Switzerland July 2015 (Updated)

Automotive

Time to Breathe Edition

After four months with consecutive sales records(!), July registered 613 units, dropping 121 units regarding June, but it was still the second best selling month ever, so despite taking a little time to breathe, this is still a fast-expanding market.

Tesla recorded an almost-record 199 units performance, and counting 837 sales this year, it is fast approaching the numbers of Audi A6 (1.159 units), BMW 5-Series (1.183 units) and Merc E-Class (1.007). This is even more impressive considering that there aren't significant incentives giving Tesla a special leverage.

Below the poster child Tesla, the BMW i3 (63 units) continues in Second, while the VAG cousins Golf GTE and A3 e-Tron are next, relegating the Zoe to #5 and the Mitsu Outlander PHEV to a rather disappointing #6.

In the manufacturers ranking, Tesla leads with 23%, while Second Place BMW (16%)  is being threatened by Volkswagen, with 15% share.

Pl	Switzerland	July	2015	%	'14Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S BMW i3	199 63	837 514	23 14	1 3
3 4	Volkswagen Golf GTE Audi A3 e-Tron	75 55	415 309	11 9	N/A N/A
5	Renault Zoe	30	258	7	4
6	Mitsu. Outlander PHEV	25	165	5	2
7	Nissan Leaf	12	116	3	6
8 9	Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes B-Class ED	15 16	108 104	3 3	N/A N/A
10 11	Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	21 15	97 93	3 3	N/A N/A
12	Volkswagen e-Golf	10	92	3	N/A
12	Renault Twizy e)	15	92	3	5
14	BMW i8	23	75	2	9
15	Smart Fortwo ED	10	62	2	N/A
16	Renault Kangoo ZE	5	52	1	N/A
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 28 29 30 31 32 32	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Mitsubishi I-Miev Volkswagen e-Up! Toyota Prius Plug-In Opel Ampera Porsche 918 Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S500 Plug-In Peugeot Partner EV Citroen C-Zero Volkswagen XL1 Citroen Berlingo EV McLaren P1 Ford Focus Electric Mercedes C350e Peugeot iOn Chevrolet Volt	5 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1	41 34 33 24 21 18 10 9 8 7 7 6 4 3 2 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A 7 N/A N/A 8 11 N/A N/A N/A 12 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A 15 10
	TOTAL	613	3.616	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch

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