The large MPV segment outperform the market in Europe in the first nine months of 2022 at -3% vs -11%, now that we’ve reshuffled our segmentation to include van-based MPVs. As a result, the van-based models make up 74.4% of the segment thanks to sales down 3%, while traditional MPVs are down 3% as well. In the third quarter, large MPV sales are up 4% in an overall market down 2%.
The Mercedes-Benz V-Class, even without its all-electric version EQV, manages to jump to the top of the charts with sales up 21% year-to-date and a 58% increase in the third quarter. That leaves the Volkswagen Transporter, including the Caravelle and California versions, into second place with sales down 15%, while the Ford Tourneo Custom jumps onto the segment podium ahead of the Volkswagen Multivan. The latter is now based on the MQB platform and more a traditional MPV than its predecessor which was just a luxury version of the Transporter van. Sales of the Multivan are up 30% on last year and it’s the best selling traditional MPV at a large distance, as the #2 is the Ford S-Max in 9th place followed by the Seat Alhambra and Ford Galaxy, both of which show stable sales on last year. In contrast, the Volkswagen Sharan is down by half and the Renault Espace is down by 58%. Back to van-based MPVs, the Mercedes-Benz Vito Tourer, the more utilitarian version of the V-Class most used by taxi companies, is down 22% but still ahead of the Toyota Proace Verso. The latter is up 51% on last year and the best seller among the Stellantis-Toyota vans as it’s the only one of them that’s still available with ICE powertrains. The Opel/Vauxhall Zafira Life is up 4% in 8th place, while the Citroën Spacetourer is down 31% in 12th place, the Peugeot Traveller is down 46% in 14th place and the Fiat Ulysse is all-new in 20th place.
The futuristically styled Hyundai Staria is starting to get noticed, up to 16th place even though it’s only available in select markets in Europe, but the Maxus Euniq 5 and Volkswagen ID. Buzz are still a bit shy in 19th and 21st place respectively.
| Large MPV segment | 2022 Q1-Q3 | 2021 Q1-Q3 | Change | 2022 share | 2022-Q3 | Change | |
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz V-Class | 22.443 | 18.574 | 21% | 14,6% | 7.940 | 58% |
| 2 | Volkswagen Transporter | 21.141 | 24.735 | -15% | 13,7% | 7.162 | -13% |
| 3 | Ford Tourneo Custom | 20.428 | 21.949 | -7% | 13,3% | 6.833 | -7% |
| 4 | Volkswagen Multivan | 20.176 | 15.537 | 30% | 13,1% | 5.666 | 25% |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz Vito Tourer | 10.979 | 13.990 | -22% | 7,1% | 3.538 | -19% |
| 6 | Toyota Proace Verso | 10.351 | 6.866 | 51% | 6,7% | 3.130 | 51% |
| 7 | Renault Trafic Passenger | 8.676 | 6.563 | 32% | 5,6% | 2.692 | 3% |
| 8 | Opel/Vauxhall Zafira Life | 8.049 | 7.729 | 4% | 5,2% | 2.459 | 14% |
| 9 | Ford S-Max | 5.456 | 6.497 | -16% | 3,5% | 1.952 | 22% |
| 10 | Seat Alhambra | 4.578 | 4.586 | 0% | 3,0% | 1.619 | 23% |
| 11 | Ford Galaxy | 4.361 | 4.407 | -1% | 2,8% | 1.633 | 25% |
| 12 | Citroën Spacetourer | 4.269 | 6.190 | -31% | 2,8% | 1.015 | -43% |
| 13 | Volkswagen Sharan | 3.501 | 6.984 | -50% | 2,3% | 1.289 | 24% |
| 14 | Peugeot Traveller | 3.238 | 5.992 | -46% | 2,1% | 920 | -47% |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz EQV | 2.147 | 2.341 | -8% | 1,4% | 439 | -59% |
| 16 | Hyundai Staria | 1.471 | 268 | 449% | 1,0% | 933 | 248% |
| 17 | Renault Espace | 997 | 2.388 | -58% | 0,6% | 204 | -64% |
| 18 | Nissan Primastar | 507 | 0 | New | 0,3% | 297 | New |
| 19 | Maxus Euniq 5 | 416 | 283 | 47% | 0,3% | 108 | 100% |
| 20 | Fiat Ulysse | 330 | 0 | New | 0,2% | 152 | New |
| 21 | Volkswagen ID. Buzz | 247 | 0 | New | 0,2% | 221 | New |
| 22 | Nissan NV300 | 166 | 724 | -77% | 0,1% | 9 | -98% |
| 23 | Chrysler Pacifica | 72 | 67 | 7% | 0,0% | 24 | 0% |
| 24 | Fiat Talento | 11 | 540 | -98% | 0,0% | 3 | -98% |
| 25 | Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro Tour | 0 | 1.481 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| 26 | Hyundai H1 / Starex | 0 | 36 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| Segment total | 154.010 | 158.727 | -3% | 50.238 | 4% |
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.