Toyota was led by the Yaris Cross (shown) and Yaris small car with 15 top 10 finishes in the first half.
Toyota models appeared 43 times in the top 10 rankings of 30 European markets through six months.
Toyota was paced by the Yaris Cross and Yaris, which had a combined 15 placements in the top 10, with the Yaris Cross edging its sibling hatchback eight to seven.
Volkswagen was second with 30 top 10s followed by sister brand Skoda's 26, Kia with 25 and Dacia at 24.
Hyundai ended the month with 19 and Peugeot had 16, according to preliminary figures from market researcher Dataforce. (Sales figures for Finland, Portugal and Sweden were not available at publication time.)
If the Yaris and Yaris Cross are not combined, then the best individual model was the Dacia Sandero with 11 top-10s through six months. The small hatchback finished No. 3 in Austria, Croatia, France, Italy and its home market, Romania.
The Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen T-Roc each had 10 placements in the top 10s.
The T-Roc was No. 1 in Cyprus and No. 2 in Germany.
The Octavia took the No. 2 spot in the Czech Republic and finished third overall in Switzerland during the first half.
The Kia Sportage had a No. 1 finish in Slovenia and finished No. 3 in Bulgaria, Estonia and Poland.
Kia was led by the Ceed and Xceed compact family and the Sportage compact SUV with nine top 10 finishes.
The Sportage had a No. 1 finish in Slovenia and finished No. 3 in Bulgaria, Estonia and Poland.
The 208, Europe's No. 1-seller in June and in the first half, had nine placements in the top 10, including the top slot in France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
