Automotive News Finland June 2016 - SIBEJO-

Running Hot

A total of 682 EV's were sold until the end of June in Finland, already beating last year record of 661 units sold during the whole month of 2015, doubling sales regarding the same period last year, with the EV Share still north of 1%, at 1.04%.

Looking at the models ranking, the hottest seller is the Volvo XC90 T8, with 171 units (New all-time Yearly record), 32 of them last month, thus winning another Monthly Best Seller trophy.

In the remaining positions in the ranking, the BMW X5 40e climbed to Second Place, followed by the VW Passat GTE, while the Tesla Model S rose to Fifth, thanks to the usual last quarter peak (12 units).

But the real surprise this month was the BMW 330e, registering 19 units (New pb), allowing it to be the Second Best Selling model in June and jump to #8 in the YTD ranking.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volvo is First, with 26% share (Up 1%), followed by the increasingly menacing BMW (16%, up 2%), with Volkswagen (13%) in Third but with Mercedes only five units behind (91 vs 86), its Bronze medal could be in danger next month.

Pl	Finland	June	YTD '16	%	Pl '15
1 2 3	Volvo XC90 T8 BMW X5 40e Volkswagen Passat GTE	32 9 9	171 60 57	25 9 8	12 18 N/A
4	Nissan Leaf	1	54	8	5
5 6	Tesla Model S Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	12 5	49 44	7 6	1 2
7	Mercedes C350e	6	41	6	7
8 9	BMW 330e Mercedes GLE500e	19 3	35 29	5 4	N/A N/A
9 11	Volkswagen Golf GTE Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	3 2	29 28	4 4	4 3
12 13 14 15 15 17 17 17 20 20 20 23	Audi A3 e-Tron BMW 225xe Active Tourer Mercedes S500e Volvo V60 Plug-In Mercedes GLC350e Volkswagen e-Golf BMW i8 Audi Q7 e-Tron Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia BMW i3 Toyota Prius Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up!	1 4 2 2 1 4 1	21 20 10 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 1	3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0	6 N/A 10 8 N/A 9 17 N/A 14 N/A 11 15
	TOTAL	115	682	100

Source: trafi.fi

Automotive News Finland May 2016 - SIBEJO-

Running Hot

A total of 567 EV's were sold in the until the end of May in Finland, doubling sales regarding the same period last year, with the EV Share still north of 1%, with 1.05%.

Looking at the models ranking, the hottest seller is the Volvo XC90 T8, with 139 units, but last month the BMW X5 PHEV managed to steal the Monthly Best Seller status, with 15 units, with the Swedish SUV only selling 7 units.

In the remaining positions in the ranking, two additional surprises, the Nissan Leaf is still Second Placed, with 53 units, followed closely by the BMW X5 40e, Third with 51 units, so it won't be long for the Bimmer to reach the runner-up position.

Further down in the ranking, we see an important landing, the Mercedes GLC350e registered its first two units, considering the success that PHEV SUV's have in this market, it won't surprising if this models becomes the Best Seller of the brand, even a podium position in certain months.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volvo is First, with 25% share, followed by the increasingly menacing MW (16%), which has already displaced Volkswagen (14%) to Third.

Pl	Finland	May	YTD '16	%	Pl '15
1 2	Volvo XC90 T8 Nissan Leaf	7 2	139 53	25 9	12 5
3 4	BMW X5 40e Volkswagen Passat GTE	15 7	51 48	9 8	18 N/A
5 6	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Tesla Model S	7 6	39 37	7 7	2 1
7	Mercedes C350e	8	35	6	7
8	Mercedes GLE500e	4	28	5	N/A
9 10	Volkswagen Golf GTE Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	3 4	27 26	5 5	4 3
11 12 12 14 15 15 17 17 17 20 20 19	Audi A3 e-Tron BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW 330e Mercedes S500e Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia BMW i8 BMW i3 Toyota Prius Plug-In Mercedes GLC350e Volkswagen e-Up!	2 5 7 2 1 1 2 1	20 16 16 10 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1	4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0	6 N/A N/A 10 8 9 14 17 N/A 11 N/A 15
	TOTAL	83	567	100

Source: trafi.fi

Automotive News Finland March 2016 - SIBEJO-

Running Hot

A total of 390 EV's were sold in the first three months in Finland, up an amazing 162% regarding the same period last year, with the EV Share jumping to 1.18%, a significant departure from the 0.61% of last year.

Looking at the models ranking, the hottest seller is the Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV, with 111 units, at this rapid pace, the swedish SUV will beat the all-time yearly record of 146 units by May...

In the remaining positions in the ranking, two additional surprises, with the Nissan Leaf in the runner-up position, with 42 units, followed by the VW Passat GTE rookie, being warmly received by Finnish buyers.

Further down in the ranking, we see the good performance of the BMW X5 PHEV (#6, with 25 units) and of its Mercedes rival, the GLE500e (#10, 16 units), while on the other hand, the Volvo V60 Plug-in, Best Seller in 2013, is down to #15, with only three units, is the XC90 PHEV, stealing sales from its older brother?

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volvo is First, with 29% share, followed by Volkswagen (15%) and Nissan (12%).

Looking at the BEV / PHEV breakdown, this traditionally PHEV-friendly market has seen this trend increase even more, with plug-in hybrids currently at 80%, vs 63% of last year.

Pl	Finland	March	YTD '16	%	Pl '15
1 2	Volvo XC90 T8 Nissan Leaf	21 7	111 42	28 11	12 5
3	Volkswagen Passat GTE	15	36	9	N/A
4 5	Tesla Model S Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	18 9	30 27	8 7	1 2
6	BMW X5 40 PHEV	15	25	6	18
7	Mercedes C350e	8	19	5	7
7 7 10	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes GLE500e	7 3 6	19 19 16	5 5 4	3 4 N/A
11 12 12 14 15 16 16 16 19 19 19	Audi A3 e-Tron BMW 225xe Active Tourer Mercedes S500e BMW 330e Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Toyota Prius Plug-In BMW i3 BMW i8 Volkswagen e-Up!	5 4 2 2 1 1 1	14 8 8 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1	4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0	6 N/A 10 N/A 8 9 14 11 N/A 17 15
	TOTAL	125	390	100

Source: trafi.fi