2021 Best Selling Commercial Vans In Europe (All Models Ranked)
In 2021 the passenger van segment in Europe is down 20% to just over 295,000 sales, in an overall market down 2%%. Small passenger vans account for 47.9% of these with sales down 31% and midsized passenger vans for the remaining 52.1% as this subsegment is only down 5% in 2021.
The Volkswagen Transporter T6 and its luxury derivative Multivan stay ahead of the midsized passenger van segment with sales down 3%, improving their share of the class to 30.1%. A new generation Multivan has been launched in Q4 which has become a stand alone model from the Transporter. No longer based on a commercial van, this new Multivan is supposed to also replace the Sharan large MPV.
The combination of the Mercedes-Benz V-Class and Vito Tourer are down 11%, losing 1.8 percentage points of share to 24.1%. This includes the EQV electric version. The Stellantis-Toyota quadruplets also became available in EV versions and hold on to third place with sales almost stable for a share of 21.9%. The Toyota Proace Verso is the best seller of the four, ahead of the Opel/Vauxhall Zafira Life, the Citro"en Spacetourer/Jumpy and the Peugeot Traveller/Expert. A Fiat version named Ulysse will replace the Renault-based Talento.
The current Talento and its original Renault Trafic and the third clone Nissan NV300 are down 28% to 8% share as they lost the Opel Vivaro version. As a result, the Ford Tourneo Custom outsold the Trafic and co. and is in 2nd place when comparing individual nameplates, with 15.4% share, thanks to sales up 12%. The Hyundai H1 was replaced by the futuristic looking Staria this year. We also welcome the SAIC Maxus Euniq, an all-electric passenger van, for now only sold in the Scandinavian markets.
Sales of small passenger vans are down 31% even though the entire top-5 is still pretty fresh at less than 4 years old. The Volkswagen Caddy Life stays on top and gains share of the class to 23.2% while its closest rival Citro"en Berlingo Multispace is down just 15%.
The latter’s sibling Peugeot Rifter loses 40% of its sales from 2020. When combining all four nameplates of the PSA-Toyota vans, they absolutely dominate the class with a 57.6% share and sales down 18%. That leaves the Caddy in a distant second place, still outselling all other nameplates. Among the leading quadruplets, the Opel/Vauxhall Combo Tour stays ahead of the Toyota Proace City Verso, the latest addition to the foursome. A Fiat version is planned as well to replace the aging Doblo which is now one of the slowest sellers in the class. The Renault Kangoo and its clones Mercedes-Benz Citan and Nissan NV250 have been renewed at the end of 2021, with the latter also being renamed Nissan Townace. Their combined sales are down 28% this year.
The Dacia Dokker is being renamed Renault Express and loses 77% of its sales in its final full year. It still manages to outsell the Ford Tourneo Connect, down 31%.
Here Are The Most Popular Commercial Vans in Europe for 2021
This data table looks at full year Commercial Van sales volumes in Europe by model. We compare Europe market Commercial Van model sales for the full year versus the full year last year.
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Car sales statistics are from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Sources: Manufacturers, ANDC, JATO Dynamics.
