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The best-selling car in Spain is the Dacia Sandero. It is a completely irrelevant fact to understand Spain

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The Dacia Sandero was, in 2024, the best selling car in Spain. It was, in fact, in a total of five countries around the world. In addition to Spain, the Sandero repeated the throne in Bulgaria, Kosovo, Morocco and Portugal. This year we are on track to repeat it, with a Dacia Sandero that has added 28,765 units. Well above the MG ZS, the second best-selling car with 19,251 euros. The data tells us that among the best selling cars In our country the cheapest vehicles triumph. The Renault Clio is the third option. Despite having announced a new generation, it is still the third best-selling car in our country and can be found for prices starting at just over 16,000 euros. The Seat Ibiza is the fourth best-selling car and its starting price is just below the 15,000 euro border. Among the 10 best-selling cars we also find the Peugeot 208, which starts at 17,000 euros. Are we poor? This is what many responses on social networks affirm to each and every one of the lists of the best-selling cars in the world. The reactions compare us with the Nordic countries or Belgium, where the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling car last year. But… what if the statistics were distorted? Simply looking at which is the best-selling car by country gives rise to some paradoxes. France has a salary average of 44,968 euros, while in our country we move at 31,698 euros, according to data collected by Expansion. Despite this, the best-selling car in France in 2024 was the Renault Clio… followed by the Peugeot 208 and the Dacia Sandero. Photography is not very different from that of our country. Finland has an average salary of 52,893 euros, double the 25,198 euros in Greece. Both, however, share that the best selling car in their countries last year it was the Toyota Yaris Cross. The same car that repeated as the best-selling in Poland. Now, we can understand that the photograph may be somewhat distorted. Bestseller just means “bestseller” “The fact that sales were concentrated on that type of car (the Dacia Sandero) or on its price level, that it was the best-seller did not say anything about our purchasing capacity” Who maintains this is Manuel HidalgoDoctor in Economics from the Pompeu Fabra University and professor at the Pablo de Olavide University (Seville). He did it with a tweet on According to his calculations: 33,251 euros. That is the average price of cars bought in Spain. And the data even has nuances that would raise this figure. We might think that a very expensive car will undoubtedly raise the average price. For example, a Dacia Sandero sells for less than 15,000 euros, so a car worth 150,000 euros is equivalent to the registration of ten of these cars. Source: Manuel Hidalgo But Hidalgo has also crossed the frequency with which these cars are purchased. And in the graph above you can see that, indeed, there is a good number of vehicles sold at the average price of a Dacia Sandero and then there is a spike when the graph approaches 20,000 euros. However, most cars sold In our country they stand at 30,000 euros, very close to the average of 33,251 euros. From here, there is a marked drop. The professor and Doctor in economics explains that to obtain the data he has taken the data of the best-selling cars in our country between January and September 2025 (latest data available) and has crossed them with the RRP of the price at which each and every one of the cars in our country are sold. These data show that six times more cars are sold at the 30,000 euro border than at the 14,000 euro border where the Sandero starts. The leadership of the latter is based on the fact that it is the market reference among the cheapest cars. The options in this price range are also much more limited, so at higher prices sales are diversified and, therefore, it is more difficult for a car to gain points to appear among the 10 best-selling cars in our country. But, as we said, it is very likely that the average price we pay for our car in Spain be taller. We asked Manuel Hidalgo about this possibility and he confirmed it. It must be taken into account that the data shown is obtained with the RRP of the car but not with the expenditure that the private client makes on equipment or superior mechanics. And the basic versions of a car are, in many cases and more so in cheap vehicles like the Dacia Sandero, focused on large fleets. This explains that if the car is segmented between individuals and legal entities, the curve shifts to the right. Source: Manuel Hidalgo According to the data collected by Manuel Hidalgo, the average of the car purchased by an individual is higher than the average of the legal entity. Specifically, an individual spends 33,982 euros per vehicle, while an individual spends 32,376 euros. Looking at the graph above, we see that it is common to buy cars for very low priced fleets. So much so that the graphs between individuals and companies do not equalize until both reach 20,000 euros. Among individuals, the frequency of purchases between 20,000 and 30,000 euros shoots up earlier and it is evident that the final average price is driven by a rebound in purchases between 50,000 and 60,000 euros. Among individuals, it is evident that there is a purchase for fleets and work vehicles where the cheapest cars are sought. Then, the frequency shoots up again at the border of 30,000 euros, showing that it is the segment preferred by companies for cars used by their employees or by self-employed people who can deduct part of the fees. That is, yes, in Spain the most purchased car is the Dacia Sandero but the variables that must be taken into account to analyze the … Read more

The best-selling car in Spain is the Dacia Sandero. And we are teaming up with France to defend the jump to electric cars

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Rarely can it be said that France and Spain are teaming up to achieve the same objective. At the same time They torpedo themselves as much as they can on the high speed railway or what they face each other directly because of the energetic connectionsthe electric car seems to have united the two countries. At the same time that the European Union seems to be cracking regarding its positions on the electric car, France and Spain have not hesitated in positioning itself to defend possible modifications to a regulation led by Germany. The Germans are pushing to open the door to combustion engines and countries like Italy seem convinced that it is the way to go. However, from Spain we have put many efforts to electrify our industrywe are embracing a good part of the models that should power Europeans in the coming years. France has also done everything possible to embrace the technology that, until recently, almost all of Europe defended as the best for the future. What is being played? The eternal and convoluted European bureaucracy In 2023, European countries They voted to ban combustion engines from 2035. The ban left almost any technology that did not rely on electric or hydrogen out of play. First of all, we must understand what the European Union roadmap is. The plan is to drastically reduce the volume of emissions from heavy and light transport. Among the measures proposed, 2025 should be the year from which manufacturers would receive a fine of 95 euros for each car sold and for each gram of CO2/km exceeded in their average emissions at the end of the year. This has not been fulfilled and the manufacturers, who They expected billion-dollar fineswill be accountable in 2027 taking as reference the average emissions for the period 2025-2027. That is, if everything remains the same, whoever does not comply in this year 2025 must compensate in the coming years. From 2030, the emissions limit is drastically reduced. The 49.5 gr/km of CO2 raised They leave any car with a combustion engine that is not highly electrified in the lurch. In fact, with the changes approved for plug-in hybrids, their sale is not a great guarantee when it comes to lowering emissions. Reducing these involves, yes or yes, selling electric cars. And when 2035 arrives, cars with combustion engines that emit CO2 will not be able to be sold. This is important. The original wording spoke of “polluting emissions” and was finally changed to “CO2 emissions”. This makes sense because a fuel cell car can generate some polluting emissions in its electrolysis process but does not emit CO2. The first draft left everything that was not electric out of the market. Finally, it was approved that cars with combustion engines will be prohibited from emitting CO2. But also the door was left open to e-fuels or synthetic fuels. These fuels trap CO2 for their production, so it is considered that the emissions produced in the engine are being compensated. Europe still has to debate whether to finally approve the proposal that would allow these cars to be sold. The intention is that, if approved, these cars They will only be able to circulate with e-fuels and they must have sensors to prevent them from operating with traditional fuels or a mixture of synthetic and traditional fuels. But, in addition, the 2023 approval in which the ban on selling cars with combustion engines was confirmed already included the obligation to present a report before December 31, 2026 by the European Commission reporting on the progress that was being made. This report has been brought forward to 2025 and it is being studied. It will depend on him whether, finally, any type of modification is carried out. Europe divided Faced with this situation, Europe is divided. Despite the votes and the fact that the regulations should be firm, countries such as Germany and Italy and manufacturers are pushing for the current ban on combustion engines not to be maintained as drafted in 2035. Spain and France have presented a document in which they reaffirm their position in defense of the current prohibitions. This comes after the European Commission confirmed that will advance the review at the end of this year of the current state of the regulations, which can open the door to modifications and more lax regulations. In it document They reject favoring the use of plug-in hybrids since they consider that they emit more polluting particles than those reflected in the current tests and assure that “subterfuges should not be enabled that allow us to escape the ‘zero emissions’ objective for 2035”, in words collected by EFE. The document is, as we said, the response to the pressure that countries like Germany and Italy are exerting. The Germans have even asked, directly, that the ban on selling cars with combustion engines be eliminated. They assure that allowing synthetic fuels will leave us with “cleaner mobility”. Italy is the other big obstacle that the French and Spanish are encountering. Since Giorgia Meloni came to power has pointed out the regulations as wrong already approved that should prohibit the sale of engines that generate CO2. Like France and Spain, Germany and Italy also go hand in hand but in this case they have signed a document in which they consider that the current emissions regulations contemplate “disproportionate penalties.” And here comes what can change everything. In Germany and Italy they believe that the volume of emissions must be taken into account “throughout the entire value chain or through the use of renewable fuels.” That is, each brand should be analyzed taking into account how many emissions it produces not only during the burning of the fuel in its engines, but also during its production. The final objective seems clear: if the manufacturer saves on emissions during its production, the engines should have room to expel that CO2 that the brand is already compensating during its production. That is, … Read more

Dacia Spring does not have it easy, but his letters play well

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What if they told you that you can have an electric car for less than 9,000 euros? He Dacia Spring It is, today, the cheapest 100% electric model you can buy, provided you can host you currently available public aid. But one thing is the price and a very different real experience. In the new 24/7 episode, Mario Arroyo has used it for a whole monthwithout garage or cargo point at home, and with both urban and interurban routes. How much do you spend? How do you behave? Who really compensates? You have answers for all that. He full video is now available On the Xataka YouTube channelwhere our partner has documented in detail his experience. From the first day he has used it as a main car in real journeys: to work, to the airport, to make the purchase, even for getaways inside and outside Madrid. “The idea of ​​this video is to experience what it is to have a 100% electric car designed for Ciudad in full 2025,” he explains. He has tried it in varied conditions, with its limitations and also with its advantages. As we can see, Dacia Spring does not promise great luxuries. The version that our partner has tried is the Extreme, with a 48 kW electric motor, about 65 hp, and a useful battery of 26.8 kWh. According to the brand, that gives for about 220 km of autonomy. “Basically I will tell you that it has more than enough strength to move around and even to make a short road by road.” Now, to what extent does that autonomy figure be sustained in real use? And how does it behave? The answers may not be so obvious. The experience changes when we leave the city. In highway or circumvaluation sections, the spring shows its limits. Our partner describes it like this: “When the steering wheel turns, you feel a small Zig Zag, as if the car staggered a little.” At 100 or 120 km/h speeds, lack of stability is noted and can affect driver’s confidence. Even so, he assures that for short and everyday paths he has not had major inconveniences. In the video we analyze it in detail. Another key challenge has been the recharge. Without charge point at home, all experience has depended on public stations, with its advantages and also its frustrations. “It is not the simplest process in the worldhonestly, ”says our partner, who has used apps as Electromaps To find points available. Between slow charges, out -of -service stations and limited powers, experience reveals both what works and what still needs to improve in Spain. After almost a month of use, the video breaks down all the paths, consumptions, times and load prices to make a direct comparison with a combustion car. “For short and usual journeys I think the option to choose from,” says our partner. Now, that comes with very specific conditions: having access to domestic load, not needing great displacements and assuming a simple construction, focused on the basics. Is the final urban electric or an intermediate step along the way? We invite you to discover it In the last video posted on the Xataka YouTube channel. Images | Xataka In Xataka | China has taken the next step to dominate the electric car industry: bet on their own chips

Asve Arex is one of the most exclusive supercaries in the world. He has just sold for what a Dacia Duster costs

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For car lovers, Supercars They are admiration articles. They suppose the culmination of aesthetics (Sometimes questionable) and the power at the service of a single purpose: The speed. We are accustomed to certain brands that Mark the guideline In the segment of this type of sports, but sometimes there are those who skip the ‘rules’ to create His own sports. It was the case of the extravagant ASVE AREX SUPER COUPE, a car created by a Disney retired actor. And the craziest is not that, but redefined brands like Toyota and that that unique sports in the world has been auctioned by what a dacia costs. Change of airs. The name of David John Stollery III It may not sound to you at all. He was born in 1941 and was a child actor who starred in Disney films in the 50 and some series in later times. However, there was something that did Tilín more than the performance: mechanics and cars design. That is why he retired from the Disney factory to study Art Center College of Design And, later, he joined the ranks of General Motors. There he worked as a designer, but it was not where he flourished. Something had to see Toyota in the young designer, who hired him to work in his center in California, where he also allowed him to open the first design center of the Japanese brand in US territory: the Calty Design Research. Toyota Celica ’78. It was in 1973 when he began working with Noritsuna Watanabe and the goal was not simple: redefine the future of the brand’s vehicles, with an eye on the tastes of the Americans, very different from those of the Japanese. Stollery and his team began to work and, after a couple of concepts, the Californian division gave birth to the new generation of the mythical celica that so many so many We have driven in video games. He Toyota Celica of 1978 remained that approach to Mustang of Ford, but now with 2.2 -liter engines for the US market and two finishes models depending on the buyer’s pocket. From there, generation after generation was improved to become a banner of Japanese consumption sports. The Celica del 78 Restless rear. In total, Stollery directed the design of 22 models of the Japanese firm between commercial and conceptual models, but the designer wanted something else. Thus, in 1983, Stollery founded his own design and prototyped cars study: the Industrial Design Research with which he could accept orders of external signatures, but also give free rein to his creative vision. Among those clients was Toyota, but also Subaru, Chrysler, Mazma, Renault or General Motors. And among the projects were the Foreaeroa rare mixture between 750cc car and motorcycle with three wheels of which only 30 and its great work were built: the Asve Arex. ASVE AREX SUPER COUPE. We are facing a supercar that Stollery perfected for almost two decades and had brutal benefits. With a tip speed of 320 km/Hy, an acceleration of 0-100 in three seconds, the 400 hp V8 engine of an LT1 Corvette with central location and rear traction should be like an indomitable horse. ASVE AREX has a double fork suspension on the four wheels, butterfly doors, very pointed lines and a strange nose inspired by the aviation segment. It was a unique unit, literally, since it was conceived as a sample of his company’s creative and technological potential. A bargain. It was never manufactured in series and Stollery, who used it until 2019 decided to donate it to the museum Zimmerman Automobile Driving That same year. However, things did not go too well and, with the closing of the museum, this juicy piece has been auctioned. There was no minimal price and … How much would you say that a work can achieve so unique created by a team that you knew what you did? Surely, think about the figure you think, it is too high for which it has ended up. Because, as we read in Car and DriverThe World Worldwide Auctiques House closed the bid at $ 25,000. It is an extremely curious price for what this car means and for what we say: it is a unique piece in the world. But well, the auctions sometimes have these things, as a rarity goes so unnoticed. And, speaking of rare things, IDR has also designed during these years … Towers for beach guards. It is curious and we can see the Designs on a website to which, Stollery, if you allow me the advice … we would have to take a walk as far as design is concerned. Images | Idr, Worldwide Auctixaers, Geographher On In Xataka | The difficult thing is not to buy a bugatti, it is to keep it: changing the oil costs like a new car

This Mercedes Class G costs the same as a Dacia Duster. Its price is precisely its biggest problem

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163,756.71 euros. That is the price that the configurator of the Mercedes class g When we enter to select all the details of our next great electric offset. It is, of course, the departure price. For example, if you want to add the comfort package, with systems as revolutionary as the opening of keyless doors or wireless recharge of the mobile phone for the front seats you can already add another 2,000 euros of extra. With four small details it is easy to go above 180,000 euros. A prohibitive price for most mortals and, of course, is far from the other Mercedes Class G Electric that you can find in the market. Yes, one for which just over 20,000 euros have been paid. One that, of course, is not an electric class G but imitates it with great detail. Too bad it is a golf cart And not a car, right? A $ 24,000 golf cart Because this Mercedes Class G can be bought at the price of a Dacia Duster, it is to anticipate that who has been done with him has enough money to buy a Mercedes class g of truth. The information is brought in The Drive who assure that a client has paid $ 24,000 for this golf cart converted to Mercedes G Class in Miniature, sold by Mecum auctionsspecialized in the auction of all types of special vehicles. On their website they explain that the supposed SUV is, in reality, a quadricycle (they call it golf cart) with a 10 kWh battery to cover up to 80 miles (about 120 kilometers). With a power of 15 kW (20 hp), the car is limited to 35 mph (56 km/h). That is, it is little more than in Europe we consider a light quadricycle. In the United States that Golf carts have become fashionable To do small daily errands. As with the Citroën Ami or the Fiat TopolinoThey are cars that cannot circulate on a highway or highway but are allowed to go to secondary roads and are widely used by older people who do not want to go far from home. That has promoted curious modifications such as this supposed electricity class G Class that perfectly mimics the body of the German car. Inside, the differences are more evident but has four disc brakes, assisted direction and rear camera to facilitate maneuvers. In addition, it carries a complete multimedia environment that with a screen for each passenger in the rear seats. In front of the information is distributed in A couple of twin screens which are integrated into the same frame. Of course, although disguised, with the images we can appreciate that what will be up to this Pseudo Mercedes Mercedes Electric Class will be the sum of many hard plastics. This imitation gives an idea that the grid market is dominated by purely practical models but that there is also a place for those who seek in them something of a fashion accessory. The pamper that Fiat has put to the tooline design It is a good example but also the irruption of Microlinoa reinterpretation of the BMW isetta that It is sold for 19,500 euros If we talk about the light quadricycle (it does not exceed 45 km/h) or 22,990 euros for the heavy grid. Photo | Mecum auctions In Xataka | The new fiat topolino is neither a Fiat nor is a car. It is something much better: extremely profitable

The Tesla Model and should be the change of paradigm in Europe. It has been destroyed as a best selling car by Dacia Sandero

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Europe should walk to the electric car market. The entrance of the new emission limits regulations will force Increase market share of the electric car or, in the worst case for manufacturers, to disburse large fines. In the market, in fact, electric cars begin to accumulate Below 30,000 euros or with autonomy that, for less than 40,000 euros, allows you to get rid of the plug and not open your head planning a trip to the millimeter. A first step of how the European Automobile Market could change us in 2023. Then, the best -selling car on the continent was the Tesla Model and. Elon Musk’s Super SUV was even The best selling car in the world. Of course, contemplating all kinds of technologies. It was expected, therefore, that Europe continued to advance towards the electric car and that Tesla Model and strengthened its leadership. But nothing is further from reality. Elon Musk’s car has been widely overcome by an opponent who is antithesis: gasoline and without electrifying. It is Dacia Sandero. The new king of Europe Dacia Sandero was the best selling car last year in Europe, with 270,111 units according to Dataforce. The data differ slightly from those presented by Dacia that presumes to place 309,392 units In the European market in 2024. For the words of the Romanian company, we can assume that in these last sales the business market is also contemplated. And is that the Dacia Sandero Not only has it been placed as the best -selling car in Europe between individuals. His leadership is absolute and has devastated. Dacia confirms that it is the best selling car in each and every one of its sales channels. Among individuals, Dacia Sandero has taken almost 60,000 units To Tesla Model and, who in 2023 managed to get first position in the table. The electric car has added 210,484 units, which represents a 17.4% drop in this channel. This has barely left him as the fourth best -selling car in Europe. The Renault Clio (second best -selling car in Europe) and the Volkswagen Golf (third) have exceeded 6,000 units the figure achieved by Tesla Model Y. Although it can be seen as a European failure of the electric car, the truth is that already in 2023 The only electric car that really presented battle was the Tesla Model Y. No other car among the ten best -selling models was exclusively electric. It cannot be overlooked that the electric car in Europe punctured in 2024. 1,447,934 electric cars were sold, by the 1,538,106 cars of this type sold in 2023. It is a drop of 5.9%. This, in addition, caused a drop in the market share of the electric car 14.6% to 13.6% last year, According to ACEA data. But, without a doubt, the greatest responsible for this fall was Germany. No aid to the electric car, This technology collapsed 27.4% in the market that most buys electric cars from Europe. The fall was overwhelming And without the French relay (-2.7%), the entire market was conditioned in a year where Germany placed almost 144,000 electric cars less than the previous year. That is, the total market for the electric car in Europe moved in about 90,000 units less than the previous year. However, the fall of its locomotive palpated in part (about 54,000 units, which left another 54,000 units along the way. And without a great year of France, second market, the sales catastrophe did not extend. Therefore, losing the throne in favor of Dacia Sandero are Worst news for Tesla Model and than for Europe. Elon Musk’s supervent electric car sold in Germany 45,818 units in 2023. Figures that were very far from last year, when only put 29,896 in the market. They are worse, even that those registered in 2022, when the electric car had not taken so much in other markets and in Germany added more than 35,000 units. They are not good noticas for Tesla because Model and is called to be a real alternative to combustion vehicles and is taken for granted that had no rival in the electricity market for equal size and price. However, other models have not noticed so much the fall in sales of this technology in Germany or, they have even grown. The Skoda Enyaq, for example, has gone from selling 23,498 units in 2023 to 25,262 units in 2024. The Volkswagen ID.3 has remained at 20,101 units by 22,270 units of 2023. Tesla begins to find a market unknown to the company. The rivals begin to tighten and begin to position products in a price range and size unknown to the company. Cars like him Renault 5he KIA EV3 or the Volvo Ex30 They move Between 30,000 and 35,000 euros with smaller and practical cars in city but, in addition, they can be useful in escapes outside the city or on a long trip. As long as some discomforts in the models with smaller batteries are assumed. To reverse the situation, Tesla should expect that The image soda of the electric supervent Serve as a push to electric SUV. However, we are talking about a car of about 60,000 euros that will have to battle against options that are already much cheaper in the market. While they may not have the efficiency of Tesla, they are cars that already arrive with a more settled recharge network and the tranquility of not needing immense batteries. That without forgetting that its most traditional appearance can also play in their favor with customers who value a less disruptive interior. Photo | Tesla and Dacia In Xataka | Tesla joins Byd, Saic and Geely: He has also sued the European Commission for Tariffs, according to Politico

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