The Peugeot 207 was Europe's best selling car in 2007 according to JATO Dynamics, the world's leading provider of automotive data and intelligence.

Volkswagen was Europe's top-selling car brand 2007, according to JATO Dynamics, the world's leading provider of automotive data and intelligence. The overall European car market grew by 0.8 per cent (or 118,322 units) over the previous year.

Volkswagen's market-leading performance saw the German manufacturer sell 1,607,750 units during 2007, ahead of Opel/Vauxhall (up 0.1 per cent at 1,323,076 units) and with Ford (up 1.1 per cent at 1,287,182 units) rounding off the top three. Renault and Peugeot complete the top five places in a running order for the year.

Fiat enjoyed a successful 2007 in Europe, having increased its sales to a total of 964,116 units. This strong performance equates to a 7.7 per cent improvement on 2006, which in growth terms makes the company the most successful of the top ten brands. The success is largely due to a number of new model launches including the Bravo, 500, Sedici, Linea and Scudo.

Further down the chart, Honda successfully increased its volumes by 11.8 per cent while MINI volumes grew by 26.8 per cent due to the introduction of its second-generation hatchback and the new Clubman.

The most staggering level of growth was achieved by the Romanian Dacia brand, which increased its sales by 85.9 per cent in 2007, thanks to the performance of the Logan model.

The Peugeot 207 was Europe's top-selling new car in 2007 with 437,505 units sold (up 105 per cent). The Volkswagen Golf clinched second spot with 435,055 units sold (up 4.5 per cent) and the Ford Focus rounds off the top three places with 406,557 units sold.

The Opel/Vauxhall Corsa (402,173 units, up 41.7 per cent, new model), Opel/Vauxhall Astra (402,044 units), Renault Clio (382,041 units), Fiat Punto (377,989 units), Ford Fiesta (355,933 units, up 0.6 per cent), Volkswagen Passat (300,566 units) and BMW 3-Series (295,312 units, up 2.0 per cent) all complete the top ten placings.

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