BMW holds a record 11.8% of the Belgian market in January. New car sales in Belgium skid down -27.2% year-on-year in January to 37.735 units. BMW (-17.3%) reclaims the brands top spot and smashes its share record to 11.8%, eclipsing the 10.5% it hit last November. Volkswagen (-31.6%) struggles and…
BMW sales are stable in a market down -21.5%. Discover close to 65 years of Belgian Historical Data here. The Belgian new car market falls -21.5% year-on-year in 2020 to 431.491 vs. 550.009 last year. In a very volatile brands ranking, Volkswagen (-24.9%) retains the lead despite losing share from 9.7%…
Aiways has landed in Belgium. The Belgian new car market is down -15.8% year-on-year in November to 29.103 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.3% to 401.413. BMW (+3.7%) leaps up 3 spots on last month to sign a 4th monthly win for the year after January, April and August.…
Audi sales shoot up 31.9% year-on-year in Belgium in October. The Belgian new car market sinks -9.4% year-on-year in October to 38.703 registrations, leading to a year-to-date volume off -22.7% to 372.310. Peugeot (-8.3%) slightly outpaces the market and this is enough to propel it up 3 spots on September…
Mercedes is the best-selling brand in Belgium in September. Now with Top 10 models ranking. The August 2020 post has now been updated with the YTD Top 10 models. The Belgian new car market manages its first year-on-year gain since last January at a timid +1% to 36.083 units in September,…
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…
BMW sales surge 67% year-on-year in Belgium in July. Whereas neighbours France (+3.9%) and Luxembourg (+14.9%) have returned to positive, new car sales in Belgium can't quite get there just yet with July volumes down -1.3% year-on-year to 44.532 units. The year-to-date tally is now down -26.6% to 261.137. As…
Volkswagen sales surge 21.6% year-on-year in Belgium in June. 3/08 update: Now with Top 10 models. Although Belgium remains the country in the world with the largest Covid-19 death count per inhabitant, the pandemic is now under control and business has resumed to almost normal, illustrated by a spectacularly stabilised…
We discover the Peugeot 2008 ranked #2 in Belgium in May. We can now share with you a Top 120 models for Belgium over the first 5 months of 2020, as well as a Top 50 models ranking for May. The latter shows the Citroen C3 in the overall lead…
Peugeot is the best-selling brand in Belgium in May. 30/07 update: Now with YTD Top 120 models and May Top 50 models. 30/06 update: Now with YTD Top 10 models. After enduring one of the strictest coronavirus lowdown in Europe and the highest death rate per million in the world…
The BMW 3 Series ranks 6th in Belgium so far in 2020. A revised Top 90 models with actuals is now available for Belgium for the January-April 2020 period. Compared to January which is the last time we were able to give you access to more detailed Belgian data, the…
BMW is the best-selling brand in Belgium in April. 8/06 update: Now with the 2020 YTD Top 90 models. Like its neighbour France, Belgium was under a strict, nationwide COVID-19 lockdown for all of April and new car sales accordingly drop -90.1% year-on-year to just 5.296 units. The year-to-date tally…
Belgium is under strict lockdown since March 17. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, on March 17 non-essential travel was prohibited and non-essential shops closed in Belgium and on March 20 the country closed its borders to all non-essential travel. The lockdown has now been extended to April 19. As a…
Polestar is the 36th best-selling carmaker in Belgium in February. The Belgian new car market drops -6.3% year-on-year in February to 46.775 registrations, tilting the year-to-date tally into negative territory at -2.3% to 98.615 units. Volkswagen (-11.7%) reclaims the brands pole position ahead of Renault (-23.8%) and Peugeot (-20.9%) but the…
BMW holds a record 10.4% of the Belgian new car market in January. 3/03 update: Now with Top 120 models. Belgium is the first main European market so far to show a (very timid) year-on-year gain in January at +1.5% to 51.840 registrations. There's a surprise atop the Belgian brands…