Sunday, November 27, 2016

Belgium October 2016

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SUV-Fest Edition


October was a near-record month in Belgium, with 926 units, with the hot sales trend continuing for yet another month, with the EV Share up once again to a record 1.86%, a stark departure from the 0.7% of last year.

As usual, SUV's are the Trend du Jour, with 5 out of the top 6 places in October belonging to such vehicles: The BMW X5 PHEV (121 units) won another Monthly Best-Seller trophy, its fourth in a row, followed by the arch rival Volvo XC90 T8 (103 units) and the rising star Audi Q7 e-Tron (82, personal best), while in #4 we have the fleet-friendly BMW 330e, with 71 units. In #5 we have the Porsche Cayenne Plug-in (67 units), followed by the Mercedes GLC350e (64, pb), another model that seems destined for success in this market.

Next to all these shiny, trendy SUV's, the BMW sedan almost looks pedestrian...

Looking at the YTD ranking, the BMW 225xe Act. Tourer climbed to #5, switching positions with the Nissan Leaf, while the Mercedes GLE500e (53 units, pb) rose to #9, dropping its C350e sibling to #10. Once again, SUV's are on the rise...

...And underlining the never-ending appetite for SUV's, the Audi Q7 e-Tron was up to #13, while the Mercedes GLC350e jumped to #15.

Another model with a great start is the BMW 740e, which scored 39 units in October, rising to #19 after just three months on the market. The Bimmer should prove popular near a certain Berlaymont building...

In the manufacturers ranking, leader BMW (31%, up 1%) continues to increase share, while Volvo (20%, down 1%) is Second. There is an interesting race for Third Place, with Porsche (10%), Mercedes (10%) and Tesla (8%) all running for the last place of the podium.

Looking at the BEV/PHEV breakdown, Belgium is starting to look more and more like the Netherlands, with plug-in hybrids increasing their share to 75%, up 22%(!) regarding last year. 


PlBelgiumOct.YTD%'15Pl
1Volvo XC90 T8 1031.3991713
2BMW X5 40e 1211.1201415
3
4
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Tesla Model S
67
23
724
554
9
7
2
1
5BMW 225xe Active Tourer464195N/A
6Nissan Leaf2241558
7BMW 330e713965N/A
8BMW i3 5233643
9
Mercedes GLE500e
53269327
10Mercedes C350e18257316
11Renault Zoe26190218
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Mercedes GLC350e
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Tesla Model X
Audi A3 e-Tron
BMW 740e
BMW i8
23
82
5
64
16
14
11
39
3
188
179
176
157
114
113
112
108
97
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
33
N/A
6
N/A
4
N/A
7
N/A
9
21
22
23
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Mercedes B250e
Toyota Prius Plug-In
7
5
18
89
86
84
1
1
1
5
11
25
24
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

Mercedes S500e
Renault Twizy
Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Renault Kangoo ZE 
Volkswagen e-Golf
Kia Soul EV
Peugeot iOn
Citroen C-Zero
Volkswagen e-Up!
Citröen e-Mehari
Others
5
11
5

2
2
2
3


3
4
73
73
70
56
46
36
27
21
14
13
10
25
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
15
21
10
N/A
17
23
20
24
21
N/A


TOTAL9268.046100

Source: FEBIAC



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