Automotive
These things are selling quite well in Switzerland... |
BMW Continues To Impress
In an average sales month (123 sales), BMW was again the best selling manufacturer, with 37 units, while the i3 lost for Tesla the Best Selling EV of the month by just two units, the i8 sports car had another brilliant performance, selling an additional 7 units.
In the rest of the ranking, the I-Miev sold 13 units, its best result since June '13, and is now pressuring the Nissan Leaf for the #5 position.
Looking at the manufacturers ranking, the top three are running closer and closer, with the leader Renault (28%) losing ground to Tesla (27% share) and BMW (24%).
Pl | Switzerland | Sept | 2014 | % | '13Pl |
1 | Tesla Model S | 32 | 346 | 27 | 2 |
2 | BMW i3 | 30 | 287 | 22 | 6 |
3 | Renault Zoe | 19 | 252 | 20 | 1 |
4 | Renault Twizy e) | 10 | 110 | 9 | 3 |
5 | Nissan Leaf | 8 | 67 | 5 | 4 |
6 | Mitsubishi I-Miev | 13 | 66 | 5 | 5 |
7 | Opel Ampera | 51 | 4 | 7 | |
8 | Chevrolet Volt | 1 | 36 | 3 | 7 |
9 | BMW i8 | 7 | 21 | 2 | N/A |
10 | Fisker Karma | 11 | 1 | 9 | |
11 | McLaren P1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | N/A |
12 | Porsche 918 | 1 | 8 | 1 | N/A |
12 14 | Citröen C-Zero Peugeot iOn | 1 | 7 7 | 1 1 | 10 11 |
TOTAL | 123 | 1.280 | 100 |
Source: auto-suisse.ch
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