2023 (Half Year) Europe: Best-Selling Car Manufacturers and Brands

First semester 2023: Volkswagen, Toyota, and Audi were the top-selling car brands in Europe during the first half of the year.

Volkswagen, Stellantis, and Renault were the largest car manufacturing groups in Europe during the first half of 2023 with Volkswagen, Toyota, and Audi the top-selling car brands. The Volkswagen Group increased market share to over a quarter of the European new passenger vehicle market while just over every tenth new car registered in Europe thus far in 2023 was by VW brand. During the first half of 2023, new passenger vehicle registrations in Europe (including the European Union, EFTA countries, and the United Kingdom) increased by 17.6% to 6,588,937 cars. The Tesla Model Y was the top-selling car model.

Latest European Car Market Statistics 2023: By Country, Brands, Models, Electric Models and months: January, February, Q1, April, May, June (HY), July, August, September, Q3, October; 2022, 2021 & 2020.

Best-Selling Car Manufacturers and Brands in Europe in 2023 (First Half)

The top-selling car manufacturers and marques in Europe (EU, EFTA, UK) during the first six months of 2023 according to the ACEA were as follows:

Manufacturer / Brand	1-6/2023	1-6/2022	% 23/22

Volkswagen Group	1,701,866	1,357,397	25.4
Volkswagen	700,621	568,517	23.2
Audi	376,294	298,450	26.1
Skoda	340,839	259,554	31.3
Seat	133,833	120,473	11.1
Cupra	92,010	63,350	45.2
Porsche	53,152	42,434	25.3
Others2	5,116	4,619	10.8

Stellantis	1,145,815	1,087,845	5.3
Peugeot	358,009	333,273	7.4
Opel/Vauxhall	242,667	228,374	6.3
Fiat3	200,185	209,002	-4.2
Citroen	196,348	197,454	-0.6
Jeep	64,022	57,630	11.1
DS	28,150	24,904	13.0
Alfa Romeo	27,299	13,091	108.5
Lancia/Chrysler	23,906	21,538	11.0
Others4	5,229	2,579	102.8

Renault Group	648,467	522,720	24.1
Renault	351,489	294,169	19.5
Dacia	295,225	226,955	30.1
Alpine	1,753	1,596	9.8

Hyundai Group	575,432	557,025	3.3
Kia	304,757	293,577	3.8
Hyundai	270,675	263,448	2.7

Toyota Group	450,341	399,391	12.8
Toyota	422,110	381,056	10.8
Lexus	28,231	18,335	54.0

BMW Group	445,440	405,908	9.7
BMW	353,876	322,794	9.6
Mini	91,565	83,114	10.2

Mercedes-Benz	352,563	327,262	7.73
Mercedes	340,399	314,599	8.2
Smart	12,164	12,663	-3.9

Ford	275,692	258,680	6.6
Tesla	186,066	85,582	117.4
Nissan	148,340	116,904	26.9
Volvo Cars	143,829	119,323	20.5
Mazda	93,828	65,304	43.7
Suzuki	90,306	66,337	36.1
Jaguar Land Rover Group	73,653	61,646	19.5
Land Rover	61,307	47,975	27.8
Jaguar	12,346	13,671	-9.7

Mitsubishi	20,022	30,209	-33.7
Honda	28,636	37,139	-22.9
1 ACEA estimation based on total by market
2 Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and MAN
3 Includes Abarth
4 Dodge, Maserati and RAM

The Volkswagen Group easily remained the largest carmaker in Europe during the first half of 2023 by increasing sales by a quarter to take a 25.8% share of the European new car market. Stellantis underperformed while Renault regained third place with strong sales.

Top Ten Best-Selling Car Brands in Europe in 2023 (Half Year)

The top ten car brands in Europe during the first half of 2023 were:

	Brand	1-6/2023	1-6/2022	% 23/22
1	Volkswagen	700,621	568,517	23.2
2	Toyota	422,110	381,056	10.8
3	Audi	376,294	298,450	26.1
4	Peugeot	358,009	333,273	7.4
5	BMW	353,876	322,794	9.6
6	Renault	351,489	294,169	19.5
7	Skoda	340,839	259,554	31.3
8	Mercedes	340,399	314,599	8.2
9	Kia	304,757	293,577	3.8
10	Dacia	295,225	226,955	30.1

Volkswagen easily remained the largest car brand in Europe during the first half of 2023. VW increased its market share by half a percentage point to 10.6% of the total European new car market. Toyota maintained second place despite losing market share.

Audi outperformed the broader market and moved up to third from sixth. Peugeot and BMW each slipped down one position with sales below market average. Renault gained one place.

Skoda, which suffered more than most brands from supply-side issues in 2022, was the most-improved top-ten brand and recovered seventh place from tenth. Mercedes slipped from fifth while Kia slipped one position as the weakest-performing top brand. Dacia entered the top-ten list from 13th with sales up 30%.

The Tesla Model Y and Dacia Sandero were the top-selling car models in Europe in the first half of 2023.