How have small cars done over this century in Europe? So as not to clutter the graphs, I did it in two parts. The first has three French models with a Czech one thrown in randomly. The second more Germanic with a Toyota as a comparison.
First up, it is plain to see that the year 2000 had Peugeot (top pic 206 - 2003)and Renault as leading brands in this segment. Peugeot was on top, helped in part with its tendency to replace a model but keep the older one for a while, effectively having two entrants in the race.
The volume race is over as we see the decline below. Citroën (2nd from top C3 - 2014) at times threatened to press the top two but never quite got there. I would say the surprise for me was the Škoda Fabia (above - 2019) which is a value for money proposition. It didn't reach the top and now is looking rather subdued.
Not starting with as much volume as above, the still popular Corsa (above - 2007), Polo (below - 2022) and Fiesta (bottom - 2009) have run a fairly close battle with each other with the Toyota Yaris not too far off that trio.
The Opel/Vauxhall Corsa started out on top but the Fiesta then took charge with the Polo always in the mix. The Fieats has now been axed as sales were very poor over the last few years. The Corsa still does OK but as usual, Toyota holds a steady line as the others declined.
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