The big 5 European markets - Germany, UK, France, Italy, and Spain - count for more than 2 in 3 new cars registered in Europe (EU-27 + UK + EFTA). Basically, most of the decisions regarding the development of new cars for the region are taken there. However, the other part of Europe is quite big if their figures are combined. According to data from Dataforce for the period January-September 2026, the registrations in those countries totaled 3.16 million passenger cars. This is almost 1 million more units than the total registered in Germany (2.22 million). In fact the ranking by carmakers sees some interesting changes by excluding the big 5. Although Volkswagen and Stellantis keep their leading positions, the gap with Toyota is reduced when compared to Stellantis. Hyundai and Kia outsells Renault. Further down, Tesla outsells Ford and even BYD. The differences in the ranking show how dependent some carmakers of Europe are on their home markets, and how different the consumers outside the big 5 buy when t