Yaris Cross at the Top
Happy faces at the headquarters of Toyota Motor Europe. Toyota has never sold so many cars in Europe in the first half of the year as it has this year.
In the first six months of this year, Toyota sold no fewer than 635,328 new cars in Europe, which is more than ever before. Compared to last year, this represents a growth of 1 percent, and Toyota is keen to emphasize that European car sales in general have actually declined slightly. So the Japanese are growing, against the market trend.
Toyota Motor Europe also emphasizes that of the more than 600,000 new cars sold, no fewer than 491,197 had an electrified powertrain. Fully electric passenger cars (excluding the electrically available vans from the collaboration with Stellantis) accounted for more than 22,000 units.
In addition to Toyota, TME also includes the Lexus brand, but with 591,115 cars, the majority of the cars sold were of the Toyota brand. The Toyota Yaris Cross was by far the most popular model, with 103,580 units. The Yaris follows with 90,549 and then comes the Corolla (78,920). The best-selling Lexus was the LBX, but with 14,757 units it cannot yet stand in the shadow of the technically related Toyota Yaris Cross.