Thursday, September 22, 2016

Belgium August 2016




Running Hot 


August is usually a slow selling month in Belgium, as locals enjoy the Summer time, but this time, plug-in sales were hot, with 726 units, up 151%(!), with the EV Share up to 1.6%.

As usual, AWD vehicles continue to top the ranking, with all Top 5 places in August belonging to such vehicles: The BMW X5 PHEV (78 units) this time was the Monthly Best-Seller, followed by another Bimmer, the 225xe Act. Tourer (65), while the Volvo XC90 T8 (58) ended in Third and the Tesla Model S and Porsche Cayenne PHEV (56) were tied in #5. With this kind of company, the BMW MPV almost looks like a Working-class-hero...

Looking at the YTD ranking, no surprises in the top positions, we have to go down to the Seventh Place to see some changes, with the BMW 330e (53 units, pb) rising two positions to #7, while at the same time managing to surpass its arch-rival Mercedes C350e and become the best selling plug-in of the D-segment/midsize class.

Speaking of midsize cars, last year winner, the Volvo V60 Plug-in, that was somewhere lost in combat, jumped five positions to #15, thanks to a surprising 39 units, it's best result since last November.

Underlining the never-ending appetite of this market for SUV's, the two models with highest rises in the ranking are two recent additions to that class: The Audi Q7 e-Tron rose one position to #26, while the Mercedes GLC350e did even better, jumping three positions to #23.

Two new (And expensive) models have arrived with a bang, the Tesla Model X reached Belgian shores with an impressive 27 units score, the best debut month ever by a model in Belgium, while the BMW 740e also landed with a surprising 18 units, in unrelated news, its Mercedes S500e rival registered 4 units, its worst performance in a year...

In the manufacturers ranking, leader BMW (29%, up 1%) continues to increase share, while Volvo (20%, down 1%) is continuously dropping share. Thankfully for the Swede, the Third Placed Porsche (11%) and #4 Mercedes (10%) are still far.

Looking at the BEV/PHEV breakdown, Belgium is starting to look more and more like the Netherlands in past years, plug-in hybrids have increased their share to 74%, up 21%(!) regarding last year. 

As for FCEV's, in 2016 there were registered 10 units, nine of them being Mirai(?!?), a 150% growth rate regarding 2015, when there were registered a grand total of...4 units.


PlBelgiumAug.YTD%'15Pl
1Volvo XC90 T8 581.1641913
2BMW X5 40e 788291415
3
4
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Tesla Model S
56
56
590
457
10
7
2
1
5Nissan Leaf2037168
6BMW 225xe Active Tourer653335N/A
7BMW 330e532524N/A
8BMW i3 *3224743
9
Mercedes C350e
13221416
10Mercedes GLE500e15194327
11Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV1515836
12
13
14
15
16
Renault Zoe
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Audi A3 e-Tron
Volvo V60 Plug-In
BMW i8
17
32
3
39
11
153
143
99
89
84
3
2
2
1
1
18
33
7
4
9
17
17
19
20
Volkswagen Golf GTE
Mercedes B250e
Mercedes S500e
Mercedes GLC350e
4
9
4
20
73
73
66
59
1
1
1
1
5
11
14
N/A
20
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
32
34
35
35

Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia **
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Renault Twizy
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Renault Kangoo ZE 
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Volkswagen e-Golf
Tesla Model X
Kia Soul EV
BMW 740e
Peugeot iOn
Citroen C-Zero
Volkswagen e-Up!
Citröen e-Mehari
Citroen Berlingo EV
Smart Fortwo ED
Others
10
3
4
17
13
19
1
27
4
18
3

1
3
1
1
1
59
55
50
46
43
39
32
27
23
18
14
13
13
7
6
6
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
10
15
25
N/A
N/A
17
N/A
23
N/A
20
24
21
N/A
N/A
19


TOTAL7266.113100

Source: FEBIAC

* - 18 Bev + 14 Rex
** - 1 Pass + 9 LCV



Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

PlModel Aug. 2016
1Toyota RAV4 Hybrid174
2Toyota Auris Hybrid165
3Toyota Yaris Hybrid137
4 Toyota Prius94
5BMW X5 40e78


If we combine August regular hybrid sales with plug-ins, the Toyota Hybrids have the top positions all to themselves, with its compact SUV (The trend du jour) RAV4 ending in #1, followed by the Auris and the smaller Yaris.

Even the Toyota Prius managed to reach #4, with 94 units, it seems that locals have already digested the interesting looks of the former poster child of Green Mobility.
The best selling plug-in was only Fifth, with the BMW X5 PHEV collecting 78 units.


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