Netherlands February 2026: Toyota Aygo X sports first monthly win in devastated market (-19%)

The Toyota Aygo X is the best-seller in the Netherlands for the first time

The Dutch new car market continues to disappoint in 2026: after dropping -13.1% in January it is down another -19% in February to just 22,380 units. As a result the year-to-date tally is now off -16.4% or almost 10,000 sales to 50,366. Hybrid vehicles (including PHEVs) account for 58.4% of the market thanks to 13,059 registrations, BEVs are at 30.4% with 6,805, petrol at 9.4% with 2,111 and diesel at 1.7% with 381 sales. Kia (-32.8%) easily retains the brands top spot but falls from 12.6% in February 2025 to 10.6% this month. Toyota (-3.9%) and Volkswagen (-0.6%) contain their losses and complete the podium. Skoda (+27.9%) posts a fantastic YoY lift and is simply the only gainer in the Top 15… Leapmotor (+4650%) is up to a record 22nd place with 1.3% share.

Model-wise, the Toyota Aygo X (+56.9%) brilliantly takes the overall lead with a dominant 3.5% share. This is the nameplate’s first victory in the Netherlands, when it was simply called Aygo it last reached #1 in December 2011. The Skoda Kodiaq (+26%) is also in excellent shape and climbs to #2. This is also a record, smashing its previous best of #6 reached in December 2024 and April 2025. The Kodiaq also ranks #2 year-to-date. The Ford Kuga (-22.7%), Kia Picanto (-39.2%) and Toyota Yaris Cross (-14.2%) round out the Top 5. The stars of 2025, the Skoda Elroq (+403.6%) is down to #14 and the Kia EV3 (-72.2%) down to #9. This is due to the end of some subsidies on BEVs.

Previous month: Netherlands January 2026: Suzuki Swift best-seller in market down -13.1%

One year ago: Netherlands February 2025: Kia monopolises podium, EV3 repeats at #1

Full February 2026 Top 56 All brands and Top 322 All models below.