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European market in 2021: Golf best-selling despite the loss, Model 3 among the most popular cars

Volkswagen Golf lost the position of the best-selling car in Europe several times last year, at the end of the year it was even missing in the top 10. For the whole of 2022, however, it still remained number one in the best-selling cars.


The European new car market in 2021 experienced a turbulent period. After a promising start to the year, the market seemed to be recovering rapidly from the coronavirus pandemic as car registrations rose rapidly. But in the middle of the year, the producers caught up with the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, in the form of a shortage of production parts, which subsequently significantly reduced production and reduced sales. As a result, the least cars registered in Europe since 1985 were registered last year.

In 2021, 11.75 million cars were registered in Europe, 1.6% less than a year ago. And even 26% less than in 2019, a year before the coronavirus pandemic. This follows from the statistics of the analytical company JATO Dynamics, which records the number of registrations in 28 European countries, 25 EU countries, supplemented by Great Britain, Norway and Switzerland.

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