The Peugeot 207 was the best selling car in Europe during May, with over 40,000 units registered, according to new figures from Jato Dynamics.
The 207 holds onto top place, marginally ahead of the Ford Focus, which climbed three places into second with 39,996 units sold.
The Volkswagen Golf remained in third position with sales of 36,471 units, followed by the Fiat Punto and the Vauxhall Astra .
Making up the list of top ten best selling models were the Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa, BMW 3-Series, Renault Clio and finally the VW Passat .
Volkswagen maintained its position as Europe's top-selling car brand, ahead of Ford, and Opel/Vauxhall, Renault and Peugeot .
Nasir Shah, Jato’s International Sales and Marketing Director, commented: "The product lifecycles for cars are getting progressively shorter as manufacturers clamour to win the attention of consumers with new models ."
"Those manufacturers with aggressive product development strategies continue to reap the rewards. In recent months, the strong sales performances posted by the new Peugeot 207 and Fiat Grande Punto are testament to this," Shah added.
Figures from Jato also showed that the European market for new cars fell year-on-year by 3.1 per cent.
Car production dropped by 44,178 units to a total of 1,402,757 units in May 2007. Figures for the whole year-to-date revealed that the total market fell by 1.2 per cent to 6,834,243 units.
