Renault has just revealed the next generation of its compact van and it will become a bit confusing here. For sure the Rifter and co will become available with electric powertrains. It’s not sure whether a Fiat version is planned as well, but it would make sense. Its nearest three rivals all perform better than the Caddy, and the Peugeot Rifter, Citroën Berlingo and Opel/Vauxhall Combo triplets easily manage to be the best seller combined, and with the addition of the fourth sibling Toyota Proace City Verso, PSA-Toyota now holds a commanding 48% share of the class, up from 38.5% in the same period last year. Sales of small passenger vans are down 28% and the Volkswagen Caddy is still the leader when looking at individual nameplates, slightly improving its share to just over 20.4% thanks to sales down 26%. The Hyundai H1 remains a niche player with fewer than 600 sales this year. and is in 3rd place when comparing nameplates separately, with 20,550 sales, down 11%. As a result the Ford Tourneo Custom outsold the Trafic and co. The current Talento and its original Renault Trafic and the third clone Nissan NV300 are down 39% to 17,000 sales as they lost the Opel Vivaro version.
A Fiat version is also planned to replace the Renault-based Talento. The latest addition Opel/Vauxhall Zafira Life is now the best seller of the four, ahead of the Toyota Proace Verso, the Peugeot Traveller/Expert and Citroën Spacetourer/Jumpy. In 2020 they finish in third place with a combined 33,800 sales, up 1% for a share of 20.9%. The PSA-Toyota quadruplets also will become available in EV versions. Mercedes-Benz launched an electric version of the V-Class called EQV this year. They now hold 29.6% of the segment but stay ahead of the combination of the Mercedes-Benz V-Class and Vito Tourer, which total 41,930 sales for a share up to 25.9% with sales down 23%.
The Volkswagen Transporter T6 and its luxury derivative Multivan stay ahead of the midsized passenger van segment, despite sales down 27% and a declining share. Small passenger vans account for 56% of these with sales down 29% and midsized passenger vans for the remaining 44% as this subsegment loses 22% of its sales so far this year. The passenger van segment in Europe is down by 26% in 2020 to just over 367,000 sales.
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