Okay, here’s a verification and correction of the provided text, aiming for accuracy as of today, February 6, 2026.I’ll highlight changes and provide explanations. I’ll also add a summary of key findings at the end.
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Volkswagen Golf (ranked from 2012 to 2017), Alfa romeo Giulietta (ninth in 2012) e Fiat Tipo (third in 2013 and eighth in 2018), but also for minivans like the Fiat 500L (among the best-selling from 2013 to 2017), starting from 2015 the crossover compact.After all, it was precisely in those years that manufacturers began to repeatedly churn out this type of car. The first to truly convince Italians is the Fiat 500Xwhich appeared in tenth place in 2015, rises up the ranking to third place (2018 and 2020) and remains among the best-selling until 2021.
Then all the others arrive, who frequently enough take turns among themselves, perhaps based on promotions or new models/restyling: Jeep Renegade (in the top 10 from 2018 to 2022), Dacia Duster e Volkswagen T-Roc (both in 2019 and 2023), jeep Compass (in 2019 and 2021), Renault Captur (2020, 2023 e 2024), Ford Puma (dal 2021 al 2023), Toyota yaris Cross (dal 2022 al 2024).
One of the latest crossovers to conquer Italians was the Jeep Avengerwhich entered the top 10 for the first time in 2024 directly in third place,a position confirmed this year just 1,000 units away from the Sandero. The new entry for 2025 was instead MG SZthe first Chinese to conquer enough Italians to deserve the top 10: it dose so by finishing tenth, less than 100 units behind the evergreen Clio, demonstrating that market geography Italian could move eastward in the coming years.
The previous generation of the Lancia Ypsilon (above) was for years one of the best sellers on the Italian market, with annual sales consistently above 40-50,000 units.
ITALIANS LIKE SMALL
From the analysis of the ranking of the best-selling cars from 2012 to today, what appears evident is that Italians prefer cars more compact. Out of 25 models that have been part of the top 10 in recent years, the fingers of one hand are enough to count those that belong to a segment higher than B (Volkswagen Golf, Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Fiat Tipo, Jeep Compass).
The others, with more or less high wheels, can all be traced back to city cars. As mentioned, in recent years the preferences they are moving towards crossovers and even the more traditional cars adopt solutions that wink at the world of off-roading, such as the Sandero Stepwaythe preferred variant by customers.Others, like the Punto or the Fiesta, have not been able to keep up with a changing market disappear completelywhile others have significantly reduced their numbers, primarily the Golf. We’ll see what happens in 2026: will it be, for the umpteenth time, the year of the Panda?