Belgium March/Q1 2026: BMW X1 stays #1, VW T-Roc up to #3

The VW T-Roc is the third best-selling vehicle in Belgium over Q1 2026.

New car sales in Belgium are back into positive territory in March at a solid +8.8% year-on-year to 43,733 units. The Q1 volume is off -5.9% to 113,805. Over Q1, private buyers account for 48.8% of  the market, their highest share in years and to be compared with 41.7% over the Full Year 2025. Reversely fleet sales fall to 51.2% vs. 58.3% last year. Electrified cars (HEV, PHEV and BEV) hold 52.7% of the market vs. 55.6% a year ago. BEVs on their own account for 34.7% share, unchanged. Private buyers choose petrol cars (62.8% share), while HEVs have 20.3% of sales and BEVs only 8.7%. In contrast BEV represent 59.5% of fleet registrations, with petrol at 26.9%.

In the March brands ranking, BMW (+34.5%) spectacularly reclaims the top spot with 14.2% share, its highest since January 2025. Volkswagen (-1.2%) is relegated to 2nd place both for the month and YTD. Audi (+6.2%) is up four spots on last month to #3, distancing Peugeot (+10.5%) up two, Mercedes (-12.5%) down one and Renault (+7.7%) down three. Tesla (+88.5%) rallies back up to #10 and sees its Q1 sales progress 22.6% year-on-year. Opel (+23.1%), Ford (+14.3%) and Skoda (+13.5%) also make themselves noticed below while MG (+99.5%) and BYD (+85.3%) soar further down.

Over in the Q1 models charts, the BMW X1 (-19.1%) and Dacia Sandero (-13.1%) remain on top despite harsh year-on-year falls. The VW T-Roc surges from outside the Full Year 2025 Top 20 directly into third place, followed by a soaring Tesla Model Y (+47.3%) and the Citroen C3 (+7%). New models in the Top 20 are the Mercedes CLA (#8), Peugeot 3008 (#9), Peugeot 5008 (#13), BMW 1 Series (#15) and Dacia Bigster (#18), the latter ousting the Duster (#6 over the Full Year 2025) from the Top 20.

Previous month: Belgium February 2026: BYD (+119.3%), Opel (+37.5%) can’t prevent another market fall (-7.7%) 

One year ago: Belgium March 2025: Peugeot (+65.3%) undeterred, Tesla (-69.3%) collapses

Full March 2026 Top 69 All brands, Q1 2026 Top 20 models rankings below.