Belgium Car Sales - Brand / 2016

By Daljit Kalsi Tuesday, 18 April 2017

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Belgians like buying new cars. For a country so small, over half a million sales is very high. 2016 was a good year but by no means a record either. A 7.7% increase was achieved for the year.

For a second year Renault prevailed over its nemesis VW, slightly pulling ahead in 2016. The two have dueled for decades over the coveted top spot. Mercedes Benz had the strongest growth among the top ten brands, while Opel passed Peugeot. All the big gains were lower down as you would expect. Jaguar, Infiniti, Morgan and Rolls Royce exceeded 100% improvement in their sales.

In the chart below, pale yellow represents a reduction in registrations, pale blue is increase but lost market share. Green is for those exceeding the market growth and finally the salmon colour for those with over 100% increase.

	12	13	14	15	16	Brand	2016	%	+/-
	2	2	2	1	1	Renault	55,871	10.4%	12%
	1	1	1	2	2	VW	53,021	9.8%	11%
	7	6	5	3	3	BMW	40,244	7.5%	8%
	5	5	6	5	4	Opel	38,470	7.1%	14%
	3	3	3	4	5	Peugeot	37,593	7.0%	1%
	9	9	8	7	6	Mercedes	33,586	6.2%	15%
	6	7	7	6	7	Audi	33,225	6.2%	3%
	8	8	9	9	8	Ford	25,316	4.7%	2%
	4	4	4	8	9	Citroën	25,154	4.7%	-4%
	14	10	10	10	10	Hyundai	21,859	4.1%	9%
	11	16	12	11	11	Škoda	19,007	3.5%	6%
	13	15	14	12	12	Volvo	18,611	3.4%	5%
	16	13	13	14	13	Dacia	17,646	3.3%	10%
	12	11	11	15	14	Toyota	17,239	3.2%	7%
	10	12	15	13	15	Nissan	16,441	3.0%	-1%
	15	14	16	16	16	Fiat	14,848	2.8%	7%
	17	17	17	17	17	Kia	11,554	2.1%	2%
	19	20	20	20	18	MINI	7,480	1.4%	27%
	24	22	21	21	19	Mazda	7,342	1.4%	28%
	21	19	19	18	20	Suzuki	6,641	1.2%	-1%
	18	18	18	19	21	Seat	6,501	1.2%	0%
	22	23	22	22	22	Land Rover	5,902	1.1%	18%
	26	24	23	25	23	Honda	3,619	0.7%	41%
	28	28	27	24	24	Porsche	3,075	0.6%	4%
	30	30	30	29	25	Jaguar	2,991	0.6%	113%
	-	-	-	23	26	DS	2,643	0.5%	-15%
	32	33	29	27	27	Chrysler	2,243	0.4%	-4%
	25	25	25	26	28	Mitsubishi	2,169	0.4%	-9%
	23	26	26	28	29	Alfa Romeo	2,005	0.4%	-2%
	29	29	28	31	30	Lexus	1,723	0.3%	28%
	31	31	32	30	31	smart	1,638	0.3%	21%
	34	34	33	32	32	Ssangyong	1,335	0.2%	27%
	44	35	35	33	33	Tesla	859	0.2%	5%
	33	32	34	34	34	Subaru	504	0.1%	-11%
	38	42	39	37	35	Infiniti	316	0.1%	198%
	39	37	36	36	36	Maserati	311	0.1%	1%
	27	27	31	35	37	Lancia	205		-43%
	35	36	37	38	38	Ferrari	70		-14%
	43	38	41	40	39	Bentley	68		31%
	49	43	43	39	40	GM US	32		-46%
	46	41	44	44	41	Morgan	29		107%
	41	39	38	41	42	Lotus	26		-40%
	51	47	48	45	43	Rolls Royce	19		111%
	41	39	40	42	44	Aston Mart	18		-42%
	49	46	46	43	44	Lamborghini	18		-18%
	48	49	47	46	46	Mclaren	13		63%
						Others	39
						Total	539,519		8%

Picture source: Netcarshow.
Data source: FEBIAC.
Text source: RayCee.