Belgium October 2016

Automotive

Podium bearers

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. 

Pl	Belgium	Oct.	YTD	%	'15Pl
1	Volvo XC90 T8	103	1.399	17	13
2	BMW X5 40e	121	1.120	14	15
3 4	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Tesla Model S	67 23	724 554	9 7	2 1
5	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	46	419	5	N/A
6	Nissan Leaf	22	415	5	8
7	BMW 330e	71	396	5	N/A
8	BMW i3	52	336	4	3
9	Mercedes GLE500e	53	269	3	27
10	Mercedes C350e	18	257	3	16
11	Renault Zoe	26	190	2	18
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
	TOTAL	926	8.046	100

Source: FEBIAC

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