Norway Full Year 2015: e-variant boosts Golf up 69% to 10.9% share

Every second Golf sold in Norway in 2015 is an e-Golf.

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The Norwegian new car market is up 4% year-on-year in 2015 to reach 150.686 registrations, with Volkswagen cementing its domination thanks to sales up a splendid 22% to 26.344 and 17.5% vs. 10.6% for Toyota, stable. Volvo is down 12% to 6.6% share ahead of BMW (6.6%), Ford (5.6%) and Nissan (5.5%) while Mercedes (+16%) and Mazda (+10%) are the only two other Top 10 manufacturers to post double-digit growth this year. Further down, notice Mitsubishi up 11%, Subaru up 51%, Renault up 64% and Lexus up 35%.

The Renault Zoe ranks higher in Norway than at home in France.

Norway is one of the world’s biggest fan of alternative fuel vehicles mainly thanks to very dynamic government incentives, and a look at the models ranking confirms this. The VW Golf is up a mammoth 69% year-on-year to 16.388 sales for a record 10.9% market share, with 54% of its total 2015 sales (8.943) snapped up by the all-electric e-Golf and 12% (2.000 units) being the GTE plug-in hybrid. The Toyota Auris (-9%), Skoda Octavia (-3%) and Toyota Yaris (+8%) follow while at a world-best 5th place the Tesla Model S confirms last year’s very impressive sales figure (4.040) wasn’t a fluke but replicating it almost exactly in 2015 (4.039). The Nissan Leaf suffers at -33% but the BMW i3 is up 18% to land at #15, by far the brand’s best-seller in Norway (2nd best: the 3 Series at #33). Notice also the Mercedes B-Class up 217% to #20 thanks to its electric variant representing 72% of its sales and the Renault Zoe up 277% to #25.

Previous month: Norway November 2015: Mitsubishi Outlander up to #2

Previous year: Norway Full Year 2014: Tesla Model S doubles sales to land in Top 5

Two years ago: Norway Full Year 2013: VW Golf #1, Nissan Leaf on podium!

Full Year 2015 Top 45 All-brands and Top 300 All-models vs. Full 2014 data below.