Europe Top 10 Models : 2015 (plus more)

The VW Golf has been the top selling car 14 of the last 20 years,
including the last 8 consecutively

The Top 10 in Europe never changes much. The new Nissan Qashqai slipped past the Peugeot 208, while the VW Passat and Peugeot 308 joined the exclusive club at the expense of the Škoda Octavia and Audi A3.

	2014			2015
1	VW Golf	515,034	1	VW Golf	531,723	1
2	Ford Fiesta	308,009	2	Ford Fiesta	313,189	2
3	Renault Clio	299,849	3	Renault Clio	303,086	3
4	VW Polo	276,904	4	VW Polo	298,691	4
5	GM Corsa	250,704	5	GM Corsa	268,239	5
6	Ford Focus	221,995	6	Ford Focus	233,026	6
7	Peugeot 208	213,879	7	Nissan Qashqai	231,200	7
8	Nissan Qashqai	203,928	8	Peugeot 208	228,947	8
9	Škoda Octavia	201,260	9	VW Passat	224,940	9
10	Audi A3	199,404	10	Peugeot 308	214,284	10

Over the last 20 years, there have been 20 Top 10 models, seen below left. Three have been three models that have been there every year and four models only once.

Then to the right the same time frame but this time by brand. VW leads with 43 models having graced the Top 10 ranks, GM just back on 40.

	By Model	Top 10	Ist	High	Low		By Make	Top 10
1	VW Golf	20	14	1	4	1	VW	43
2	Ford Esc/Focus	20	-	2	8	2	GM	40
3	Renault Clio	20	-	2	10	3	Ford	35
4	GM Corsa	19	-	4	-	4	Renault	34
5	GM Astra	18	2	1	-	5	Peugeot	21
6	VW Polo	17	-	2	-	6	Fiat	14
7	Peugeot 206/207/208	15	3	1	-	7	BMW	6
8	Ford Fiesta	15	-	2	-	8	Nissan	4
9	Fiat Punto	13	1	1	-	9	Audi	2
10	Renault Mégane	12	-	2	-	10	Škoda	1
11	Peugeot 307/308	6	-	3	-
12	VW Passat	6	-	7	-
13	BMW 3 Series	6	-	9	-
14	Nissan Qashqai	4	-	7	-
15	GM Vectra	3	-	9	-
16	Renault Scénic	2	-	9	-
17	Fiat Panda	1	-	8	-
18	Škoda Octavia	1		9
19	Audi A4	1	-	10	-
19	Audi A3	1	-	10	-

The Nissan Qashqai, the only Japanese model to make it and now for
four years in a row. Mind you it is designed and built in Europe.