Sales of midsized MPVs continue to underperform in the first three quarters of 2022 with sales down 27% in an overall market down 11%. In the third quarter, midsized MPV sales were down 3% vs -2% for the market. As the traditional MPV segment is down to just 6 players and the van-based models are replacing some of them, we’ve decided to combine these two segments from now on. Still, the traditional MPVs make up 53.3% of sales in the combined class with sales down 23% so far this year, while the van-based models are down 32%. This is also a result of the decision by Stellantis to discontinue sales of their internal combustion engine passenger vans in favor of their EV versions. Among the traditional MPVs, the luxury brands are taking firmer control, improving their share by over 12 percentage points to 55.3% of MPV deliveries.
The Volkswagen Caddy is the best seller of the newly combined class, despite sales down 19%. Its sibling Volkswagen Touran which loses almost half of its sales and drops to an overall 4th place, but it was back up into the #2 spot in the third quarter. The BMW i3 is up into second place and the only nameplate in the top-4 to improve on last year. That leaves the Mercedes-Benz B-Class to complete the podium with sales down 18%. Its direct rival BMW 2-Series Active Tourer has just ben renewed and is up 72% on last year in 5th place, moving ahead of the Citroën C4 Spacetourer. Its 3-row sibling 2-Series Gran Tourer has also just been renewed and was up 17% in Q3 but still in the red YTD. The twins Peugeot Rifter and Citroën Berlingo Multispace are now EV-only and as a result each is down by more than half year-to-date. However, both are down just 2% in the third quarter and the Berlingo was even in fourth place overall. The all-new Renault Kangoo is up 79% on last year and now outsells its more traditional MPV Renault Scenic which drops to the back of the top-10 as its sales almost have come to a full stop in Q3. Apparently Renault is of the opinion that MPV buyers will simply have to pick the Kangoo instead. The Kangoo’s clones Mercedes-Benz Citan Combi and Nissan Townstar are in 16th and 17th place respectively. A 40% improvement for the Ford Tourneo Connect moves it ahead of the Toyota Proace City Verso which is down 19%.
| Midsized MPV segment | 2022 Q1-Q3 | 2021 Q1-Q3 | Change | 2022 share | 2022-Q3 | Change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen Caddy Life | 21.780 | 26.990 | -19% | 12,4% | 6.592 | -17% |
| 2 | BMW i3 | 18.105 | 17.459 | 4% | 10,3% | 6.059 | 11% |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 17.281 | 21.143 | -18% | 9,8% | 5.231 | -4% |
| 4 | Volkswagen Touran | 14.945 | 26.255 | -43% | 8,5% | 6.381 | -12% |
| 5 | BMW 2-series Active Tourer | 12.182 | 7.103 | 72% | 6,9% | 4.721 | 162% |
| 6 | Citroën C4 Spacetourer | 10.611 | 12.781 | -17% | 6,0% | 2.663 | -13% |
| 7 | Peugeot Rifter | 10.364 | 20.995 | -51% | 5,9% | 4.712 | -2% |
| 8 | Citroën Berlingo Multispace | 10.043 | 24.593 | -59% | 5,7% | 5.488 | -2% |
| 9 | Renault Kangoo | 9.570 | 5.357 | 79% | 5,4% | 2.674 | 7% |
| 10 | Renault (Grand) Scenic | 8.895 | 16.706 | -47% | 5,1% | 754 | -82% |
| 11 | Ford Tourneo Connect | 7.942 | 5.662 | 40% | 4,5% | 2.489 | 182% |
| 12 | Toyota Proace City Verso | 7.782 | 9.647 | -19% | 4,4% | 2.232 | -8% |
| 13 | Dacia Lodgy | 7.401 | 12.842 | -42% | 4,2% | 1.299 | -65% |
| 14 | Opel/Vauxhall Combo Tour | 6.692 | 11.846 | -44% | 3,8% | 3.255 | 60% |
| 15 | BMW 2-series Gran Tourer | 4.253 | 6.412 | -34% | 2,4% | 1.934 | 17% |
| 16 | Mercedes-Benz Citan Combi | 3.885 | 368 | 956% | 2,2% | 2.272 | 2242% |
| 17 | Nissan Townstar | 2.503 | 0 | New | 1,4% | 786 | New |
| 18 | Ford Tourneo Courier | 923 | 2.284 | -60% | 0,5% | 102 | -69% |
| 19 | Nissan NV200 Evalia | 266 | 1.059 | -75% | 0,2% | 21 | -92% |
| 20 | Fiat Doblo | 186 | 310 | -40% | 0,1% | 83 | 1% |
| 21 | Dacia Dokker | 4 | 7.501 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| 22 | Toyota Prius+ | 1 | 2.990 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| 23 | Volkswagen Sportsvan | 0 | 495 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| 24 | Nissan NV250 | 0 | 57 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| 25 | Ford (Grand) C-Max | 0 | 17 | -100% | 0,0% | 0 | -100% |
| Segment total | 175.614 | 240.872 | -27% | 59.748 | -3% |
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.