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Car sales in Europe in Q1 2024

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High car prices, market concerns and general uncertainty did not prevent buyers in Europe from purchasing 3.395 million cars in Q1 2024, which is 4.9% more than in Q1 2023. Although car sales in March dropped by 5, 2%, the best-selling cars in Europe were Dacia Sandero and Tesla Model Y.

The price of new electric cars is constantly on the rise, so it is understandable that those who own cars powered by internal combustion engines do not easily switch to EVs. All of them are looking for a vehicle that meets their budget as well as their daily needs. That is why Dacia Sandero is the leader on the European market with 71,363 (+19%) cars delivered.

In the first three months of 2024, the new generation of VW Golf had a good result with 63,918 (+49%) delivered cars. This makes it the second best-selling car in Europe and a serious rival to the Dacia Sandero in the next nine months. Also, Peugeot 208 achieved sales growth of 10% (58,363 delivered cars). Last year’s European number one, the Tesla Model Y, was the best-selling electric model in Europe for the first three months, even though it recorded a 19% drop in sales (58,259 units) compared to the same period in 2023. This makes it the fourth best selling car overall.

When it comes to other models, sales growth was achieved by Citroen C3 with 38% (54,035 delivered cars), Škoda Octavia with 37% (52,095 units), Renault Clio with 18% (51,896 units), and Nissan Qashqai with 21% (48,909 units), which closed the list of ten best-selling models in Q1 2024 in Europe.

The drop in sales in the first three months was recorded by the Toyota Yaris Cross with 3% (51,483 units), although it was the best-selling crossover in the B segment. Also, the best-selling model in the C segment, the Volkswagen T-Roc, recorded a 10% drop in sales (49,534 units).

Source: Reuters

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Dacia has the most loyal customers

The Romanian car manufacturer Dacia, as part of the Renault Group, has been recording outstanding results lately with more cars delivered than Renault. It’s an extraordinary result, but one study shows that this car manufacturer has the most loyal customers.

According to Dataforce research, almost 80 percent of current Dacia customers in Germany would buy their car again. Also, indicators show that the percentage of their loyal customers is 20 percent above the average in the auto industry.

“Dacia manages to attract exactly those customers who keep coming back. It’s something almost no one else can do,” said Marc Odinius, CEO of Data Force.

Tesla is in second place with 75 percent of customers returning to the American brand, while Mazda is in third place. At the same time, Tesla is the brand with the most loyal customers in the electric car segment, ahead of Volkswagen and BMW.

In 2023, Dacia revealed the third generation of the model that has the most loyal customers, the Dacia Duster. The car will be available for a larger number of customers and the entry model will cost around 20,000 euros. Also, Dacia recently premiered the Spring model, and announced that the new Dacia Sandero will be offered as an EV.

Source: Dataforce

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New Dacia Sandero will be offered as EV

At the 2024 Geneva International Motor Show, we saw the premiere of new cars, but also got news about future generations of existing models. One of the participants in this event, Dacia, has announced that the next generation Sandero will also be offered as an EV.

The CEO of Dacia, Denis Le Vot, confirmed that the new generation Dacia Sandero will arrive on the market in 2027 or 2028 and will be produced at least until 2035. This would mean that the new generation will be the last to be powered by an internal combustion engine.

“The next generation Sander will be a big car,” Le Vot said in an interview with Automotive News Europe. He also added that the popular hatchback will benefit from the development of small electric cars, such as the Renault 5 or Renault 4, which are being developed by Renault.

The company has not yet decided whether this model will remain in the mini car segment after the electric Dacia Spring completes its life cycle. The Renault group is developing the next generation Twingo, a model that should cost under 20,000 euros and would be produced in Europe, and Dacia could potentially benefit from that project as well.

In January, Dacia was the best-selling brand from the Renault Group with 51,673 units, which is a growth of 7.7 percent compared to the same period in 2023. That is 10,000 cars more than Renault, which delivered only 41,050 cars (-12.2 percent).

Also, in 2023, Dacia sold more than 650,000 vehicles worldwide, 550,000 of which in Europe, with a record market share of 4.3 percent in the passenger vehicle segment.

Source: Dacia, Automotive News Europe