EVIDENT DOMAIN
Although the fleet in circulation, which in Italy is particularly old, still has thousands of cars with several years behind it, just take a quick look at our roads to realize how suv e crossover they almost have monopolized new car sales.
The phenomenon has become even more evident from 2020 onwards: according to data from Dataforcedeveloped by Automotive Newsfive years ago high-wheel models represented the 41% of new car sales in Europe, while today the percentage has risen to 59,2%. The ones who raise their voices are the ones Volkswagen T-Roc e Tiguanwhich together with the Toyota Yaris Cross they should be the crossovers best-selling at the end of 2025.
LESS HATCHBACK, MORE SANDERO
Those who pay the price in particular are the sedan five-door hatchback, whose market share in these five years has fallen from 35% in 2020 to 23.9% in 2025. A drop that has cost the hatchback approximately 1.3 million units, with sales volumes that have gone from 4.2 million 5 years ago to 2.9 million today.
Despite this it should be a hatchback best-selling car in Europe in 2025: this is the Dacia Sandero, which should confirm itself for the second consecutive year favorite by European motorists with numbers increasing compared to 5 years ago, going from 168,443 to over 225,000 units sold.
THE CRUMBS IN BERLINES AND SW
Even the sedan they had to deal with the excessive power of SUVs and crossovers, seeing DESCEND their market share up to 3,5% of 2025 compared to 4,7% of 2020: translated into numbers, compared to the 565,244 units of 2020, this year it will drop to around 426,000.
The second best-selling sedan Dataforce it will be there Tesla Model 3 with approximately 76,000 new units registered, approximately double that of the closest competitor, the Mercedes CLAwhich should stop at around 37,300. At the same time also the station wagon they are falling significantly, falling from 10.2% in 2020 to 7.1% in 2025, with cars losing interest compared to models with a higher trim.
