{"id":2960,"date":"2019-06-26T16:47:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T16:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2024-02-05T11:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:13:19","slug":"popular-european-cars-you-dont-see-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/popular-european-cars-you-dont-see-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular European Cars You Don\u2019t See In Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Popular European cars you don\u2019t see in Canada<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here in Canada, we love our big vehicles; Ford F-series, Chevrolet Silverado, Toyota Rav4, GMC Sierra, Ram 1500 and more. But our European counterparts don\u2019t share the same view of larger vehicles as we do. With space a serious issue in many European cities, smaller vehicles are easier and more practical on a day-to-day basis. So what cars are popular in Europe that aren\u2019t so popular here, or that we don\u2019t have at all? Here is our top list (data taken from best-selling-cars.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volkswagen Polo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 300,000 VW Polos were sold in Europe in 2018 compared to\u2026. 0 in Canada. Although the VW Golf is sold here, the Polo is not available in North America. Volkswagen has talked about the possibility of bringing the Polo over in the past, but it looks like there will be no change on that front in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"vw-polo\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Skoda Octavia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Octavia is a popular choice in Eastern Europe (223,352 sold in Europe in 2018), Skoda currently does not sell vehicles in North America. Again, there have been rumours about this changing, particularly if car sales continue to slow in Eastern Europe, but nothing concrete yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fiesta and Focus are currently available in Canada, but their sales here are nowhere near as impressive as in Europe with around 476,000 sold there last year. Ford announced in 2018 that they are dropping the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Taurus in North America as of 2020 to focus purely on trucks and SUVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"ford-focus\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Peugeot 208<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most popular Peugeot model has to be the 208 and 230,049 were sold in Europe in 2018. It was reported last year<\/a> that Peugeot and Citro\u00ebn were thinking of selling their cars back in Canada within the next 8-10 years, but with that goal so far away, it\u2019s hard to tell whether it will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renault Clio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Renault Clio outsold the Peugeot 208 in 2018 with 336,268 models sold. The Renault Clio and Peugeot 208 are, of course, the two top-selling vehicles in France but unlike Peugeot, Renault has made it clear that they have no desire to come back to the North American market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"renault-clio\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fiat 500 & Smart Car<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we do have these two tiny cars in Canada, they are nowhere near as popular here as they are in Europe.  The Smart Car will soon be disappearing from the North American market altogether. The micro-car market has been declining in North America, and larger vehicles such as SUVs have been dominating the market meaning that the Fiat 500 is also in danger of leaving North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love your vehicle but are worried about the costs associated with it? Obvi has brought\u00a0Extended Auto Warranty<\/a> online in Western Canada, saving up to 50% compared to buying from the dealership and giving you better coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Popular European cars you don\u2019t see in Canada Here in Canada, we love our big vehicles; Ford F-series, Chevrolet Silverado, Toyota Rav4, GMC Sierra, Ram 1500 and more. But our European counterparts don\u2019t share the same view of larger vehicles as we do. With space a serious issue in many European cities, smaller vehicles are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":5260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10,14],"class_list":["post-2960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extended-car-warranty","tag-best-extended-car-warranty-company","tag-extended-car-warranty"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Extended Car Warranty"}],"post_tag":[{"value":10,"label":"best extended car warranty company"},{"value":14,"label":"extended car warranty"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2019\/06\/peugeot-208.jpg",1024,601,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Ryan Feragen","author_link":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/author\/rferagen\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Extended Car Warranty","slug":"extended-car-warranty","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Interested in learning about what we do? Read all about extended car warranty from Obvi here on the Obvi Blog.","parent":0,"count":34,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":34,"category_description":"Interested in learning about what we do? Read all about extended car warranty from Obvi here on the Obvi Blog.","cat_name":"Extended Car Warranty","category_nicename":"extended-car-warranty","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":10,"name":"best extended car warranty company","slug":"best-extended-car-warranty-company","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":10,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":14,"name":"extended car warranty","slug":"extended-car-warranty","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":14,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}