Norway LCV November 2012: VW Amarok #6 again
VW Amarok
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Sales of Light Commercial Vehicles are down a worrying 24% year-on-year in Norway to 2,685 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 29,239 units, down 7% on 2011. The Top 5 most popular models this month are identical to the year-to-date ranking, but if the VW Caddy at #1 and 16.6% lodge a score in the vincinity of its YTD level, all following 4 models markedly outperform their YTD performance: the VW Transporter is at 14.4% vs. 11.6% YTD, the Peugeot Partner is at 8.3% vs. 7%, the Citroen Berlingo at 7% vs. 6.3% and the Mercedes Sprinter at 5.3% vs. 4.3%.
Already up to a shiny 6th position in October, the VW Amarok brilliantly reiterates that feat this month thanks to 110 sales for a 4.1% market share. It is now #11 year-to-date. Notice also the Toyota Hilux up to #7 and 4.1% vs. 3.3% YTD, and the Peugeot Expert up to #9 and 2.6% vs. #17 and 1.4% YTD.
Previous month: Norway LCV October 2012: VW Amarok up to #6
Full November 2012 Top 20 Ranking Table below.
Norway November 2012:
| Pos | Model | Nov | % | Oct | 2012 | % | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | VW Caddy | 447 | 16.6% | 1 | 4,925 | 16.8% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | VW Transporter | 386 | 14.4% | 2 | 3,379 | 11.6% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Peugeot Partner | 222 | 8.3% | 4 | 2,056 | 7.0% | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Citroen Berlingo | 187 | 7.0% | 3 | 1,837 | 6.3% | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Mercedes Vito | 141 | 5.3% | 5 | 1,269 | 4.3% | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | VW Amarok | 110 | 4.1% | 6 | 652 | 2.2% | 11 | 12 |
| 7 | Toyota Hilux | 109 | 4.1% | 9 | 968 | 3.3% | 8 | 10 |
| 8 | VW Touran | 98 | 3.6% | 11 | 849 | 2.9% | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Peugeot Expert | 69 | 2.6% | 17 | 412 | 1.4% | 17 | 19 |
| 10 | Isuzu D-Max | 68 | 2.5% | 7 | 561 | 1.9% | 14 | 15 |
| 11 | Ford Connect | 64 | 2.4% | 13 | 1,236 | 4.2% | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Ford Transit | 60 | 2.2% | 8 | 878 | 3.0% | 9 | 9 |
| 13 | Toyota Land Cruiser | 58 | 2.2% | 14 | 614 | 2.1% | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Mercedes Sprinter | 48 | 1.8% | 12 | 568 | 1.9% | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Fiat Doblo | 47 | 1.8% | 10 | 551 | 1.9% | 15 | 16 |
| 16 | Mitsubishi Pajero | 39 | 1.5% | 16 | 378 | 1.3% | 18 | 18 |
| 17 | Opel Combo | 32 | 1.2% | 15 | 525 | 1.8% | 16 | 11 |
| 18 | Nissan Navara | 25 | 0.9% | 18 | 377 | 1.3% | 19 | n/a |
| 19 | Opel Vivaro | 14 | 0.5% | 19 | 324 | 1.1% | 20 | 17 |
| 20 | Toyota Hiace | 3 | 0.1% | 20 | 986 | 3.4% | 7 | 3 |
Source: www.ofvas.no
Note: This ranking is based on November sales of the Top 20 models YTD and therefore is not 100% accurate.
