As several European governments introduced new lockdown measures in an attempt to contain the second wave of the COVID‑19 pandemic, the European passenger car market is falling behind again in November 2020, with a 14.8% decline on the same month last year, at 1.04 million deliveries. The year-to-date figure slightly improves to -24.9% with 10.82 million deliveries. Europe’s five major car markets all posted declines as the UK, France and Spain suffered double-digit drops (down 27.4%, 27% and 18.7% respectively), while Italy (-8.3%) and Germany (-3.0%) outperformed the market.
Sales of car models (hatchback, sedan, stationwagon, coupe and convertible) move equal to the market at -14.8% with stable share at 53.7%. Crossover and SUV beat the market at -13.8% to top 40.3% share, while MPV sales are down 22.1% to 6% share. Within these figures, EV and PHEV sales nearly triple to a record 166,000 registrations. In November, EVs were up 182% to nearly 83,500 deliveries and PHEVs were up 217% to just over 82,700 deliveries. The share of plug-in cars stood at 16% in November (8% for pure EVs alone). The Year-To-Date share of EVs and PHEVs now stands at 10% (5.4% for EVs).
November 2020 Manufacturers
Volkswagen Group nearly matches the overall market at -15.1%, while PSA beats the market at -12.5% and Renault-Nissan loses share at -17.5%. BMW AG jumps to 4th place with sales down just 8.1%, moving ahead of Daimler AG at -21.1%. FCA and Toyota Motor see almost stable sales, which allows the former to leapfrog Hyundai-Kia (-22.1%) and the latter to move ahead of Ford Motor Company at -24.7%. Geely Group and Suzuk both sell more than they did in November 2019, but Mazda and Honda lose near a third of their sales and so does Tesla. Subaru also continues to struggle in Europe with sales down by a quarter and now barely outsells China’s relatively newcomer SAIC MG, which grows its sales by 34%.
| Group | Nov-20 | Nov-19 | change | YTD 2020 | YTD 2019 | change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen Group | 266.432 | 313.886 | -15,1% | 2.715.340 | 3.537.278 | -23,2% |
| 2 | PSA | 152.538 | 174.270 | -12,5% | 1.572.847 | 2.297.739 | -31,5% |
| 3 | Renault-Nissan | 132.184 | 160.900 | -17,8% | 1.446.284 | 1.995.268 | -27,5% |
| 4 | BMW AG | 78.987 | 85.959 | -8,1% | 760.101 | 944.354 | -19,5% |
| 5 | Daimler AG | 70.782 | 89.742 | -21,1% | 693.653 | 930.735 | -25,5% |
| 6 | Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles | 63.870 | 64.979 | -1,7% | 615.249 | 851.913 | -27,8% |
| 7 | Hyundai-Kia | 63.630 | 81.633 | -22,1% | 763.713 | 963.927 | -20,8% |
| 8 | Toyota Motor | 60.517 | 61.409 | -1,5% | 620.681 | 729.681 | -14,9% |
| 9 | Ford Motor Comp. | 58.625 | 77.888 | -24,7% | 637.119 | 912.452 | -30,2% |
| 10 | Geely Group | 27.649 | 27.534 | 0,4% | 262.772 | 304.778 | -13,8% |
| 11 | Suzuki | 15.414 | 15.048 | 2,4% | 156.111 | 233.655 | -33,2% |
| 12 | Mazda | 14.339 | 22.671 | -36,8% | 133.998 | 223.438 | -40,0% |
| 13 | Tata Motors | 13.172 | 16.146 | -18,4% | 144.706 | 208.367 | -30,6% |
| 14 | Tesla Motors | 5.581 | 8.978 | -37,8% | 71.639 | 87.479 | -18,1% |
| 15 | Honda | 5.443 | 8.108 | -32,9% | 73.039 | 112.644 | -35,2% |
| 16 | Subaru Corp. | 1.726 | 2.301 | -25,0% | 17.013 | 26.177 | -35,0% |
| 17 | SAIC | 1.572 | 1.161 | 35,4% | 20.521 | 11.362 | 80,6% |
| 18 | Mahindra & Mahindra | 759 | 1.071 | -29,1% | 10.114 | 12.817 | -21,1% |
| 19 | Aston Martin | 144 | 170 | -15,3% | 1.437 | 2.268 | -36,6% |
| 20 | General Motors | 53 | 55 | -3,6% | 309 | 2.921 | -89,4% |
November 2020 Brands
In the brands ranking, Volkswagen is the biggest loser of the top-5 at -19.5% and Renault also slightly lags the market at -15.4%, while Peugeot and Mercedes-Benz both gain tiny shreds of share. BMW outperforms with a loss of just 8.1% to outsell Ford which drops to #6 and feels Toyota breathing down its neck. Skoda drops 12% to narrowly stay ahead of a stable Audi while Opel/Vauxhall beats the market at -11.6%. Fiat is also in good spirits, adding half a percentage point of market share, while Hyundai drops behind Citroën and Dacia. Kia and Seat also lose market share but Volvo keeps outperforming the market at -4.2%. Mini and Porsche do the same at -7.9% and -7.1% respectively while Suzuki and Jeep improve on last year with +2.4% and +8.5% respectively.
Mazda, Mitsubishi, Honda and Tesla all lose more than 30% of their sales and Smart loses even more than 65%, but that’s skewed as November 2019 was a record month for the brand as it was dumping all of its remaining inventory of ICE vehicles in the last two months of 2019 before becoming an EV-only brand. Smart EV sales this year have been rising steadily and November actually marks the fourth monthly record for Smart EV sales in five months. Jaguar, Lexus and Subaru all lose around a quarter of their sales, while Lancia (-2.6%), DS (-13.8%) and Alfa Romeo (-11.9%) beat the market.
| Brand | Nov-20 | Nov-19 | change | 2020 share | 2019 share | YTD rank | 2020 | 2019 | change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 120.287 | 149.501 | -19,5% | 11,6% | 12,3% | 1 | 1.185.121 | 1.655.307 | -26.9% |
| 2 | Renault | 67.641 | 79.992 | -15,4% | 6,5% | 6,6% | 2 | 731.334 | 961.211 | -23,9% |
| 3 | Peugeot | 66.540 | 74.826 | -11,1% | 6,4% | 6,2% | 3 | 679.506 | 894.780 | -24,1% |
| 4 | Mercedes-Benz | 66.411 | 77.040 | -13,8% | 6,4% | 6,3% | 4 | 671.162 | 831.691 | -19,3% |
| 5 | BMW | 63.839 | 69.459 | -8,1% | 6,2% | 5,7% | 6 | 603.564 | 747.872 | -19,3% |
| 6 | Ford | 58.625 | 77.887 | -24,7% | 5,7% | 6,4% | 5 | 637.114 | 912.447 | -30,2% |
| 7 | Toyota | 57.131 | 56.920 | 0,4% | 5,5% | 4,7% | 7 | 578.803 | 678.862 | -14,7% |
| 8 | Skoda | 53.909 | 61.284 | -12,0% | 5,2% | 5,0% | 8 | 575.070 | 686.474 | -16.2% |
| 9 | Audi | 53.865 | 53.955 | -0,2% | 5,2% | 4,4% | 9 | 546.991 | 682.481 | -19,9% |
| 10 | Opel/Vauxhall | 45.996 | 52.013 | -11,6% | 4,4% | 4,3% | 10 | 444.881 | 771.527 | -42,3% |
| 11 | Fiat | 42.585 | 44.288 | -3,8% | 4,1% | 3,6% | 11 | 428.285 | 584.326 | -26.7% |
| 12 | Citroën | 36.166 | 42.979 | -15,9% | 3,5% | 3,5% | 12 | 409.826 | 584.215 | -29.9% |
| 13 | Dacia | 35.347 | 42.740 | -17,3% | 3,4% | 3,5% | 15 | 358.172 | 526.164 | -31,9% |
| 14 | Hyundai | 31.837 | 43.030 | -26,0% | 3,1% | 3,5% | 14 | 375.346 | 502.927 | -25,4% |
| 15 | Kia | 31.793 | 38.603 | -17,6% | 3,1% | 3,2% | 13 | 388.367 | 461.000 | -15,8% |
| 16 | Seat | 30.323 | 40.519 | -25,2% | 2,9% | 3,3% | 16 | 337.853 | 469.834 | -28,1% |
| 17 | Volvo | 26.334 | 27.500 | -4,2% | 2,5% | 2,3% | 18 | 256.258 | 304.181 | -15,8% |
| 18 | Nissan | 22.431 | 26.685 | -15,9% | 2,2% | 2,2% | 17 | 258.007 | 361.355 | -28.6% |
| 19 | Suzuki | 15.414 | 15.048 | 2,4% | 1,5% | 1,2% | 19 | 156.111 | 233.655 | -33,2% |
| 20 | Mini | 15.099 | 16.401 | -7,9% | 1,5% | 1,4% | 20 | 156.000 | 195.706 | -20,3% |
| 21 | Mazda | 14.339 | 22.671 | -36,8% | 1,4% | 1,9% | 21 | 133.998 | 223.438 | -40,0% |
| 22 | Jeep | 12.583 | 11.602 | 8,5% | 1,2% | 1,0% | 22 | 108.103 | 151.602 | -28,7% |
| 23 | Land Rover | 9.347 | 11.102 | -15,8% | 0,9% | 0,9% | 23 | 102.708 | 136.415 | -24,7% |
| 24 | Porsche | 7.627 | 8.214 | -7,1% | 0,7% | 0,7% | 27 | 65.268 | 70.852 | -7,9% |
| 25 | Mitsubishi | 6.528 | 10.860 | -39,9% | 0,6% | 0,9% | 24 | 95.311 | 135.065 | -29,4% |
| 26 | Tesla | 5.581 | 8.978 | -37,8% | 0,5% | 0,7% | 26 | 71.639 | 87.479 | -18,1% |
| 27 | Honda | 5.443 | 8.108 | -32,9% | 0,5% | 0,7% | 25 | 73.039 | 112.644 | -35,2% |
| 28 | Smart | 4.371 | 12.702 | -65,6% | 0,4% | 1,0% | 33 | 22.491 | 99.044 | -77,3% |
| 29 | Lancia | 4.219 | 4.332 | -2,6% | 0,4% | 0,4% | 31 | 38.328 | 54.904 | -30,2% |
| 30 | DS | 3.836 | 4.452 | -13,8% | 0,4% | 0,4% | 30 | 38.634 | 47.217 | -18,2% |
| 31 | Jaguar | 3.825 | 5.044 | -24,2% | 0,4% | 0,4% | 28 | 41.998 | 71.952 | -41,6% |
| 32 | Alfa Romeo | 3.599 | 4.083 | -11,9% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 32 | 31.479 | 50.119 | -37,2% |
| 33 | Lexus | 3.386 | 4.489 | -24,6% | 0,3% | 0,4% | 29 | 41.878 | 50.819 | -17,6% |
| 34 | Subaru | 1.726 | 2.301 | -25,0% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 35 | 17.013 | 26.177 | -35,0% |
| 35 | SAIC MG | 1.572 | 1.161 | 35,4% | 0,2% | 0,1% | 34 | 20.521 | 11.362 | 80,6% |
| 36 | Polestar | 1.251 | 0 | New | 0,1% | 0,0% | 37 | 5.953 | 0 | New |
| 37 | SSangYong | 676 | 1.000 | -32,4% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 36 | 8.979 | 11.831 | -24,1% |
| 38 | DR Motor | 429 | 139 | 208,6% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 39 | 3.065 | 3.268 | -6,2% |
| 39 | Maserati | 350 | 332 | 5,4% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 40 | 2.930 | 5.205 | -43,7% |
| 40 | Ferrari | 330 | 212 | 55,7% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 38 | 3.923 | 3.519 | 11,5% |
| 41 | Bentley | 203 | 277 | -26,7% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 41 | 2.699 | 3.043 | -11,3% |
| 42 | Lamborghini | 172 | 129 | 33,3% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 43 | 1.856 | 2.073 | -10,5% |
| 43 | Aston Martin | 144 | 170 | -15,3% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 44 | 1.437 | 2.268 | -36,6% |
| 44 | Alpine | 130 | 242 | -46,3% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 46 | 1.086 | 3.958 | -72,6% |
| 45 | Dodge | 112 | 54 | 107,4% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 47 | 1.001 | 1.143 | -12,4% |
| 46 | Lada | 105 | 285 | -63,2% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 42 | 2.049 | 4.897 | -58,2% |
| 47 | Mahindra | 83 | 71 | 16,9% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 45 | 798 | 986 | -19,1% |
| 48 | Rolls Royce | 49 | 99 | -50,5% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 48 | 537 | 776 | -30,8% |
| 49 | Lotus | 45 | 30 | 50,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 49 | 474 | 510 | -7,1% |
| 50 | Cadillac | 29 | 11 | 163,6% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 53 | 105 | 606 | -82,7% |
| 51 | Great Wall | 28 | 21 | 33,3% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 50 | 332 | 87 | 281,6% |
| 52 | Chevrolet | 22 | 44 | -50,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 52 | 196 | 2.305 | -91,5% |
| 53 | Geely | 19 | 4 | 375,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 54 | 87 | 87 | 0,0% |
| 54 | Chrysler | 12 | 5 | 140,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 55 | 83 | 106 | -21,7% |
| 55 | Infiniti | 2 | 96 | -97,9% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 51 | 325 | 2.618 | -87,6% |
| 56 | Bugatti | 1 | 1 | 0,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 56 | 19 | 28 | -32,1% |
European car sales statistics are from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. They exclude vehicles registered as commercial vehicles. Source: ANDC, JATO Dynamics