time of 170 days. It was followed by the Nissan Frontier (158.3 days), Chevrolet Impala (153.1 days), Nissan Altima (151.9 days), Nissan Armada (151.2 days), Cadillac Escalade ESV (151.1 days), Range Rover Velar (150.4 days), and the Infiniti QX60 (149.9 days.)
It sure is not good for car manufacturers to have their new vehicles sitting around for so long. On the flip side, shoppers may find some good savings with such vehicles as dealerships should be eager to get them off their lots.
