Since last year the small crossover segment is Europe’s largest class in volume and it continues to beat the overall market and increase its dominance in the first quarter of 2022, as sales of small crossover and SUVs are down by 1% in an overall market down 13%. As a result, they now make up 19.7% of the total European car market, up 2.3 percentage points on the same period last year.

2021 leader Peugeot 2008 stays on top despite a 26% decline in deliveries, but there’s a surprise in second place as the Ford Puma is down 3% to leapfrog the Volkswagen T-Roc and Renault Captur which are both down by a quarter or more. Class leader up until 2020, the Captur is now in fourth place and feeling the heat of the Dacia Duster (-5%) and newcomer Toyota Yaris Cross. The new generation Opel/Vauxhall Mokka is up fivefold to jump to #7 ahead of the Hyundai Kona (+4%), Volkswagen T-Cross (-17%) and Kia Niro (+10%). A new generation Niro has already been revealed, but the outgoing model has continued to improve its sales during its life cycle. A similar thing can be said of the Kia Stonic at #17. The siblings Opel/Vauxhall Crossland and Citroën C3 Aircross lose share of the class and so do the other siblings Skoda Kamiq and Seat Arona. The second generation Nissan Juke is unable to reach the heights of its predecessor, one of the originals of this class.

The Jeep Renegade is tumbling down the ranking at #18 with 39% fewer deliveries but at least it still outsells its sibling Fiat 500X at #20. They are split by newcomer Volkswagen Taigo, a crossover coupe version of the T-Cross. Ford’s newfound success in this class is not only limited to the Puma, also the car it was supposed to replace, the Ford EcoSport, makes a revival at +34% in 22nd place ahead of the Suzuki Vitara, down 32%. The MG ZS now outsells the Suzuki S-Cross, up 34% thanks to the new generation, while the Honda HR-V more than quadruples, also thanks to the new generation. Among smaller players (<1% share of the class), the three Chinese-Italian DR models are multiplying their sales of last year, and so does the SsangYong XLV, outperforming its shorter version Tivoli.

Luxury models lose share, down to 5.2% from 6.2% last year, with deliveries down 18%. The Audi Q2 is down 13% into an overall 16th place while the Mini Countryman does almost twice as bad in 21st place at -23%. The DS3 Crossback is down 17% and #28.

Small SUV segment 2022-Q1 2021-Q1 Change 2022 share 2021 share
1 Peugeot 2008 38.704 52.406 -26% 7,3% 9,9%
2 Ford Puma 37.862 39.116 -3% 7,2% 7,4%
3 Volkswagen T-Roc 34.669 49.297 -30% 6,6% 9,3%
4 Renault Captur 33.431 44.692 -25% 6,3% 8,4%
5 Dacia Duster 33.386 35.244 -5% 6,3% 6,6%
6 Toyota Yaris Cross 32.351 0 New 6,1% 0,0%
7 Opel/Vauxhall Mokka 29.455 5.892 400% 5,6% 1,1%
8 Hyundai Kona 24.865 23.929 4% 4,7% 4,5%
9 Volkswagen T-Cross 24.579 29.569 -17% 4,7% 5,6%
10 Kia Niro 22.350 20.389 10% 4,2% 3,8%
11 Opel/Vauxhall Crossland X 18.043 25.048 -28% 3,4% 4,7%
12 Citroën C3 Aircross 17.732 20.700 -14% 3,4% 3,9%
13 Skoda Kamiq 16.354 22.289 -27% 3,1% 4,2%
14 Seat Arona 15.767 20.758 -24% 3,0% 3,9%
15 Nissan Juke 14.297 17.351 -18% 2,7% 3,3%
16 Audi Q2 12.751 14.601 -13% 2,4% 2,7%
17 Kia Stonic 12.523 11.699 7% 2,4% 2,2%
18 Jeep Renegade 12.501 20.362 -39% 2,4% 3,8%
19 Volkswagen Taigo 11.401 0 New 2,2% 0,0%
20 Fiat 500X 11.367 16.753 -32% 2,2% 3,2%
21 Mini Countryman 11.313 14.599 -23% 2,1% 2,7%
22 Ford Ecosport 9.981 7.450 34% 1,9% 1,4%
23 Suzuki Vitara 8.970 13.236 -32% 1,7% 2,5%
24 MG ZS 8.114 4.743 71% 1,5% 0,9%
25 Suzuki S-Cross 8.089 6.020 34% 1,5% 1,1%
26 Honda HR-V 7.208 1.744 313% 1,4% 0,3%
27 Hyundai Bayon 5.048 0 New 1,0% 0,0%
28 DS3 Crossback 3.279 3.971 -17% 0,6% 0,7%
29 Mazda CX-3 2.801 3.485 -20% 0,5% 0,7%
30 Kia Soul 1.742 1.788 -3% 0,3% 0,3%
31 SsangYong Tivoli 1.454 887 64% 0,3% 0,2%
32 DR3 1.389 327 325% 0,3% 0,1%
33 DR5 1.205 357 238% 0,2% 0,1%
34 DR4 657 57 1053% 0,1% 0,0%
35 Lada Niva 480 291 65% 0,1% 0,1%
36 SsangYong XLV 278 75 271% 0,1% 0,0%
37 Mahindra KUV100 99 223 -56% 0,0% 0,0%
38 Suzuki Jimny 66 67 -1% 0,0% 0,0%
39 JAC IEV7S 36 21 71% 0,0% 0,0%
40 Haval H2 33 199 -83% 0,0% 0,0%
41 Mitsubishi ASX 16 2.184 -99% 0,0% 0,4%
Segment total 526.646 531.819 -1%

Car sales statistics are from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

Sources: Manufacturers, ANDC, JATO Dynamics.