Dacia Sandero named Europe’s best-seller as Tesla Model Y sales plummet

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The Dacia Sandero was Europe’s best-selling car in the first half of 2024, pushing the Volkswagen Golf into second place and the Renault Clio into third, while the Tesla Model Y – last year’s global best-seller – languished in eighth.

The Romanian crossover, which starts from as little as €11.500/€79 a month in Germany (from £13.795 in the UK), racked up 143.596 sales between 1 January and 30 June. That’s a rise of 16% compared with the same period in 2023.

This is the first time the Sandero has held top spot – it placed second in 2022 and 2023 – despite being Europe’s best-selling private car since 2017, which shows the power of fleet sales that have been felt by other models.

Sales of the second-placed Golf, which was renewed earlier this year, rose 43% to 125.993, closely followed by the Clio (114.623, up 15%), the Volkswagen T-Roc (111.381, no change) and fifth-placed Peugeot 208 (107.097. up 1%).

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