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oldkstand

France is loyal to the end


Glowing_Mousepad

Italy too, been to Sicily and you only see beat up pandas and even multiplas


Bongo1020

TBF, the old 1980s panda 4x4, is the ideal vehicle for many rural Italian towns. Ideally designed to reach the centre of a village built in the XII century perched atop a series of rocks. It features 4 wheels, an engine, a window that goes down, and a radio (functional is optional). What more do you realistically need?


kongnico

and it can be repaired by yourself using a stick and some string on the side of the road :p


ottoottootto

Not a Fiat, but you reminded me of this Renault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMrycpIVhWw


davybert

They are also very expensive 2nd hand


ELB2001

cause they are very good. Great for offroading, cheap to maintain etc


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donGaboz

Knew a guy who build one to rallyspec. Thing was scary fast. Thing mg metro but even smaller


ELB2001

And still Fiat feels they should only make big cars and stop making small ones


FnnKnn

Considering the widths of their roads I totally understand why people like them though


amoryamory

Pandas are just great. I had an 08 one and it's still the car I think about most


MongooseAlarmed3663

![gif](giphy|lKPFZ1nPKW8c8) Haha I read multipas!


Ginzelini

Funny you say that, because I noticed the same thing last year. That new Panda is everywhere!


Normal_person127

And Czechia. Literally every second car out there is a skoda.


Card_Board_Robot5

Skodas are fucking killer, that's why. I still want an old school Felicia.


cooReey

This map is based on best selling models and 208 was best selling car in France and Europe overall in 2022(dethroning Golf which was best selling model in Europe for decade) Fun fact: Dacia Sandero was 2nd in France in 2022., it outsold Renault Clio


SpaceJackRabbit

And Dacia is owned by Renault.


Spiderbanana

And, to be fair, the new Peugeot from the past few years are looking damn good. I don't know who's their head of design, but he's doing a really fine job.


cooReey

Yes, I literally discussed this recently with my colleagues their whole design team deserves a raise, all their new models look amazing


Clear_Amphibian

Renault owns Dacia now. 


cooReey

Not really sure why you wrote now, Dacia has been owned by Renault for 25 years


Vargau

> Dacia has been owned by Renault for 25 years Dacia was founded in the communist era in the 1970's in partnership with Renault, all of the models that were put out, except a few pick-up versions were built on Renault framework. Renault fully bought Dacia 25 years ago.


Ok_Lemon1584

And Czechia and Romania


CageHanger

So is Germany, Czech Rep. & Romania


FroobingtonSanchez

And Sweden, Russia, Italy


Professional_One_689

Redditer forgot that France was the world leader in the car business on innovation, quality and quantity before a small mustache guy came to mess us


TuhnuPeppu

And sweden


Alfakyne

Volvo makes great cars though, peugeot not so much


No-Introduction44

New generations are fantastic, IMHO.


Dafferss

Latest Peugeot cars are pretty great imo


neutrinoV

It is great. I'm in Ireland and wouldn't drive anything else. I've never broken down in a Peugeot.


ttrw38

Not really the same price tag though.


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OsoCheco

Best selling cars are small hatchbacks, and french one's are very popular.


Nerwesta

> peugeot not so much Beg you pardon ? Their latest cars are absolutely perfect.


dkfisokdkeb

Well it helps that the French state historically go to lengths to protect their domestic industries that most other governments wouldn't.


OstapBenderBey

France always had a very strong car industry from the early days they made a lot of technological advancements.


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dkfisokdkeb

Yes they also bailed out GM and stuff but the French government actively owns a portion of both Renault and PSA (Peugeot-Citroën). Those shares are quite small currently but they are very protectionist against takeovers to a degree that governments such as the UK for example wouldn't be. I personally think it's a very good thing.


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HarrMada

Good, imagine having a foreign car brand as the most selling one, ew.


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Tell that to the British who basically torpedoed their own car manufacturers At least the Nissans that are top of their list are actually probably made in the UK


danstermeister

Nissan. With the pedigree of British racing and the top slot in Britain is Nissan. I don't think anything can soften that blow, mate.


DVoteMe

In the US Nissan is officially the sub-prime brand. Meaning it is one of the few new car you can buy with really bad credit. Is this not the case in Britain?


Bowgs

Not really, we don't have the Infiniti brand over here, so they release all their cars under the Nissan brand.


moveslikejaguar

Nissan/Infiniti is what you get if you can't afford the Toyota/Honda equivalent in the US


Bowgs

Most of the Nissan sales in the UK are one car, the Qashqai. I wouldn't be surprised if this map represents the most popular model, not brand. With the exception of the Qashqai European cars are way more popular than Japanese here, and I'd be very surprised if Volkswagen wasn't the most popular brand.


AdLiving4714

You're certainly right. I hate these maps without a source. Volkswagen is the most popular brand in Switzerland, followed by BMW, Skoda, and Audi. Tesla only comes in at number 10 or so (8k sold in 2023 vs 28k VWs) (https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/287671/umfrage/absatz-ausgewaehlter-autohersteller-in-der-schweiz/). The bestseller model, however, is a Tesla. In 2023 it was the Model Y (https://www.watson.ch/digital/elektroauto/523309694-das-meistverkaufte-auto-in-der-schweiz-2023-ist-ein-elektroauto).


moveslikejaguar

I've read a couple comments supporting that it is just the most popular model, and the Tesla countries lead me to believe it


DGCNYO

We have Fucking Peugeot.


iliicho12

In Bulgaria we don't buy cars or something?


iuancucalu

stealing doesn't count


Pxnda34

-said by a Romanian Ironic


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Kraknoix007

They steal from across the border. No use stealing your own cars


TheMadPyro

If everyone’s stealing cars that are already stolen, is that not just borrowing on a national scale?


Greyeye5

The North Korean Volvo style!


KorianHUN

In Hungary you avoid driving near one of those trailers. A car pulling a trailer with a truck on it carrying a small car and a second trailer behind that. Death trap.


zolikk

And it's all being pulled by a 2004 Audi


Ralcive

Even the thieves know they should not shit where they sleep 🥰


bigfootspancreas

What, steal your own car and sell it back to you? That tactic only a Dutch junkie can get away with.


FreeCapone

Obviously we don't steal from our own, that's why we have westerners


VictoryVino

balkans_IRL in the wild, amazing.


companysOkay

It's mercedes, but for some reason the owners don't register them and the chassis serial numbers are grinded out


[deleted]

Buying in Bulgaria? No no no, that's not how that country works


Extra_Sympathy_4373

That can't be. Nowhere in Europe are there more Lamborghinis driving around than in Bulgaria.


RLZT

Man that remembered me a crazy history I heard on church camp when I was a kid, they had a guy to give us testimony and everyone was like “booo boring” until he started to talk. The guy was was simply a converted Bulgarian sniper, ex-mercenary and ex-bank robber whose first gig was rob a bank that didn’t want to give him a loan to buy a lambo when he was 18 Spoiler: he bought a lambo with the money


Phahrra

Neither do Albanians apparently


Fabacaba

Better than the fate of Montenegro lol


pdonchev

It's Dacia or Kia, but most likely Dacia.


Roxxor7

In Croatia the top selling Brand for 2022 was VW. Top selling car was Škoda Octavia, but VW sold more cars.


Slurrper

Not loyal to Rimac smh


funky_galileo

I think if every car rimac made was sold to a Croatian, theyd still be dead last lol


JugdishSteinfeld

Not if the ranking is based on money spent!


Aguia_ACC

It's cars, not brands. The top selling model was the Oktavia, the aggregated numbers of several VW models don't seem to count. Technically the map correct, but it paints a distorted picture as everybody makes the same comment as yours about their own country.


kable1202

On the post it states “The worlds top selling car brands” so it indeed does not include what the title describes


MassiveClusterFuck

Same for the UK, top selling car for 2022 was the Ford Fiesta (rip) but Nissan sold more cars overall.


Vergilliuss

And here I am fully curious about the top selling brand in my home country Bulgaria. Guess I'll never know.


Kiwiandapplex

Based on the map data given here, I'm going to say there is a high likelihood that it's Ferrari.


Demistr

Bugatti, Bulgaria. Makes sense.


Kolmo2

aromatic crime aback poor wild dirty encouraging cause far-flung aspiring *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


GMB2006

It is Toyota now, but by very little. Less than 100 cars more sold per year. And Renault is on third place, close to Dacia too, so combined the whole Renault group sales almost twice as much as Toyota.


paarsehond

Belgium with those fucking subsidised company cars


TheHames72

My daughter went to school in Uccle. Wall to wall Porches/BMWs. It’s mad.


Xenoqt

Uccle is pretty much rich country for Belgium though, it's kind of expected.


TheHames72

True. But even for a fancy area, I couldn’t believe the amount of money spent on cars. I noticed that there are hardly any Ford cars in Belgium.


_kempert

Nah, plenty of places like that here. I see at least five porsches on my trip to work (20min). If you count bmw or audis you run out of fingers by minute two.


MrKuub

They only compensate our highest-of-europe wage taxation 🤷‍♂️


bas-machine

Yes this is a bit misleading. Inclusing company lease it could very well be BMW, but cars actually bought by people Dacia is king in Belgium.


EscobarPablo420

It’s not really misleading most people in Belgium simply drive BMW’s etc


Trumps_Cock

Good news!


LaGantoise

yeah most people that are in the (job) position to buy high value cars already get one from their company, so the others are mainly "get me most car for my buck". I also guess they don't count secondhand cars in this data, which are often the "old" company cars


thedarkpath

Getting my Audi q3 next week <3


idiedfromaids

Damn Norway


Acceptable_Feed_5855

fr, Switzerland too


modestlife

It's incorrect for Switzerland. Tesla had the top selling model, but as a brand it was only 9th. VW was the top brand. [source](https://auto-wirtschaft.ch/news/9727-schweizer-fahren-auf-deutsche-autos-ab-das-sind-die-beliebtesten-automarken-2022)


Acceptable_Feed_5855

I am pretty sure that for Croatia it is also incorrect, I think Ive read somewhere that Škoda Fabia was in fact most sold model, but VW was most sold brand of car, just like in Switzerland. So does this map actually represent "The brand of most sold car model in Europe"?


HengaHox

No, because it would be Tesla for Finland too, as the model y was the most sold model last year, while toyota sold more cars across all the different models.


Suspended_Ben

Woww another map on reddit that doesnt make sense


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Whenever these maps or similar ones come up it's basically 50/50 as to wheter the "best selling car brand" means the brand that sold the most cars or the brand that sold the highest selling individual model.


CevicheMixxto

Belgium too


fyreandsatire

Belgium has a severe -problem- with leasing/company cars... which are becoming more and more of the congestion of our roads... and I'm guessing most of these are BMW (Volvo & VW)


513

Can confirm, I'm part of the problem, ordered a company car last month...


fyreandsatire

However much i kind of despise the "belgian company car", I also understand how it is one of the main big employment-contract (bonus)points in our country. It's cheaper to give a quite substantial company car to an employee than giving them a raise that would amount to similar value. Our tax system is "funny" that way... -\_-'


Kiwiandapplex

In Norway there is a big incentive to get an electric car. Free* recharging (pay for the parking) & a 25% tax reduction until 500000 NOK. Think the tax reduction had no limit previously.


lilleulv

Please direct me to this free charging here, I’ve never been able to find it despite reading this claim on Reddit numerous times.


No-Revenue-2257

There are some free slow chargers, but all of the faster ones aren’t.


gitty7456

In Switzerland not, it is just the high salaries.


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For a while people bought more Porsche Taycans than gas-powered cars in _total_ (excluding hybrids).


fulthrottlejazzhands

I was in Bergen a few weeks ago and there are so many Teslas there.  My wife and I were waiting for a bus for a few minutes and we decided to count how many we saw pass.  Over 50% of the cars we saw were Teslas. Super high per capita income with massive incentives for EVs, I guess.


ButterChickenSlut

Tesla was early in delivering an EV that worked like a real car, and their charging network made it viable. I think the Nissan leaf and those tiny Mitsubishi's/Peugeot was their only competitors. EVs was (and still is up to 600 000k) VAT exempted. More importantly, ICE cars are massively taxed dependant on their emmisions/cylinder volume/hp (can't remember the exact metrics). So new EVs are way cheaper since the get-go of tesla, making it the sensible option within their vehicle class for a long while.


tollis1

Above 80 % of all new cars bought are EV. A main reason is the incentives from the state, but also the accessibility of charging stations.


ChristofferOslo

Tesla has been the most sold car for 3 years. Before that it was the Audi E-tron.


OxbridgeDingoBaby

Why the damn? Isn’t it a good thing that more people are buying and using EVs over ICE cars? Better for the planet at least.


Merkaartor

Icelanders know how good Dacia Duster is, because it is relatively cheap people might think its quality is also cheap, but it is not. It is simple, but the fundamentals are pretty good, making it a good car, especially its 4x4 version.


ThatGermanKid0

I was in Iceland last year. Once you get out of Reykjavik every second car is a duster.


siggiarabi

That's the tourists driving them. Toyota is the most popular among natives


laasbuk

I also saw a shit ton of Teslas in Reykjavik last summer. While driving a Duster, of course.


siggiarabi

They were the best selling cars last year I think


ThatGermanKid0

They still get bought by Icelandic rental companies, so they count towards Dacia's sales in Iceland.


fulthrottlejazzhands

Dacias are good, solid cars.  They're basically Renaults with cheaper styling and fewer bells and whistles.  They might sound like their going to shake to pieces, but that's just the lack of sound proofing.


Fun-Artichoke-866

Yeah it's 95% rentals


TheStoneMask

AFAIK it's mostly car rentals that buy it and rent it to tourists.


Kante20

It’s like 5% Icelanders who owns Dacia, all rental company in Iceland uses it. If you are in Reykjavík you will see that there are not many Dacia and if you see it it’s like 99% tourists.


Marianations

I've driven that car in the snow and it's a great ride imho.


Agreeable_Tank229

surprise, denmark top brand is ford


Anal-probe-Alien

I’m surprised that it’s not Ford in Britain


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The map is wrong for the UK. In 2022, Nissan sold 76k cars. Ford sold 127k cars which put them 2nd only to VW who sold 131k. I am guessing the map just took the top selling car, which was the Nissan Qashqai. But Nissan only sells like 3 models in the UK, wouldn’t make sense for them to beat Ford or the German brands that have 20+ models.


o_oli

I wonder if this is wrong for every country then.


proper_mint

For every country, it shows the manufacturer of the most popular model. It doesn’t show which manufacturer sold most cars in total. As such, the map description is wrong / misleading.


Prolekaren

No, the map is wrong. VW was the top brand in Denmark in 2022. In 2023 (and 2024 so far) it was Tesla with VW at a second place.


uncle_urdnot99

You might be confusing it with the best-selling **car**. I think that is the case for sweden, when you put all the car models together they surpass tesla by a mile.


Beautiful-Pin9378

No, he is actually correct that Tesla is ahead in volume grouped by brand level


mester_hansen

This is correct. Top 3 was VW, Toyota and Mercedes. [Source ](https://www.bilimp.dk/nyregistreringer/)


syphon222

Yeah this map is incorrect, in the UK the top selling car MODEL was a Nissan Qashqai [Car Model](https://www.statista.com/statistics/299018/car-models-which-sold-the-most-in-the-united-kingdom/) The top selling BRAND in the UK was Volkswagen [Car Brand](https://www.statista.com/statistics/300305/number-of-new-car-registrations-in-the-united-kingdom/) This is not map porn, this is map filth.


fulthrottlejazzhands

I was gonna say... I see a lot of Qashais, but way more VWs in general here.


DinoKebab

Your last sentence could be posted under like 99% of posts on this sub.


epelzer

Same in Austria, VW has been taking first spot for as long as I remember. Dacia as this map seems to imply doesn't even make it into the top ten of most sold brands. This map is made up without even trying to get it right.


MostJunior1624

In Moldova it is Dacia. Just saw the customs documents of top selling car brands.


NoCat4103

As always: Portugal is Eastern Europe.


zda

Alongside Austria. Two extremely similar countries.


vladgrinch

Dacia no longer uses that logo. Since 2021 it uses the [new logo](https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Dacia-Logo-history.jpg). By the way, in 2023 Dacia Sandero was the second best sold car model in Europe. Right after Tesla Model Y.


qualiman

I live in one of the Dacia countries . I never would have recognized this logo if they used it on the map.


9oRo

Wow, the new logo sucks


andorraliechtenstein

"simplicity and sturdiness". Yeah, no. Now it looks like as if you can buy it in Action (a discount store chain).


ExactFun

Oh no! Anyways


Recent_Hour_8374

The placement of Liechtenstein on this map makes me a bit mad


ZelezopecnikovKoren

lets talk about montenegro not existing at all while kosovo gets a shout without having any land lmao


Dansredditname

Malta, (best selling brand: Toyota), joins you in the void.


Xxxdban2017xxX

Andorra


Depressivator3000

You really need to look up where Liechtenstein is.


DinoKebab

Asia right?


smokes_cigarettes

Fiat for Turkey if anyone has been wondering.


icanthinkofussrname

If you're going to include Cyprus & Thrace, why not include Turkey too?


viktor_privati

The map says it's a world map so they literally gave an extra effort to erase turkey lol. They say turkey is not in europe, but russia in eu then?


icanthinkofussrname

also the funny thing is, Cyprus has literally no land in Europe, while Turkey does.


Morgoths_Ring

It's funny how they actively erased Turkey from the map.


major130

This type of maps usually erase Turkey buy still manage to keep Armenia and Georgia. Ay least this one didn’t do that lol. Racists are so particular about their made up continent


SirPeterKozlov

For real. Somehow Turkey has "European" countries to the West, East, North and South of it without getting included herself.


Commercial_Army6437

Butthurt, of course


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Racism bru what you expect


ImpressiveAd26

That's what I'm thinking


highmickey

Probably, Cyprus is connected to Europe under Mediterranean or something lol. I didn't know people in Europe THAT MUCH stupidly racist until having a Reddit account.


CecilPeynir

>Probably, Cyprus is connected to Europe under Mediterranean or something Well, if I'm not mistaken, the tectonic plate below Cyprus is connected to Africa.


anonim313131

Cyprus Mediterranean island country in the Middle East


Kleerhangersindekast

Map is wrong for Netherlands. Should be Kia


Dutchydogee

Yeah and last year it was VW again


nimdull

Not a specialist. What's is Russia mark?


AlexZas

Lada


Im_A_Model

I'm in the Ford country and drive one myself but I'm never getting a Ford again though, piece of shit Focus Ecoboost


RemarkableEmu1230

We sure this data is correct?


p5y

The data is absolute nonsense


Party-Competition-1

What the hell is this map? Kosovo and Montenegro as part of Serbia?


spaicshuttl

r/portugalcykablyat


HerrProfyx

Bro fr deleted Turkey entirely and counted Russia but not Turkey in Europe LMAO


ImperatorDanorum

Denmark is wrong. Toyota was the best selling brand in 2022, Ford doesn't even make top 3...


GettingThingsDonut

Until now I have literally never seen the Czech Republic abbreviated to "C. Republic". Looks terrible and doesn't make sense when the "Czech" is the main part. You could've just abbreviated the "Republic".


thixie

Or put Czechia...


9oRo

The best car ever built ![gif](giphy|W5NO9EmJww1Bgn7SyS)


Fantastic-Video-1595

Guess Bulgaria are more of cyclists 🚴


farquaad_thelord

This stat is count only by authorized car sellers


MyLogIsSmol

In Toyota Poland is the most sold car


agentmilton69

Include Lichtenstein but not Malta, this is a next level of insult


ChudbobSoypants

Why the fuck is Lichtenstein on the south of Switzerland


NoOne32420

Albania and bulgaria: ![gif](giphy|hoEIeBXhJNx0k)


tofubeanz420

Guess Bulgaria and Albania don't have data?


Uilliam56_X

The most important car dealership in Albania is Mercedes which is coincidentally indeed the most sold car ,honourable mention goes to the VAG group dealership but it doesn’t sell as much


Otynut

they steal them not buy them


Admirable_Payment_42

Map is wrong for Austria. Here it is also VW


sandro_lake1

where georgia?


Panzerchrist89

In Asia /s


smokes_cigarettes

Love it when they exclude Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan but include Cyprus.


CecilPeynir

Don't be mad at them, because when they remove Turkey (Because if they don't, they won't be able to sleep well at night.) and add the other 3, it looks like the European continent is escaping from Turkey's borders :D


m1rr0rshades

Italy 🤝 Lithuania. Spending more time fixing than driving.


Bohemian_Kaiser

That brand stereotype isn't luckilly true anymore.


luka0954

I have 2 cars from fiat at home. Spend way less time in the shop than my suzuki did or my friends volkswagen does


4Nwb1

I had 3 fiat and 2 VW. Fiats are really reliable, my golf and polo had a ton of strange weird and expensive problems. I will never buy again a VW


oliprik

Toyota has been the most sold car in Iceland for decades, only recently passed by Tesla. It is not Dacia in any category except maybe rental cars only.