Car Sales By Brand Norway : 2014

VW and Toyota have battled top spot for years in Norway, with VW getting the better of the tussle of late and even opening a handy lead. VW have got onto some e-models of late and that is what you need in this market. Any car maker lagging behind in electric vehicles is at a serious disadvantage.

The Tesla S. I hope there is a charging station nearby

Electric car purchases are assisted by the government, making Norwegians the largest buyers of electric cars per capita in the world. Also since 100% of power is hydro sourced, it makes then clean as well. Any car maker into electric cars is on to a winner here. Tesla's success makes more sense as you peruse the list below. Hybrid vehicles get a reduced assistance and don't sell as well because of it, but still are benefiting.

10	11	12	13	14	Make	2014	%	Lyr
1	1	1	1	1	VW	21,659	15.0	13.2
2	2	2	2	2	Toyota	16,000	11.1	-10.7
4	4	3	3	3	Volvo	11,325	7.9	-4.5
8	9	6	8	4	BMW	9,602	6.7	39.6
9	10	8	5	5	Nissan	9,192	6.4	12.1
3	3	4	4	6	Ford	7,821	5.4	-21.8
6	6	7	7	7	Skoda	7,451	5.2	7.2
7	8	5	6	8	Audi	7,077	4.9	-5.8
11	13	10	10	9	Mercedes	6,603	4.6	8.4
5	7	9	12	10	Peugeot	6,555	4.5	24.6
16	19	17	9	11	Mazda	6,119	4.2	0.2
10	5	13	11	12	Mitsubishi	5,238	3.6	-8.7
19	16	12	13	13	Kia	4,409	3.1	-12.4
35	33	32	20	14	Tesla	4,042	2.8	103.5
13	12	14	15	15	Opel	2,947	2.0	-18.5
17	15	18	19	16	Suzuki	2,848	2.0	22.8
14	14	15	18	17	Citroen	2,751	1.9	11.6
15	17	16	16	18	Subaru	2,478	1.7	-23.4
12	11	11	14	19	Hyundai	2,243	1.6	-46.4
18	18	19	17	20	Honda	2,127	1.5	-19.9
21	20	22	22	21	Renault	1,633	1.1	83.7
23	21	20	21	22	MINI	940	0.7	-4.4
26	24	24	26	23	Lexus	792	0.5	50.9
29	26	21	24	24	Land Rover	578	0.4	2.8
34	34	28	25	25	Chevrolet	425	0.3	-21.2
27	27	25	27	26	Porsche	417	0.3	34.5
20	22	23	23	27	Fiat	381	0.3	-40.2
28	36	27	30	28	Jeep	208	0.1	150.6
-	39	36	28	29	Dacia	153	0.1	-19.0
22	23	26	29	30	Alfa Romeo	84	0.1	-45.8
32	31	30	31	31	Jaguar	49	0.0	-22.2
					Others	55	0.0
					Total	144,202		1.4

Data source: Ofvas

The message here with the BMW i3 is green