According to the TOP 10 European bestsellers in the 1st half-year 2018 the Volkswagen Gold (pictured) is without a rival. 291,520 units (+6.4%) were sold in the European market during the first 6 months of 2018, focus2move informs.
This model leads in Europe for 44 years (!) and is ahead of the nearest pursuer by more than 40 percent.
From January to June 2018 the following European leaders among models with the following sales results were defined:
| Position | Model | January-June 2018, units sold |
First 6 month 2018/2017, % |
| 1 | Volkswage Golf | 291,520 | +6 |
| 2 | Renault Clio | 207,114 | +3 |
| 3 | Volkswagen Polo | 203,247 | -1 |
| 4 | Ford Fiesta | 162,180 | -1 |
| 5 | Volkswage Tiguan | 159,529 | +9 |
| 6 | Nissan Qashqai | 156,455 | +1 |
| 7 | Skoda Octavia | 146,174 | +8 |
| 8 | Peugeot 208 | 135,736 | +2 |
| 9 | Ford Focus | 133,282 | -3 |
| 10 | Citroen C3 | 123,196 | -2 |
As we can see, VW Group dominates with its 4 models which entered the top rating. Groupe PSA, American Ford and Renault Group each can boast of 2 models in the list. Traditionally domestic brands are in favour in Europe.
