Belgium October 2016

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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Sporty Car Sales In Canada - October 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of Detroit muscle cars – two of which are now built in Michigan – jumped 27% to 594 units in October 2016. 

The trio, a bundle of sport coupes from Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford, are up 12% this year despite essentially nonexistent growth from the all-new Chevrolet Camaro.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD

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The Subaru WRX/STI, however, was the high-volume sporting car in October. 

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A thoroughly unconventional variation of a thoroughly conventional four-door sedan, the WRX and its hi-po STI sibling produced 379 October sales, a 26% year-over-year improvement.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. 

These tables are now sortable, so you can rank sports cars, coupes, GTs, roadsters, and convertibles any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • November 2016 • September 2016 • October 2015

American Muscle	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	178	98	81.6%	2450	2445	0.2%
Dodge Challenger	120	119	0.8%	2886	2498	15.5%
Ford Mustang	296	250	18.4%	7116	6166	15.4%
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Total	594	467	27.2%	12,452	11,109	12.1%

Euro Sports Cars	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Alfa Romeo 4C	11	12	-8.3%	65	105	-38.1%
Audi TT	32	53	-39.6%	552	213	159%
BMW Z4	4	6	-33.3%	96	98	-2.0%
Jaguar F-Type	19	20	-5.0%	470	402	16.9%
Mercedes-Benz SLK/SLC	18	11	63.6%	262	248	5.6%
Porsche Boxster	15	13	15.4%	317	312	1.6%
Porsche Cayman	10	31	-67.7%	311	257	21.0%
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Total	109	146	-25.3%	2073	1635	26.8%

Misc. Sporty Cars	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	80	147	-45.6%	1308	1494	-12.4%
BMW 1-Series *	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
BMW 2-Series *	151	167	-9.6%	1796	1353	32.7%
Chevrolet Corvette	101	73	38.4%	1592	1628	-2.2%
Fiat 124 Spider	39	---	---	208	---	---
Honda CR-Z	2	3	-33.3%	34	51	-33.3%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	72	59	22.0%	872	941	-7.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	147	22	568%	283	386	-26.7%
Lexus RC	48	45	6.7%	469	739	-36.5%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	32	39	-17.9%	880	570	54.4%
Nissan 370Z	44	66	-33.3%	872	622	40.2%
Scion FR-S/Toyota 86	69	88	-21.6%	988	1209	-18.3%
Subaru BRZ	52	40	30.0%	664	744	-10.8%
Subaru Impreza WRX/STi *	379	301	25.9%	3611	2702	33.6%
Volkswagen Eos	---	19	-100%	50	417	-88.0%
Volkswagen GTI *	158	252	-37.3%	2209	2296	-3.8%
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Total	1374	1321	4.0%	15,836	15,155	4.5%

Premium Sporty Cars	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura NSX	14	---	---	27	---	---
Audi R8	15	2	650%	143	88	62.5%
Bentley Continental GT	5	7	-28.6%	51	82	-37.8%
Cadillac ELR	3	---	---	11	25	-56.0%
Dodge Viper	---	1	-100%	40	107	-62.6%
Jaguar XK	---	1	-100%	---	25	-100%
Lexus LFA
Maserati GranTurismo	1	4	-75.0%	60	64	-6.3%
Mercedes-AMG GT	11	17	-35.3%	163	118	38.1%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	19	11	72.7%	186	255	-27.1%
Nissan GT-R	12	9	33.3%	140	118	18.6%
Porsche 911	26	48	-45.8%	855	753	13.5%
Porsche 918 Spyder	---	---	---	1	18	-94.4%
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Total	106	100	6.0%	1677	1653	1.5%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
^ Mini sales include everything except the Countryman.
* also included in another GCBC segment breakdown
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Audi A5 here and with luxury cars, because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch.

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