German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: from cash cow to discontinued model? VW Golf loses top spot in Europe006149

Golf production in Wolfsburg

The Golf is no longer the best-selling car in Europe. This is shown by figures from the consulting firm Jato. Accordingly, new registrations for the popular VW model 2022 fell by 14 percent – ​​to 177,203.
In the statistics, the Golf only ranks fifth, behind models such as the Fiat 500 and the Dacia Sandero. For golf, it’s the worst placement in decades. The new leader is Peugeot’s small car 208 with 206,000 registrations.
Recently, the VW model has been weakening every month. It is a rarity that the Golf loses its top spot over the course of a year. According to the Jato evaluation, this has only happened twice in the past 32 years, most recently in 2007. Back then, too, the winner was Peugeot.

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