Belgium August 2020: BMW (+41.8%) and Peugeot (+12.2%) top charts, ignore reeling market (-24.1%)

BMW is the best-selling brand in Belgium for the third time in 2020.

05/10 update: Now with Top 10 models YTD.

In line with other European markets we have covered so far, the Belgian new car market significantly worsens in August at -24.1% year-on-year to just 36.387 registrations compared to -1.3% in July, meaning the YTD tally is now down -26.3% to 297.524. BMW (+41.8%) goes completely against the grain with a surreal year-on-year gain and spectacularly takes the lead of the brands ranking for the third time this year after January and April. BMW ranks #2 so far in 2020 vs. #5 over the Full Year 2019. Peugeot (+12.2%) also defies the freefalling market to snap the August 2nd spot and advances to #3 YTD. Mercedes (-27.4%) leaps up 3 spots on July to #3, sidestepping Volkswagen (-39.8%) which endures the steepest fall in the Top 7. Volvo (+7%) and Skoda (+4%) are the only additional gainers in the remainder of the Top 20 while further down Bentley (+125%), Lotus (+75%), Ferrari (+66.7%), Porsche (+65.4%), Ssangyong (+42.6%) and Tesla (+15.4%) stand out. Polestar is up one spot to #33 with 77 sales.

Previous month: Belgium July 2020: BMW (+67%), Dacia (+63.7%), Ford (+40%) can’t pull market into positive (-1.3%)

One year ago: Belgium August 2019: Dacia (+74.2%) soars to #5, Mercedes A-Class #1 in market down -11.9%

Full August 2020 Top 60 All-brands and YTD Top 10 models below.