These are the best-selling car makes and models of 2024

Most popular brands of 2024

Kia had another golden year with 34,841 registrations and a 9.1% market share. Volvo and Toyota shared the second spot with just over 30,000 cars sold each. Tesla and Volkswagen completed the top five.

1. Kia (34,841 registrations, 9.1% market share)
2. Volvo (30,955 registrations, 8.1% market share)3
3. Toyota (30,739 registrations, 8.1% market share)
4. Tesla (30,006 registrations, 7.9% market share)
5. Volkswagen (26,989 registrations, 7.1% market share)

Most popular models of 2024

Among models, the Tesla Model Y stood out head and shoulders above the rest: 19,058 sales. Other toppers were the Kia Niro, Volvo EX30 and Tesla Model 3, all of which topped well over 10,000 registrations.

1. Tesla Model Y (19,058 registrations, 5.0% market share)
2. Kia Niro (10,914 registrations, 2.9% market share)
3. Volvo EX30 (10,802 registrations, 2.8% market share)
4. Tesla Model 3 (10,702 registrations, 2.8% market share)
5. Kia Picanto (8,370 registrations, 2.2% market share)

Commercial Vehicles

Not only passenger cars did well; light commercial vehicles also had a phenomenal year. With 129,878 registrations, up 87.4% from 2023. December went especially hard: 32,734 vans were registered, up more than 600% compared to the same month a year earlier. This has everything to do with the new bpm rules and environmental zones introduced since Jan. 1, 2025.

Some of these vehicles are likely to have been registered without being sold directly, meaning they could still be on the market as new in early 2025.

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