Opel/Vauxhall Euro Sales - 2012-16 (Nations)

When one looks closer at national sales of Opel/Vauxhall, certain countries are more partial to them than others. So in the final in this short series, let's look at how national purchasing varied.

First up Germany is the biggest market in Europe and where Opel is based. That didn't translate in to sales during this present decade. It was comfortably behind Europe's second biggest, the UK. France may be the third nation in size but ran fifth since 2011, when it was one place higher. Ironically Opel /Vauxhall are to come under France's PSA control so it will be interesting to see if that makes any difference. Spain's car manufacturing industry benefits from Opel/Vauxhall so that could explain the strong support it gets there.

The others (6th-10th) generally follow the size of their respective markets, with the exception of Denmark, which boxes above its weight. Russia was abandoned by Opel, hence the crash there. Of those not included, Sweden is a notable omission. The list below is the top ten in each year.

12	13	14	15	16		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1	1	1	1	1	UK	258,852	289,279	301,931	311,642	288,865
2	2	2	2	2	Germany	224,468	217,686	231,147	242,677	258,598
3	4	3	3	3	Italy	82,806	74,709	80,643	94,424	102,034
6	6	4	4	4	Spain	52,698	57,417	70,488	81,976	96,525
5	5	5	5	5	France	78,923	65,024	66,791	70,952	75,273
7	7	7	6	6	Turkey	49,825	55,993	39,255	47,000	55,471
8	8	8	7	7	Belg/Lux	41,666	39,126	37,363	39,763	45,413
9	9	10	9	8	Nederland	41,338	28,391	27,820	31,368	38,775
-	-	9	8	9	Poland	-	-	28,052	31,914	37,501
10	10	-	10	10	Austria	21,323	21,752	-	23,977	24,864
4	3	6	-	-	Russia	81,242	81,421	64,985	-	-

Data source: GM Europe.