In February 2022, sales of passenger cars in Europe declined another 5.5% on a historically low February 2021, to just under 800,000 deliveries. The bright news is that this is half the decline of January and the total figure is up slightly on January as well. Among the five major markets, Italy and France recorded double digit losses (-22.6% and -13.0% respectively), while the UK (+15.0%), Spain (+6.6%) and Germany (+3.2%) saw growth. Biggest gainers are Iceland (+47.3%), Portugal (+39.2%), Romania (+24.9%) and Cyprus (+23.2%), while the biggest losers are Norway (-23.8%), Finland (-22.9%), Italy and Slovenia (-21.3%).
Car models (hatchback, sedan, stationwagon, coupe and convertible) were outsold by crossovers for the third time in a row and ever as their sales drop 14.6% and their market share is up just 0.1 percentage points from last month’s record low of 46.4%. Crossovers and SUVs outperform at +7.1% but drop back below the 50% market share hit last month, at 49.5%. MPV sales continue to decline at -8.3% to 3.9% share.
February 2022 Manufacturers
Volkswagen Group loses market share again at 23.7% with sales down more than double the market decline at -12.6% while its closest rival Stellantis loses even more at -17.1% and Renault-Nissan is the best performer in the top-3, down 10.6%, losing 0.6 percentage points of market share to 11.2%. Hyundai-Kia beats them all with sales up an impressive 26.9% to gain 1.4 percentage points of market share, now less than 2 percentage points away from a top-3 position. The South-Koreans distance BMW AG and Toyota Motor Company, both up by single digits and growing their share, while Mercedes AG loses sales but gains market share and Ford Motor Company and Geely Group trail the market by a small margin. Tesla Motors is the best performing manufacturer with sales up 187% to grab 2% market share, while Suzuki is in trouble with sales down 26.2%. That puts it under pressure from Mazda, up 7.3%. Honda is another strong performer at +66.4% now that the new generation HR-V has arrived in Europe, moving back ahead of Tata Motors, down 38.6%. SAIC is up 146%, distancing Subaru Corporation which is up 1.6%. Despite its pending sale fell through and bankruptcy is looming, SsangYong still managed a strong uptick in deliveries in Europe, pushing Mahindra & Mahindra up 86.2%.
| Group | feb-22 | feb-21 | change | 2022 share | 2021 share | YTD 2022 | YTD 2021 | change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen Group | 188.757 | 215.999 | -12,6% | 23,7% | 25,6% | 373.534 | 426.432 | -12,4% |
| 2 | Stellantis | 164.879 | 198.834 | -17,1% | 20,7% | 23,6% | 313.846 | 377.642 | -16,9% |
| 3 | Renault-Nissan | 88.709 | 99.178 | -10,6% | 11,2% | 11,8% | 176.042 | 199.617 | -11,8% |
| 4 | Hyundai-Kia | 74.739 | 58.881 | 26,9% | 9,4% | 7,0% | 141.654 | 117.238 | 20,8% |
| 5 | BMW AG | 59.246 | 57.018 | 3,9% | 7,4% | 6,8% | 116.888 | 121.304 | -3,6% |
| 6 | Toyota Motor | 56.069 | 53.686 | 4,4% | 7,0% | 6,4% | 108.509 | 111.305 | -2,5% |
| 7 | Mercedes AG | 47.027 | 47.778 | -1,6% | 5,9% | 5,7% | 91.075 | 101.166 | -10,0% |
| 8 | Ford Motor Comp. | 40.841 | 44.470 | -8,2% | 5,1% | 5,3% | 77.987 | 92.899 | -16,1% |
| 9 | Geely Group | 22.550 | 24.456 | -7,8% | 2,8% | 2,9% | 43.122 | 50.003 | -13,8% |
| 10 | Tesla Motors | 15.872 | 5.523 | 187,4% | 2,0% | 0,7% | 16.692 | 7.220 | 131,2% |
| 11 | Suzuki | 10.695 | 14.486 | -26,2% | 1,3% | 1,7% | 20.169 | 27.516 | -26,7% |
| 12 | Mazda | 9.528 | 8.882 | 7,3% | 1,2% | 1,1% | 18.829 | 17.238 | 9,2% |
| 13 | Honda | 5.621 | 3.378 | 66,4% | 0,7% | 0,4% | 10.709 | 6.912 | 54,9% |
| 14 | Tata Motors | 4.736 | 7.717 | -38,6% | 0,6% | 0,9% | 11.261 | 16.101 | -30,1% |
| 15 | SAIC | 3.495 | 1.421 | 146,0% | 0,4% | 0,2% | 8.472 | 3.442 | 146,1% |
| 16 | Subaru Corp. | 1.403 | 1.381 | 1,6% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 2.530 | 2.425 | 4,3% |
| 17 | Mahindra & Mahindra | 1.255 | 674 | 86,2% | 0,2% | 0,1% | 3.062 | 1.375 | 122,7% |
| 18 | Aston Martin | 87 | 83 | 4,8% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 275 | 221 | 24,4% |
| 19 | General Motors | 65 | 74 | -12,2% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 158 | 132 | 19,7% |
February 2022 Brands
In the brands ranking, VW is down to just 10% share but easily holds on to the top spot, as Toyota celebrates a second consecutive month in second place with sales up 4.5%. This is the fourth time ever the Japanese brand is in second place in Europe, after July and August 2021 and January 2022. Peugeot completes the podium like last month, despite sales down a painful 24.5%. BMW remains the best selling luxury brand in fourth place, thanks to a 1.8% decline in deliveries, just ahead of Mercedes-Benz at -0.4% and Audi at -3.4%. Renault drops one spot on last month to 8th place with a 17.1% decline on last year, followed by Ford, down 8.2%. The top-10 is completed by Kia, just ahead of sister brand Hyundai, as both add more than a quarter to their sales of last year, as the South-Korean brands have been able to navigate the worldwide chip shortages better than other brands.
Stellantis brands Opel/Vauxhall (-8.4%), Fiat (-16.8%) and Citroën (-19.9%) follow, while Dacia manages to improve on last year with a 9.5% gain. Seat (-21.8%) and Volvo (-16.8%) lose terrain, while Tesla (+187.4%) outsells Nissan (-26.1%). At least the Japanese brand is back ahead of Mini (+28.4%), albeit by fewer than 100 deliveries. Jeep (-5.4%) is back ahead of Mazda (+7.3%), Cupra (+79.4%) and Honda (+66.4%) are among the big winners in the top-25. Porsche (+11.3%) also keeps going strong, while Mitsubishi (+6.2%) somewhat recovers now that its withdrawal from the European market has been reversed. MG more than doubles up and outsells Land Rover (-44%), DS (+10.6%) beats Lexus (+3.5%), Polestar (+64.3%) beats Smart (-22.2%) and DR Motor has its best month ever at 1,574 deliveries, outselling Alfa Romeo (-19.5%).
Renault, Skoda and Ford continue to lose market share, while Kia, Dacia and Hyundai improve their sales on last year. Opel/Vauxhall gains market share at -9.9%, staying ahead of Fiat and Citroën. Biggest winners in the top-25 are Cupra (+43.4%), Mini (+40.6%) and Porsche (+34.3%), while the biggest losers are Seat (-33.9%), Nissan (-31%) and Suzuki (-27.3%).
Among Chinese newcomers behind Polestar, Lynk & Co does best at #40, ahead of Hongqi at #44, Xpeng at #47, Nio at #50, BYD at #51 and Aiways at #53.
| Brand | feb-22 | feb-21 | change | 2022 share | 2021 share | YTD rank | YTD 2022 | YTD 2021 | change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 80.274 | 95.493 | -15,9% | 10,0% | 11,3% | 1 | 160.459 | 187.923 | -14,6% |
| 2 | Toyota | 53.296 | 51.006 | 4,5% | 6,6% | 6,0% | 2 | 102.939 | 105.318 | -2,3% |
| 3 | Peugeot | 50.105 | 66.362 | -24,5% | 6,2% | 7,8% | 3 | 98.365 | 127.660 | -22,9% |
| 4 | BMW | 45.479 | 46.309 | -1,8% | 5,7% | 5,5% | 4 | 88.511 | 100.193 | -11,7% |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz | 45.087 | 45.283 | -0,4% | 5,6% | 5,3% | 5 | 87.326 | 96.049 | -9,1% |
| 6 | Skoda | 41.734 | 47.331 | -11,8% | 5,2% | 5,6% | 8 | 80.217 | 93.669 | -14,4% |
| 7 | Audi | 41.464 | 42.940 | -3,4% | 5,2% | 5,1% | 6 | 82.535 | 82.839 | -0,4% |
| 8 | Renault | 41.144 | 49.627 | -17,1% | 5,1% | 5,9% | 7 | 80.343 | 98.115 | -18,1% |
| 9 | Ford | 40.841 | 44.470 | -8,2% | 5,1% | 5,2% | 9 | 77.987 | 92.898 | -16,1% |
| 10 | Kia | 38.070 | 30.238 | 25,9% | 4,7% | 3,6% | 10 | 74.148 | 60.468 | 22,6% |
| 11 | Hyundai | 36.552 | 28.631 | 27,7% | 4,5% | 3,4% | 11 | 67.316 | 56.757 | 18,6% |
| 12 | Opel/Vauxhall | 33.144 | 36.180 | -8,4% | 4,1% | 4,3% | 12 | 63.757 | 70.165 | -9,1% |
| 13 | Fiat | 31.786 | 38.193 | -16,8% | 4,0% | 4,5% | 13 | 60.172 | 71.140 | -15,4% |
| 14 | Citroën | 31.134 | 38.874 | -19,9% | 3,9% | 4,6% | 15 | 55.844 | 71.231 | -21,6% |
| 15 | Dacia | 28.959 | 26.442 | 9,5% | 3,6% | 3,1% | 14 | 59.833 | 54.805 | 9,2% |
| 16 | Seat | 19.953 | 25.506 | -21,8% | 2,5% | 3,0% | 17 | 36.920 | 51.167 | -27,8% |
| 17 | Volvo | 19.258 | 23.155 | -16,8% | 2,4% | 2,7% | 16 | 37.184 | 47.358 | -21,5% |
| 18 | Tesla | 15.872 | 5.523 | 187,4% | 2,0% | 0,7% | 23 | 16.692 | 7.220 | 131,2% |
| 19 | Nissan | 13.814 | 18.684 | -26,1% | 1,7% | 2,2% | 19 | 27.127 | 37.967 | -28,6% |
| 20 | Mini | 13.715 | 10.681 | 28,4% | 1,7% | 1,3% | 18 | 28.260 | 21.026 | 34,4% |
| 21 | Suzuki | 10.695 | 14.486 | -26,2% | 1,3% | 1,7% | 20 | 20.169 | 27.516 | -26,7% |
| 22 | Jeep | 9.609 | 10.157 | -5,4% | 1,2% | 1,2% | 22 | 18.424 | 19.431 | -5,2% |
| 23 | Mazda | 9.528 | 8.882 | 7,3% | 1,2% | 1,0% | 21 | 18.829 | 17.238 | 9,2% |
| 24 | Cupra | 6.324 | 3.526 | 79,4% | 0,8% | 0,4% | 25 | 11.782 | 7.331 | 60,7% |
| 25 | Honda | 5.621 | 3.378 | 66,4% | 0,7% | 0,4% | 26 | 10.709 | 6.912 | 54,9% |
| 26 | Porsche | 4.929 | 4.427 | 11,3% | 0,6% | 0,5% | 24 | 12.444 | 10.022 | 24,2% |
| 27 | Mitsubishi | 4.513 | 4.249 | 6,2% | 0,6% | 0,5% | 29 | 8.110 | 8.414 | -3,6% |
| 28 | Lancia | 3.895 | 3.868 | 0,7% | 0,5% | 0,5% | 30 | 7.164 | 7.922 | -9,6% |
| 29 | SAIC MG | 3.444 | 1.401 | 145,8% | 0,4% | 0,2% | 28 | 8.394 | 3.352 | 150,4% |
| 30 | Land Rover | 3.362 | 6.005 | -44,0% | 0,4% | 0,7% | 27 | 8.595 | 12.593 | -31,7% |
| 31 | DS | 3.349 | 3.029 | 10,6% | 0,4% | 0,4% | 31 | 6.420 | 5.739 | 11,9% |
| 32 | Lexus | 2.773 | 2.680 | 3,5% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 32 | 5.570 | 5.987 | -7,0% |
| 33 | Polestar | 2.087 | 1.270 | 64,3% | 0,3% | 0,1% | 34 | 3.311 | 2.565 | 29,1% |
| 34 | Smart | 1.940 | 2.495 | -22,2% | 0,2% | 0,3% | 33 | 3.749 | 5.117 | -26,7% |
| 35 | DR Motor | 1.574 | 623 | 152,6% | 0,2% | 0,1% | 36 | 3.035 | 1.080 | 181,0% |
| 36 | Alfa Romeo | 1.544 | 1.918 | -19,5% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 35 | 3.057 | 3.750 | -18,5% |
| 37 | Subaru | 1.403 | 1.381 | 1,6% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 39 | 2.530 | 2.425 | 4,3% |
| 38 | Jaguar | 1.374 | 1.712 | -19,7% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 38 | 2.666 | 3.508 | -24,0% |
| 39 | SSangYong | 1.218 | 612 | 99,0% | 0,2% | 0,1% | 37 | 2.970 | 1.257 | 136,3% |
| 40 | Lynk & Co | 1.165 | 0 | New | 0,1% | 0,0% | 40 | 2.511 | 1 | 251000,0% |
| 41 | Maserati | 293 | 229 | 27,9% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 41 | 604 | 560 | 7,9% |
| 42 | Ferrari | 292 | 302 | -3,3% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 43 | 571 | 573 | -0,3% |
| 43 | Bentley | 210 | 109 | 92,7% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 42 | 586 | 365 | 60,5% |
| 44 | Hongqi | 205 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 44 | 380 | 0 | New |
| 45 | Lamborghini | 190 | 146 | 30,1% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 45 | 364 | 330 | 10,3% |
| 46 | Lada | 162 | 87 | 86,2% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 46 | 328 | 149 | 120,1% |
| 47 | Xpeng | 143 | 2 | 7050,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 49 | 206 | 11 | 1772,7% |
| 48 | Alpine | 117 | 89 | 31,5% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 47 | 301 | 166 | 81,3% |
| 49 | Genesis | 117 | 12 | 875,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 50 | 190 | 13 | 1361,5% |
| 50 | Nio | 91 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 53 | 146 | 0 | New |
| 51 | BYD | 90 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 51 | 186 | 0 | New |
| 52 | Aston Martin | 87 | 83 | 4,8% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 48 | 275 | 221 | 24,4% |
| 53 | Aiways | 83 | 29 | 186,2% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 52 | 150 | 98 | 53,1% |
| 54 | Alpina | 62 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 54 | 129 | 63 | 104,8% |
| 55 | Rolls Royce | 52 | 28 | 85,7% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 55 | 117 | 85 | 37,6% |
| 56 | Maxus | 51 | 20 | 155,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 59 | 78 | 90 | -13,3% |
| 57 | Lotus | 40 | 28 | 42,9% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 56 | 116 | 75 | 54,7% |
| 58 | Mahindra | 37 | 62 | -40,3% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 57 | 92 | 118 | -22,0% |
| 59 | Cadillac | 34 | 40 | -15,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 60 | 64 | 68 | -5,9% |
| 60 | Chevrolet | 29 | 33 | -12,1% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 58 | 92 | 60 | 53,3% |
| 61 | Seres | 15 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 61 | 46 | 0 | New |
| 62 | JAC | 11 | 9 | 22,2% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 64 | 22 | 11 | 100,0% |
| 63 | Chrysler | 10 | 5 | 100,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 65 | 13 | 14 | -7,1% |
| 64 | Dodge | 9 | 17 | -47,1% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 63 | 22 | 28 | -21,4% |
| 65 | Great Wall | 5 | 64 | -92,2% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 62 | 31 | 114 | -72,8% |
| 66 | Skywell | 5 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 66 | 5 | 0 | New |
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