Europe January 2016 (2nd Update)

Zoe's Coming Of Age Edition

Still without Austria and Portugal numbers, but with the updated France data, the European market had more than 11.000 registrations in January, a modest 4% increase over January 2015, something that can be explained by the hangover of the year end sales rush in countries like Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark, as the year progresses it is expected that the growth rate returns firmly to double digits.

Looking at the models ranking, we can see that the two Best Selling Plug-in Hybrids of 2015, Outlander PHEV and Golf GTE, saw their sales drop almost by half YoY, derived from the falling of the Dutch and Swedish markets, while the Renault Zoe (Fifth consecutive month in four digits, best sequence to date) managed to start the year in the leadership, a first for the finally-fulfilling-expectations French Hatch, now the question begs, will it stay there for long?

The Outlander PHEV dropped to #2, followed by the Nissan Leaf, in Third, and the VW e-Golf(!) in Fourth, it was the first time in 10 months that the 100% electric version of the Golf managed to outsell its Plug-in Hybrid twin. 

Other points of interest in the ranking are the inclusion in the Top 10 of the Volvo XC90 and BMW X5 PHEV versions, both trailing the Porsche Cayenne Plug-In (#13) in the hot Luxury SUV niche, and also the fact that the jurassic Peugeot iOn outsold the VW e-Up! as best selling City Car, being the first time since 2012(!) that one of the I-Miev triplets is ahead of this particular segment.

Looking at the brands ranking, the trophy bearer, Volkswagen, is the leader, with 15% share, but Renault is only 12 units behind, while the Third placed BMW isn't that far off, with 13% share.

Pl	Europe	Jan.	2016	%	'15Pl
1	Renault Zoe	1.445	1.445	13	2
2	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	1.126	1.126	10	1
3	Nissan Leaf	981	981	9	5
4	Volkswagen e-Golf	728	728	6	8
5	BMW i3	724	724	6	6
6	Tesla Model S	691	691	6	4
7	Volvo XC90 T8	675	675	6	18
8	Volkswagen Golf GTE	594	594	5	3
9 10	Audi A3 e-Tron BMW X5 40e	549 499	549 499	5 4	7 22
11	Mercedes C350e	316	316	3	11
12	Volvo V60 Plug-In	308	308	3	9
13	Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	283	283	3	14
14	Peugeot iOn	229	229	2	23
15 16 16 18 19 20	Volkswagen e-Up! Renault Kangoo ZE Volkswagen Passat GTE Mercedes B250e Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Kia Soul EV	212 209 209 206 178 171	212 209 209 206 178 171	2 2 2 2 2 2	16 13 12 17     15 10
	TOTAL	11.255	11.255