World Best Selling Small Cars. The top in the 2018

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World Best Selling Small Cars in the 2018 has been dominated by the Volkswagen Polo reinforced by the launch of the last generation and now distributed in Latin America as well. In second place the Toyota Yaris, ahead of the Renault Clio.

Global Sales

We classify as “Small Cars” the vehicles with a length between 3.50 and 4.10 mm. In North America this segment is called sub-compact car (according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a passenger car not exceeding 165 inches (4,191 mm) in length, but larger than a microcar) while in Europe the segment equates roughly B-segment.

While traditionally the segment was composed by vehicles hatchback or sedan, in recent evolution new models have been produced within the 4.10 mm with a MPV (Multi Purpose vehicles) shape and even with a SUV look. While we are able to sub-segment the market both by size and by body, for the scope of this report, we include in “Small Cars” segment just sedan and hatch models, considering we have a report dedicated to SUVs and MPVs.

In the 2018, the “Small Cars” segment fell 1.2% globally at 10.1 million vehicles sold.

Global Small Cars sales by Brand

The global leader within the Small cars segment is Toyota with 1.08 million units sold in the 2018 (-1%), ahead of the Volkswagen with 928.449 (+7.1%) and Renault with 835.908 (-5.7%).

In fourth place Honda with 795.136 sales (+6.8%), followed by Chevrolet up 2.9% with 686.724 and Maruti with 533.271 (+21%).

Global Small Cars sales by Manufacturer

Renault Nissan Alliance is the global leader in the Small Cars segment with 1.64 million sales in 2018 (-2.1%), ahead of Volkswagen Group with 1.35 million (+3.1%) and Toyota Group 1.09 million (-1.4%).

In fourth place P.S.A. with 957.654 units sold (-5.5%), followed by General Motors 916.752 (-1.9%) and Suzuki gaining volume – up 14.6% – with 812.724.

Best Selling Models

On top of the best selling ranking there is again the last three years leader, the Volkswagen Polo with 711.827 sales (+9.2%) with a huge gap over all the followers. Produced since the 1975, in over 12 million units so far. In September 2017 the 6th generation was released for sales in almost all countries in the World.

In second place, the Toyota Yaris with 403.436 units (+10.6%) overtaking the Renault Clio, with 392.741 (-0.3%) and the Ford Fiesta with 383.382 units (-1.6 %).

In fifth place the Honda Fit with 302.015 sales (-0.9%) followed by the Peugeot 208 with 292.738 (-4.7%).

In seventh place the Maruti Dzire with 268.960 (+19.5%) followed by the Hyundai i20 with 260.469 (-4.5%), the Kia Rio with 258.846 sales (-6.2%) and in 10th place the Chevrolet Onix with 247.998 (+7.5%).

Data Source

This report is done utilizing data extracted from our GAD (Global Auto Database) the wider Auto Sales Database actually existing in the World, with sales data by region/area/country broken down by type/size/body-style/brand/model from January 2010 to the last month. Data are collected by over 300 sources, including all the official providers (local Minister of Transportations or Associations of car Manufacturers).

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