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 Citroën 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.
2021 – midsized passenger van sales Europe
| Midsized passenger van segment | 2021 | 2020 | Change | 2021 share | 2020 share | 2021-Q4 | 2020-Q4 | Change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen Transporter / Multivan | 46.377 | 47.817 | -3% | 30,1% | 29,5% | 8.091 | 13.852 | -42% |
| 2 | Ford Tourneo Custom | 23.668 | 21.186 | 12% | 15,4% | 13,1% | 5.972 | 6.473 | -8% |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz V-Class | 20.071 | 24.165 | -17% | 13,0% | 14,9% | 4.578 | 6.433 | -29% |
| 4 | Mercedes-Benz Vito Tourer | 17.049 | 17.765 | -4% | 11,1% | 11,0% | 3.059 | 4.622 | -34% |
| 5 | Toyota Proace Verso | 9.388 | 9.270 | 1% | 6,1% | 5,7% | 2.522 | 2.669 | -6% |
| 6 | Opel/Vauxhall Zafira Life | 8.659 | 9.696 | -11% | 5,6% | 6,0% | 930 | 3.313 | -72% |
| 7 | Renault Trafic Passenger | 8.338 | 11.870 | -30% | 5,4% | 7,3% | 1.775 | 3.897 | -54% |
| 8 | Citroën Spacetourer | 8.100 | 6.548 | 24% | 5,3% | 4,0% | 1.910 | 2.138 | -11% |
| 9 | Peugeot Traveller | 7.503 | 8.312 | -10% | 4,9% | 5,1% | 1.511 | 2.425 | -38% |
| 10 | Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro Tour | 2.396 | 1.489 | 61% | 1,6% | 0,9% | 915 | 509 | 80% |
| 11 | Nissan NV300 | 993 | 1.189 | -16% | 0,6% | 0,7% | 269 | 351 | -23% |
| 12 | Fiat Talento | 556 | 2.536 | -78% | 0,4% | 1,6% | 16 | 1.028 | -98% |
| 13 | Maxus Euniq | 388 | 77 | 404% | 0,3% | 0,0% | 138 | 77 | 79% |
| 14 | Hyundai Staria | 386 | 0 | New | 0,3% | 0,0% | 125 | 0 | New |
| Segment total | 153.872 | 161.920 | -5% | 31.811 | 47.787 | -33% |
Small Passenger Van segment
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 Citroën 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%.
2021 – small passenger van sales Europe
| Small passenger van segment | 2021 | 2020 | Change | 2021 share | 2020 share | 2021-Q4 | 2020-Q4 | Change | |
| 1 | Volkswagen Caddy Life | 32.836 | 41.855 | -22% | 23,2% | 20,4% | 5.846 | 7.451 | -22% |
| 2 | Citroën Berlingo Multispace | 29.917 | 35.197 | -15% | 21,2% | 17,2% | 5.324 | 10.140 | -47% |
| 3 | Peugeot Rifter | 25.211 | 41.714 | -40% | 17,8% | 20,3% | 4.216 | 12.579 | -66% |
| 4 | Opel/Vauxhall Combo Tour | 14.307 | 13.176 | 9% | 10,1% | 6,4% | 2.461 | 3.187 | -23% |
| 5 | Toyota Proace City Verso | 11.856 | 8.491 | 40% | 8,4% | 4,1% | 2.209 | 4.026 | -45% |
| 6 | Renault Kangoo | 7.856 | 8.838 | -11% | 5,6% | 4,3% | 2.499 | 3.475 | -28% |
| 7 | Dacia Dokker | 7.508 | 32.603 | -77% | 5,3% | 15,9% | 7 | 10.750 | -100% |
| 8 | Ford Tourneo Connect | 6.636 | 9.648 | -31% | 4,7% | 4,7% | 925 | 2.366 | -61% |
| 9 | Ford Tourneo Courier | 2.507 | 7.148 | -65% | 1,8% | 3,5% | 174 | 2.489 | -93% |
| 10 | Nissan NV200 Evalia | 1.226 | 1.792 | -32% | 0,9% | 0,9% | 167 | 472 | -65% |
| 11 | Mercedes-Benz Citan Combi | 851 | 3.363 | -75% | 0,6% | 1,6% | 483 | 771 | -37% |
| 12 | Fiat Doblo | 435 | 1.137 | -62% | 0,3% | 0,6% | 125 | 314 | -60% |
| 13 | Nissan NV250 | 80 | 0 | New | 0,1% | 0,0% | 23 | 0 | New |
| 14 | Fiat Qubo | 15 | 263 | -94% | 0,0% | 0,1% | 1 | 75 | -99% |
| Segment total | 141.241 | 205.225 | -31% | 24.460 | 58.095 | -58% |
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.