Automotive News Netherlands June 2016 - SIBEJO-

Will the facelifted Model S pursue with the previous success story?

Tesla Model S Back At #1

The hangover is far from over, with sales (899) down 66% YoY.

The EV Share was down 0.03% to 2.36%, far, far from the 9.6% of last year.

Looking at the monthly ranking, the Monthly Best Seller award went to the Tesla Model S, with 188 deliveries, down 32% YoY. Softening demand or production constraints? Mmmm...

The BMW 330e performed a record 148 units, ending the month in Second, with its stablemate 225xe Active Tourer also impressing (83 units, year best), in #4.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Tesla Model S	188
2	BMW 330e	148
3	Nissan Leaf	85
4	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	83
5	Volkswagen Passat GTE	74

In the YTD ranking, there were a number of significant changes, the most important of all being the recovery of the YTD Best Seller Throne by the Tesla Model S, but with only 51 units separating ot from the Volvo XC90 T8, the dispute for #1 is far from over.

In another good month for BMW, the 225xe Active Tourer continues to climb in the ranking, now up one position to #6, at the expenses of the Mercedes C350e, while the i3 had its best month of the year in June, with 45 units, climbing with it one place to #8 and promising more climbs as the longer range versions arrive Dutch shores.

In an atypical year due to fiscal changes, the VW Golf GTE, runner-up last year with more than 8.000 registrations, has dropped once again in the ranking, now to #12, with only 97 units YTD, being inclusively surpassed by its all-electric brethren, the e-Golf, #10 with 104 sales...

Despite sales being on a much lower level than last year, there are two models racing their ICE competitors with success, the Tesla Model S (188 units), was Second in its class, bested only by the BMW 5-Series (226 units), while the BMW i8 (8 sales) has beaten competition like the Audi TT (6 units), or its own BMW 6-Series relative (6 sales), but the Bavarian sports car is still far from the sales level of the Porsche 911, that with 40 units registered last month, is still the Golden Standard in its class.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW has reached the leadership (22%, up 3%), displacing Volvo (21%) from #1, while Tesla remained in Third, with 19% share.

Pl	Netherlands	June	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Volvo XC90 T8	188 63	869 818	19 18	8 7
3	BMW 330e	148	570	12	25
4	Nissan Leaf	85	412	9	13
5 6 7 8 9 10	Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW 225xe Active Tourer Mercedes C350e BMW i3 * Renault Zoe Volkswagen e-Golf	74 83 58 45 12 21	347 255 238 131 113 104	8 6 5 3 2 2	6 17 5 12 14 28
11	Volvo V60 Plug-In	17	101	2	3
12	Volkswagen Golf GTE	7	97	2	2
13	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	14	96	2	1
14	Mercedes B250e	8	82	2	19
15	Volkswagen e-Up!	15	60	1	28
16	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	6	45	1	15
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 26 27 28 29 30 30 30	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Audi A3 e-Tron BMW X5 40e Toyota Prius Plug-In BMW i8 Mercedes GLE500e Kia Soul EV Peugeot iOn Renault Twizy Renault Kangoo ZE Porsche Panamera Plug-In Ford C-Max Energi Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Smart Fortwo ED Audi Q7 e-Tron	2 8 14 14 8 5 1 2 1 1	44 43 35 28 26 24 18 12 12 9 8 6 4 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	10 4 11 22 20 27 24 N/A 28 25 21 9 30 18 15 N/A
	TOTAL	899	4.610	100

* - 42 Bev + 3 Rex

Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	332
2	Tesla Model S	188
3	Toyota Auris Hybrid	177
4	BMW 330e	148
5	Nissan Leaf	85

If we add regular hybrids to Plug-ins, Pure Electrics have recovered ground, with the Tesla Model S winning the Second place, while the Nissan Leaf climbed to Fifth.

Plug-in hybrids are also represented, with the BMW 330e reaching Fourth, while on the regular hybrids front, there are no surprises, with the two usual best sellers from Toyota, the Yaris and Auris, being present in First and Third, respectively.

Automotive News Netherlands May 2016 - SIBEJO-

The most coveted Volvo in the current days

Volvo XC90 PHEV reaches #1

The hangover is far from over, with sales (641 sales) back at 2013 levels, and YoY registrations down 67%.

The EV Share was down 0,05% to 2,39%, far, far from the 9,6% of last year.

Looking at the monthly ranking, the Monthly Best Seller award went to the BMW 330e, which set a new personal best, with 144 units sold.

Its stablemate 225xe Active Tourer performed a Year Best performance, with 80 units, but the headlining news of the month was the Third Place of the e-Golf, with 50 units (New pb), becoming the monthly best selling VW for the first time since...July '14, when the only plug-in VW's were the e-Up and e-Golf.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	BMW 330e	144
2	Volvo XC90 T8	116
3	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	80
3	Volkswagen e-Golf	50
5	Volkswagen Passat GTE	49

In the YTD ranking, there were a number of significant changes, the most important of all being the rise to YTD Best Seller Throne of the Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV, displacing the Tesla Model S to Second Place, it will be interesting to see if the sports sedan can return to #1 in June, Ladies and Gentlemen, please take your bets...

The BMW 330e also surpassed a BEV, in this case the Bimmer climbed to Third at the expense of the Nissan Leaf, that with only 18 units, it had its worst month of the year. Are buyers already waiting for the next Gen Leaf?

In an atypical year due to fiscal changes, last year Best Sellers are far from the front positions, with the best positioned being the VW Golf GTE (#9 now vs #2 in '15) and the Volvo V60 Plug-In (#11 vs #3), with the worst being the Audi A3 e-Tron, down 14(!) positions to #18...

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volvo stayed in the leadership (23%, down 1%), followed by a strong BMW (19%, up 3%), which displaced Tesla to Third, if only by 23 units.

Pl	Netherlands	May	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Volvo XC90 T8 Tesla Model S	116 30	755 695	20 19	7 8
3	BMW 330e	144	422	11	25
4	Nissan Leaf	18	327	9	13
5 6 7 8 9 10	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mercedes C350e BMW 225xe Active Tourer Renault Zoe Volkswagen Golf GTE BMW i3	49 42 80 18 7 10	273 180 172 101 90 86	7 5 5 3 2 2	6 5 17 14 2 12
11	Volvo V60 Plug-In	2	84	2	3
12	Volkswagen e-Golf	50	83	2	28
13	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	16	82	2	1
14	Mercedes B250e	7	74	2	19
15	Volkswagen e-Up!	13	45	1	28
16	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	9	42	1	10
17 18 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 27 27 29 30 30	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Audi A3 e-Tron BMW X5 40e Mercedes GLE500e BMW i8 Kia Soul EV Toyota Prius Plug-In Peugeot iOn Renault Twizy Renault Kangoo ZE Ford C-Max Energi Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Smart Fortwo ED	6 3 2 4 1 9 3 1 1 1 1	39 35 21 19 18 18 13 11 10 9 6 6 4 1 1	1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	15 4 11 27 20 24 22 N/A 28 25 9 21 30 18 15
	TOTAL	641	3.722	100

Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	288
2	Toyota Auris Hybrid	181
3	BMW 330e	144
3	Volvo XC90 T8	116
5	Toyota Prius	88

If we add regular hybrids to Plug-ins, the regular hybrids recovered ground, with Toyota Yaris Hybrid winning the first place, followed in Second Place, by its Auris larger brother.

Two plug-in hybrids follow, with the Fifth position belonging to the new Generation Prius, with 88 units, it looks Dutch drivers by now are more used to the exotic new look of Toyota's Green Car.

Automotive News Netherlands April 2016 - SIBEJO-

The most coveted Volvo in the current days

Volvo reaches #1

The hangover is still showing itself in April, with sales back at just three digits (882 sales), with YoY registrations are down 43%.

But not all is bad news, as the EV Share has recovered from 2,23% in the previous month, to the current 2.44%, but it is still a long way from the 9.63% of last year.

Looking at the monthly ranking, the Monthly Best Seller award went to the Volvo XC90 PHEV, which made a year best performance of 370 units (Best Selling Luxury SUV in the overall market),  while the #3 BMW 330e has remained above the 100 deliveries, beating once again the Mercedes C350e and VW Passat GTE.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Volvo XC90 T8	370
2	Tesla Model S	135
3	BMW 330e	117
3	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	37
5	Volkswagen Passat GTE	35

Plug-in hybrids are once again winning the majority of sales (56%), with several plug-in hybrids climbing positions in the ranking, like the BMW 330e climbing to #4, with another BMW providing great numbers, with the 225xe Active Tourer shooting six positions to #7.

On a broader look, the Tesla Model S (665 units) has maintained the Number One position in its size class, beating the usual best-sellers BMW 5-Series (481), Audi A6 (418).

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, there were major developments in the top positions, with Volvo taking over the leadership (24%), followed by Tesla (22%) and BMW (16%).

Pl	Netherlands	April	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Volvo XC90 T8	135 370	665 639	22 21	8 7
3	Nissan Leaf	29	309	10	13
4	BMW 330e	117	278	9	25
5 6 7 8 8 10	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mercedes C350e BMW 225xe Active Tourer Volkswagen Golf GTE Renault Zoe Volvo V60 Plug-In	35 27 37 5 24 1	224 138 92 83 83 82	7 4 3 3 3 3	6 5 17 2 14 3
11	BMW i3	85	76	2	12
12	Mercedes B250e	7	67	2	19
13	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	10	66	2	1
14	Volkswagen e-Golf	11	33	1	28
14	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	2	33	1	15
14	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	5	33	1	10
17 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30	Audi A3 e-Tron Volkswagen e-Up! BMW X5 40e BMW i8 Kia Soul EV Mercedes GLE500e Renault Twizy Renault Kangoo ZE Peugeot iOn Ford C-Max Energi Porsche Panamera Plug-In Toyota Prius Plug-In Mitsubishi I-Miev Mercedes S500e Smart Fortwo ED	9 10 1 7 4 4 2 8 8 1 3 2 1 1	32 32 19 18 17 15 10 9 8 6 5 4 3 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	4 28 11 20 24 27 28 25 N/A 9 21 22 30 18 15
	TOTAL	882	3.081	100

Automotive News Netherlands March 2016 - SIBEJO-

Tesla Edition

After the historic month of December, the hangover seamed to ease in March, with sales back at four digits (1.161 sales), up 150% regarding last month, while YoY registrations are down only 38%.

The EV Share has recovered significantly to 2.23%, but it is still way below the 9.63% of last year.

Looking at the monthly ranking, the Tesla Model S had its best result since 2013, with 371 units, allowing it to end March in #22 in the overall ranking, while the #2 Volvo XC90 PHEV is back to cruising speed, with 192 units (Best Selling Luxury SUV in the overall market),  while the #4 BMW 330e has beaten its personal record, beating for the first time the Mercedes C350e and VW Passat GTE in the race for the D-Segment Plug-in class.

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Tesla Model S	371
2	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	192
3	Nissan Leaf	130
3	BMW 330e	128
5	Mercedes C350e	64

Unlike the previous two months, plug-in hybrids represented the majority of sales, pulling the PHEV share to parity (50%) with BEV's, with several plug-in hybrids climbing positions in the ranking, like the Volvo XC90 PHEV, up two positions to #3, the BMW 330e jumping five places to #5, with another BMW provinding great numbers, with the 225xe Active Tourer shooting ten positions to #13.

On a broader look, the Tesla Model S (530 units) has made it to Number One in its size class, beating the usual best-sellers BMW 5-Series (370), Audi A6 (353) and Mercedes E-Class (157). Will it stay there for long?

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Tesla jumped to the leadership, with 22% share, followed by Volvo (16%) in Second, with VW, BMW and Nissan, all with 14%, are closely running for the Third Spot.

On a side note, the first FCEV of 2016 was registered, in the form of a Toyota Terminator Mirai

Pl	Netherlands	March	YTD	%	'15Pl
1 2	Tesla Model S Nissan Leaf	371 130	530 280	24 13	8 13
3	Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV	192	269	12	7
4	Volkswagen Passat GTE	47	189	9	6
5 6 7 8	BMW 330e Mercedes C350e Volvo V60 Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE	128 64 3 17	161 111 81 78	7 5 4 4	25 5 3 2
9	BMW i3   *	35	68	3	12
10 11	Mercedes B250e Renault Zoe	20 28	60 59	3 3	19 14
12	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	13	56	3	1
13	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	51	55	3	17
13	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	10	31	1	15
15	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	9	28	1	10
16 17 17 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 26 26 26 26	Audi A3 e-Tron Volkswagen e-Up! Volkswagen e-Golf   BMW X5 40e PHEV Kia Soul EV Mercedes GLE500e BMW i8 Ford C-Max Energi Renault Twizy Porsche Panamera Plug-In Mercedes S500e Mitsubishi I-Miev Smart Fortwo ED Toyota Prius Plug-In Renault Kangoo ZE	2 10 10 6 3 4 6 2 1 1 1 1	23 22 22 18 13 11 11 6 5 4 1 1 1 1 1	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	4 28 28 11 24 27 20 9 28 21 18 30 15 22 25
	TOTAL	1.161	2.196	100

* - 34 Bev + 1 Rex

Source: RAI.nl


Regular Hybrids + Plug-ins Ranking

Pl	Model	Sales
1	Tesla Model S	371
2	Toyota Yaris Hybrid	304
3	Volvo XC90 T8	192
3	Nissan Leaf	130
5	BMW 330e	128

If we add regular hybrids to Plug-ins, only the Toyota Yaris Hybrid shows up in the first places, in Second Place, is this a sign that regular hybrids importance here is dwindling?