Norway November 2023: Market down -47%, Xpeng G9 up to #8
The Xpeng G9 breaks into the Norwegian Top 10.
Last year Norwegian car buyers rushed to purchase their new vehicle before the introduction of a new tax regime on January 1. As a result this November the market implodes year-on-year at -47% to 10,348. The year-to-date tally is now down -14.9% to 114,770. BEV sales follow the market at -47% to 8,442 and 81.6% share and are down -9.4% year-to-date to 95,633 and 83.3% share. PHEVs are down -37.5% to 938 and down -36.5% year-to-date to 8,215 and HEVs are off -50.9% for the month to 702 and down -15% YTD to 6,875. Meanwhile petrol amounts to just 59 sales and 0.6% share and diesel is at 207 sales and 2% share.
Tesla (-47.7%) reclaims the top spot in the brands charts with 16.3% share vs. 20.6% YTD, followed closely by Toyota (-26.6%) at 15.1% vs. 12.1%. Skoda (-16.4%) resists well at #3 but Volvo (-60.9%) implodes at #4. Nissan (+0.8%) and Hyundai (+3.6%) defy the negative market with year-on-year gains, the only ones in the Top 11. Ford (-0.3%) is stable but BMW (-83%), Volkswagen (-76.7%) and Mercedes (-50.5%) all crater. Further down the charts, BYD (+180%) is up to #12 and Xpeng (+2078.6%) up to #13.
Over in the models ranking, the Tesla Model Y (-53.4%) easily stays in pole position but sees its market share thaw to 14.5% vs. 18.9% YTD. The Skoda Enyaq (-18.6%) is up one spot on October to #2 vs. #3 year-to-date. The Toyota bZ4X (+57.1%) rounds out the podium and ranks #4 so far this year. The Hyundai Kona (+406.5%) scores the biggest gain in the Top 14 and repeats at #4 ahead of the Toyota RAV4 (+4.9%) and Ford Mustang Mach-E (+30.1%). The big news this month is the arrival in the Top 10 of the Xpeng G9 at #8 with 2.9% share.
Previous month: Norway October 2023: Tesla Model Y and Toyota bZ4X dominate in devastated market (-28.9%)
One year ago: Norway November 2022: Tesla Model Y at 16.5% share, BMW i4 up to record #3, sales up 27.8%
Full November 2023 Top 47 All brands and Top 185 All models below.
