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Golf Remains Most Popular Car in Europe
The automotive industry, no matter if we're talking about the European,
the North American or the Middle East markets, undoubtedly faced the
most difficult times in history, with the recession cutting profits,
slashing sales and firing thousands of people. But even so, Volkswagen
Golf remained the most popular model in Europe for the second consecutive
year, Autonews wrote today quoting a report by JATO Dynamics.
 And
this is a fairly impressive achievement because of two reasons. First
of all, there's the aforementioned economic recession which collapsed
sales and forced automakers to reduce production at plants all over
the world. In this context, most people expected to see a decline in
sales for Volkswagen Golf too, just like the majority of the other vehicles
on the market.
Secondly, there's
the six-generation Volkswagen Golf which was unveiled last autumn and
was obviously regarded as a main factor for declining sales of the old-generation
Golf. But this wasn't the case, according to the latest sales figures.
Volkswagen sold
470,399 Golfs in 2008, an increase by 5.6 percent versus 2007. In addition,
Volkswagen Golf was the only model among the first 10 best-sellers which
actually managed to improve its sales during the third and the last
quarter of 2008, a.k.a. the apogee of the economic downturn.
The German manufacturer
managed to outsell around 40 brands selling car in Europe, Autonews
writes, including the company it currently owns Skoda (469,000 sold
models) and SEAT (339,137 sold units).
The best-seller
podium is completed by Peugeot 207, with 413,881 models sold in 2008
and Ford Focus with 384,619 units delivered to European customers during
the same period.
Here's the complete
top ten published by Autonews and provided by JATO Dynamics:
1.
VW Golf:
2. Peugeot 207:
3. Ford Focus:
4. Opel/Vauxhall Corsa:
5. Renault Clio:
6. Ford Fiesta:
7. Opel/Vauxhall Astra:
8. Fiat Grande Punto:
9. VW Polo:
10. VW Passat: |
470,399
413,881
384,619
374,355
367,211
342,027
338,618
286,935
284,385
264,008 |
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