Nissan Leaf #1 for the Sixth Time
The Irish PEV market is known for the popularity of the Nissan Leaf, and despite a tough 2017, with the 2018 Leaf in the people minds and Hyundai Ioniq Electric running neck-to-neck most of the year, the five times (2011/12/14/15/16) Best Selling model, managed to win its sixth Best Seller title, the fourth in a row.
This two horse race helped the local PEV market to grow, with the 2017 sales up 40% to 945 units, with the PEV share now at over 0.6%, a new record.
Below the Top 2, the BMW 330e won another medal, having won Silver in 2016, this time the medal was Bronze.
The official arrival of Tesla to Ireland in 2017 allowed it to sell 51 units last year, which is three times more than what it had sold until then.
The official arrival of Tesla to Ireland in 2017 allowed it to sell 51 units last year, which is three times more than what it had sold until then.
Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Nissan won the race to Hyundai (27% vs 24%), while BMW was a comfortable Third, with 18% share.
| Pl | Ireland | Dec. | YTD | % | '15Pl |
| 1 | Nissan Leaf | 258 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2 3 4 5 | Hyundai Ioniq Electric BMW 330e Renault Zoe Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV | 1 | 231 111 57 43 | 24 12 6 5 | 16 2 8 3 |
| 6
6
89
9
| Tesla Model S Toyota Prius PHEV BMW 530e BMW i3 Mitsu. Outlander PHEV | 37 37 31 21 21 | 4 4 3 2 2 | 13 N/A N/A 4
5
| |
11
12
13 14 14 16 17 17 | Tesla Model X Porsche Panamera Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE Volkswagen e-Golf Mini Countryman PHEV Volkswagen Passat GTE Volvo XC60 PHEV Audi A3 e-Tron | 14 12 11 10 10 9 5 5 | 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 | N/A 20 6 N/A N/A 17
N/A
14 | |
17
| BMW X5 40e PHEV | 5 | 1 |
7
| |
| 20 | Porsche Cayenne Plug-In | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
20
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Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Others
| 3 11 | 0 1 | N/A | |
| TOTAL | 1 | 945 | 100 |
One car in december after having almost a 90 car average per month?
ReplyDeleteSomething is wrong with that picture. Either the table or something very special happened in Ireland.
I suppose the december sales are more than a single Zoe?
ReplyDeleteNot the last version of the table embedded with the article?
Seasonality. The Irish market is highly seasonable, with two peaks in January and July, and a slow descent afterwards.
ReplyDeleteUsually the slowest selling months are June and December, due to the nameplate change that happens every January and July, which impacts resale value.
In December 2017 there was only one plug-in registered, but 12 months before it had been none...
Wow, I commented at the Netherlands postponing delivery from december to January. But this is extreme.
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