Europe’s best-selling car of 2024 REVEALED and it’s a budget motor which dethroned Tesla – does YOURS make the top 20?

THE astir fashionable car crossed Europe isn't a Ford oregon a Volkswagen - it's a Dacia.

The £14,000 Sandero supermini sold much than 250,000 copies successful 2024, miles up of the Golf and Renault Clio successful 2nd and third.

According to precocious revealed stats, Dacia sold 268,101 units of the Sandero - making it Europe's best-selling conveyance crossed each channels.

It besides makes it the best-selling conveyance successful the European retail marketplace since 2017.

That means it adjacent outsold the Tesla Model Y.

1. Dacia Sandero - 268,101

The supermini has been connected merchantability successful the UK since 2008, with the third-gen model, released successful 2020, and particularly the 2022 refresh, becoming a blistery favourite with motorists.

When Sandero is renewed successful 2027 it volition travel successful 2 powerfulness types - petrol and electric.

Its popularity is apt down to a fig of factors, not slightest its debased terms that makes it a fund alternate to much costly tiny hatchbacks similar the Volkswagen Polo.

Indeed, the Sandero is the UK's cheapest caller car.

But contempt its price, it's remarkably spacious wrong making it large for families.

It besides features a comfy driving position, bully substance economy, and basal but functional gadgets.

2. Renault Clio - 216,317

As good arsenic being eye-catching, this tiny French car has a frugal powertrain line-up with an E-tech hybrid enactment and a 1.0-litre petrol.

It is apt to stay conscionable arsenic fashionable successful 2025 arsenic it was successful 2024, immoderate experts say.

3. Volkswagen Golf - 215,715

It would look the Volkswagen Golf is sliding down the ranks of Europe's favourite cars with each year.

But the ever-reliable all-rounder received a facelift successful solemnisation of its 50th day which besides enhanced performance.

4. Tesla Model Y - 209,214

The winning household SUV offers plentifulness of retention with the latest technology, sports car show and a panoramic roof.

The Tesla Model Y has been built by Elon Musk's electrical conveyance manufacturing institution successful the US, China, and Germany since 2020.

It was revealed that one Tesla Model Y proprietor was surviving successful her car full-time - and utilizing a hidden diagnostic successful the EV to support warm.

Another Tesla Model Y driver, who took the £45,000 car connected a 435-mile roadworthy trip, said helium recovered the car's navigation and supercharging web were "extremely reliable".

5. VW T-Roc - 202,840

Always a sought-after car successful Europe, the Volkswagen T-Roc was particularly truthful successful 2024, and came 5th successful the database of best-sellers.

Drivers person said its interior prime has been improved significantly, addressing 1 of their erstwhile fewer criticisms.

Very bully twelvemonth for Dacia

2024 was mostly a precise bully twelvemonth for Dacia arsenic a marque arsenic it became the continent's biggest seller to retail customers overall.

In total, Dacia sold 676,340 cars past year, which was an summation of astir 3 per cent connected 2023.

They besides relationship for adjacent to 4 per cent of each rider car income crossed Europe.

Dacia is not conscionable astir selling low-price hatchbacks though, as Sun Motors' supremo Rob Gill discovered.

The Romanian marque is presently competing successful the satellite celebrated Dakar Rally - a punishing 3,200-mile velocity trial crossed the breathtaking dunes of Saudi Arabia.

Or, arsenic Rob puts it, the equivalent of the full WRC play successful 13 days.

Our antheral caught up with the Dacia team, which includes superstar operator Nasser al-Attiyah.