In Europe (EU, EFTA, and UK combined), Stellantis’ market share and actual volume both fell from the first quarter 2024 to the first quarter 2025, according to the European automakers’ group ACEA.
In Q1 2024, Stellantis enjoyed a 17.6% market share; for Q1 2025, that’s down to 15.5%. Actual volume dropped from 598,243 to 525,283, even as Volkswagen posted gains from 828,384 to 875,875 (VW’s share rose from 24.4% to 25.9%). Volkswagen benefited from, among other things, a rise in EV sales coupled with Tesla’s fall from grace; buyers seemed to turn largely to Volkswagen for their EVs.
Volkswagen sells under the Skoda, Audi, Cupra, Seat, Porsche, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and MAN brands.
Stellantis’ headline brand, Peugeot, actually gained sales, rising from a 5.4% to a 5.6% share, a 3% gain; but Citroën fell from 3.4 to 2.7%, a 19% drop, and Opel/Vauxhall also fell, from 3.6% to 2.9%, a 20% drop. Fiat fell from a 3% share to a 2.3% share, a 23% drop.
Jeep actually gained in Europe, by nearly 900 sales, to a total 37,895 sales for the quarter; they maintained their 1.1% market share with a 2% increase in sales. Lancia/Chrysler plummeted to just 3,527 sales; Alfa Romeo gained rather dramatically (36%), rising from 12,594 to 17,095, for a 0.5% market share. DS, on the other hand, fell 29% to 8,172, a 0.2% market share. Finally, Dodge, Maserati, and Ram, combined, eked out a mere 1,212 sales, down 28%, for a roughly 0% market share.
Stellantis still remains a comfortable #2 in Europe, with triple-branded Renault (including Dacia and Alpine) gaining 10% to 344,519—a 10% share—and Hyundai-Kia dropping slightly to 267,234. The mighty Toyota also slipped a little, to 248,663. Mercedes, Ford, Nissan, Volvo, Suzuki, Honda, and Mitsubishi all fell—Mitsubishi, the smallest automaker selling in Europe now, to just 12,536, a 0.4% share.
The Chinese automaker SAIC sold 78,505 cars, a third more than in Q1 2024, easily beating Tesla’s 54,020 sales. Tesla reacted with price cuts which have stemmed the bleeding somewhat; their March sales were only down by 28%, compared with being down 37% for the quarter as a whole. Volkswagen sold more EVs than anyone else in Europe.
The ACEA reported that sales of battery-powered cars grew by 24% in the EU, EFTA, and, UK for a 17% market share (242,913 of 1.42 million total), while hybrid-electrics rose by 21%, for a 37% share. PHEVs gained slightly to take 8% of new car sales, while gasoline fell to 28% and diesel fell to 7%. Other systems (hydrogen, fuel cells, methane, etc.) combined only reached 34,073—2% of total sales. Europe continues to move slowly towards electric cars, and more quickly to hybrids, with the “in between” PHEV growing more slowly.
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest Mopar site (Allpar) in 1994. After a chemo-induced 2007-2010 break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales (Chrysler history and “permanent” car and truck pages). He most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the marque.
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