Podium surprises. The 10 best selling cars in Portugal in 2022
The list of the 10 best selling cars in Portugal in 2022 has several surprises, one of them being the fact that we don’t have a Renault on the podium, something that it hasn’t held for 10 years.
If you remember, in 2021, despite the Renault Clio lost first place to Peugeot 2008the Gallic SUV was the second best-selling model in Portugal, followed by the capture in 3rd place.
However, this year that was not the case, and another surprise of the year was the arrival on the podium of a «rookie» who is, more and more, a serious success story — and, interestingly, is directly related… with Renault.
Stay with the list of the 10 best-selling models in Portugal in 2022:
10th place — Fiat 500
In 2022 the fiat 500 rose five places in the sales charts compared to 2021, managed to reach the Top 10. With 2934 units sold in 2022, it removed the toyota yaris of the top 10 best selling cars.
It only remains to know how many units would correspond to the third generation of the model, exclusively electric, of the famous Italian city car that we could already test.
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9th place — Dacia Duster
After a modest 23rd place in 2021, in 2022 the Dacia Duster «jumped» to 9th place in the sales chart with 2963 units sold throughout the year.
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8th place — Mercedes-Benz A-Class
In 2020 it became the second best-selling model in Portugal, in 2021 it fell to fifth position, and in 2022 the Mercedes-Benz A-Class fell back into the Top 10, settling in eighth place, with 3098 units sold – exactly 900 units less than in 2021.
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7th place — Opel Corsa
Once one of the chronic candidates for national market leadership, in 2022 the Opel Corsa regained its «good shape» and rose from 11th in 2021 to 7th in 2022, with a total of 3,301 units sold.
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6th place — Citroën C3
New year and again the Citroen C3 occupies the 6th place in the list of best-selling cars in Portugal. With 3940 units sold in 2022, the French utility vehicle saw its sales increase compared to 2021, maintaining an excellent commercial performance in our country.
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5th place — Renault Clio
After in 2021 it lost the leadership it held for eight years in the national market, in 2022 the Renault Clio it didn’t even reach the sales podium. With 4175 units sold, it took 5th place in the table.
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4th place — Renault Captur
Like the Clio, also the Renault Captur left the sales podium in 2022. With 4722 units sold last year, the French SUV reached 4th place and became Renault’s most popular model in the national market.
3rd place — Peugeot 208
It was the fifth best-selling model in Portugal in 2020, the fourth in 2021 and in 2022 the Peugeot 208 moved up one position classification and got a place on the podium. In 2022, 5008 units of the 208 were sold in our country.
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2nd place — Dacia Sandero
It is undoubtedly the biggest highlight among the 10 best selling cars in Portugal in 2022. Dacia Sandero reached an unprecedented second place in the national sales chart with 5054 units sold, after in 2021 it did not go beyond the seventh position.
With this result, Dacia has, for the first time, two models in the Top 10 of national sales.
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1st place — Peugeot 2008
New year, same leader. THE Peugeot 2008 maintains leadership in the sales table in Portugal, but saw sales drop compared to 2021 — in 2022 6001 units were sold, while in 2021 sales rose to 6404 units.
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Peugeot thus closed 2022 with a «golden key». Not only did it repeat the feat of 2021 — best-selling brand and best-selling model — but it also placed a second model on the podium.
Remember our first video test of the best-selling car in Portugal in 2022: