Netherlands Car Sales - Brand / 2016

By Daljit Kalsi Tuesday, 18 April 2017

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The Netherlands was one of the unusual nations in 2016 to record a decrease. Worse still, it was a -14.8% drop! That is over 66,500 less cars sold. Is it a case of the Dutch watching their debt levels? If so, well done. As for when it was lower, I had to go back to 1969.

VW took the top spot off Opel in 2005 and remained there since. The GM brand had a good year and is now third but some way off taking back what it lost. Renault is currently second, with Peugeot slumping down to fourth.

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

	12	13	14	15	16	Brand	2016	%	+/-
	1	1	1	1	1	VW	43,819	11.4%	-22%
	2	2	3	3	2	Renault	35,037	9.2%	0%
	5	7	4	4	3	Opel	32,500	8.5%	28%
	3	4	2	2	4	Peugeot	28,130	7.3%	-43%
	4	3	6	5	5	Ford	21,365	5.6%	-15%
	12	10	12	8	6	BMW	18,756	4.9%	-5%
	7	8	9	10	7	Kia	18,678	4.9%	2%
	6	5	7	7	8	Toyota	18,509	4.8%	-22%
	17	16	15	12	9	Mercedes	15,409	4.0%	0%
	14	13	8	13	10	Škoda	15,346	4.0%	3%
	10	11	11	11	11	Audi	14,712	3.8%	-15%
	13	6	5	6	12	Volvo	14,470	3.8%	-42%
	8	9	10	9	13	Citroën	13,053	3.4%	-33%
	9	15	19	17	14	Hyundai	12,830	3.4%	13%
	18	19	17	15	15	Nissan	12,422	3.2%	-3%
	11	12	13	16	16	Fiat	10,769	2.8%	-13%
	20	20	20	20	17	Mazda	8,781	2.3%	5%
	16	18	18	18	18	Suzuki	8,506	2.2%	-17%
	15	17	16	19	19	Seat	8,447	2.2%	-1%
	21	21	22	21	20	MINI	5,777	1.5%	18%
	24	14	14	14	21	Mitsubishi	5,629	1.5%	-61%
	26	22	21	22	22	Dacia	4,217	1.1%	7%
	39	27	27	25	23	Tesla	2,120	0.6%	17%
	25	23	26	29	24	Honda	1,718	0.4%	32%
	27	26	28	27	25	Land Rover	1,623	0.4%	4%
	31	34	31	28	26	smart	1,604	0.4%	6%
	33	33	32	31	27	Jaguar	1,185	0.3%	31%
	29	29	29	23	28	Porsche	1,162	0.3%	-46%
	-	-	23	26	29	DS	1,115	0.3%	-35%
	23	24	25	30	30	Alfa Romeo	998	0.3%	-5%
	22	25	24	24	31	Lexus	872	0.2%	-55%
	28	31	30	33	32	Subaru	728	0.2%	-9%
	32	35	34	32	33	Chrysler	628	0.2%	-21%
	44	40	38	35	34	Infiniti	201	0.1%	151%
	30	32	33	34	35	Lancia	110		-32%
						Others	1,599	0.4%
						Total	382,825		-15%

Picture source: Opel Nederland.
Data source: Raivereniging.
Text source: RayCee.