The Belgian is particularly fond of European cars — especially if those European cars are also German cars. Just check the list of the most popular models in Belgium in 2022, because there you will find 3 German cars (or 4 if you include the Mini Cooper), followed by 3 French, a Swede and a Romanian. As a result, Toyota only appears once in our top 10, but that is apparently not the case elsewhere in the world… On the contrary.
Almost 10% electric
Research agency JATO Dynamics has finished adding up all globally sold cars from last year, resulting in a top 10 of the most popular models in the world. Toyota is good for no less than half of the places there, but surprisingly it is not the Corolla that will run with the top position. That honor goes to the RAV4 with 1,016,000 sales completed, while the Corolla comes in second with 992,000 units. We also see the Camry in 5th place and the Hilux in 6th place, while the brand new Corolla Cross has already crowned itself eighth most popular car in the world in its first full year of production. It can therefore easily call itself the strongest riser, accounting for 221% more sales than the year before.
1: Toyota RAV4 – 1.016.000
2: Toyota Corolla – 992.000
3: Tesla Model Y – 747.000
4: Honda CR-V – 733.000
5: Toyota Camry – 673.000
6: Toyota Hilux – 632.000
7: Nissan Sentra – 566.000
8: Toyota Corolla Cross – 530.000
9: Ford F150 – 525.000
10: Tesla Model 3 – 482.000
However, the second strongest riser is all the more remarkable, because the Tesla Model Y sold 91% more often last year than in 2021. All together, 747,000 units were sold, making the electric SUV suddenly the third most popular car in the world . The only other EV that also appears in the list is also a Tesla, namely the Model 3 in tenth place. All told, 9.3% of cars sold worldwide last year were purely electric, representing a total of 7.37 million units. This brings the total number of new cars sold in 2022 to a good 79.4 million, which is still 2% less than the year before.
