The electric SUV slipped out of the top 50 in October. The Peugeot 208 was No. 2 last month and Europe's No. 1 after 10 months.
Sales of the VW Golf nearly doubled in October to 17,155.
The Volkswagen Golf was Europe's No. 1 seller for October, ending the Tesla Model Y's one-month reign as Europe's best-seller. VW sold 17,155 units of the compact hatchback, nearly double its volume during the same month last year. The Golf was also Europe's best-selling compact through 10 months.
The Tesla Model Y slipped out of the top 50, with sales dropping to 2,733 in October from 29,720 units in September. The Model Y was remained Europe's best-selling premium midsize SUV through 10 months because it has such a large lead over the rest of the field.
The Peugeot 208 was No. 2 in October with a volume of 16,928, a gain of 25 percent, according to figures from market researcher Dataforce. The 208 was also Europe's No. 1 seller through 10 months with 175,404 sales, a rise of 12 percent over the first 10 months of 2021.
The Toyota Yaris rounded out the top three with sales of 15,930 units, more than double its result from the same month last year. The 133 percent increase pushed it ahead of last month's No. 3, the Dacia Sandero, by just 306 sales.
The Golf takes its second monthly victory of 2022. The last time it led was in February.
Through October, six different models have finished the month as Europe's top-seller.
The other monthly winners in 2022 have been the Dacia Sandero (January), VW Golf (February and October), Tesla Model 3 (March), 208 (April-June), VW T-Roc (July-August) and the Model Y (September).
In October every model in the top 10 recorded a sales increase with the exception of the Renault Clio, which was down 6.9 percent.
The others cars in the top 50 to report big gains were the VW Tiguan (+183 percent), Toyota Yaris Cross (+164 percent), Skoda Octavia (+111 percent), Ford Puma (+202 percent) and the Audi A3 (+106 percent).
