May 22, 2013
Netherlands

Netherlands

The development of this country is a brilliant sample of human cleverness, considering 25% of Netherlands territory is below sea level. Citizens are 16.7 millions, with an urbanization rate of 83%. The country is a founding member of the European Community and one of the most developed in the world. The light passenger vehicle industry in 2011 registered 617.336 units and was the world’s 20th. With only 94.000 vehicles produces in 2010, Netherlands was the 36th globally.

Dutch car market collapsed 32% in March. Opel share hit by Corsa sales.
22 April 2013

Opel Corsa

In March 2013, the Netherlands car market posted a deep 32.1% drop with first quarter sales collapsed by 30.3% hit by economic recession. Behind Volkswagen, Opel soared in second place thanks to outstanding Corsa sales.

The Netherlands: Car Market slumped by 27% in February 2013. Opel crashed!
04 March 2013

Kia Picanto

Car market in The Netherlands was frozen in February, with sales declining 27.1% from last year posting the 12th decline in the last 14 months. Renault and Opel have significantly lost share, while Kia and Hyundai gained.

Dutch Car Market in January 2013 collapsed 31%. Kia, BMW & Audi were hot
13 February 2013

Volkswagen Up!

Confirming the negative momentum, the Dutch car market in January posted an heavy fall of 31.8%. Following reduced speed in December, BMW and Audi started the year with booming share. Kia was really strong as well.

Dutch Car Market dropped 10% in the 2012. Renault Megane on top.
24 January 2013

Toyota Aygo

In spite of a positive 5.4% December performance, the Dutch car market ended the year with a loss of 9.7% from last year. Thanks to the outstanding sales performance of Megane, Renault was market leader ahead of Volkswagen.

The Netherlands car market fell 26% in November 2012. Renault on the top.
09 December 2012

Renault Megane

In November, the Nederlands car market was down 26.7% with year-to-date sales down 10.2%. Renault posted a phenomenal month, taking the market leadership with a share of 13.1%, thanks to an outstanding Megane performance. Ford lost 4 points of share.

Dutch Car Market collapsed 39% in October 2012. Ford was up.
05 November 2012

Renault Megane

October reported really low volumes for the car market in the Netherlands. After 10th year-on-year declines in a string, the market collapsed by 38.9% from last year. Ford gained the market leadership pushed by strong Focus sales.

Dutch car industry crashed 28% in September 2012. Peugeot & Toyota up.
06 October 2012

Dutch car industry crashed 28% in September 2012. Peugeot & Toyota up.

In September, the Netherlands car market posted 32.090 sales, down 27.8% from last year. Year-to-date sales were 429.094, down 5.9%. Peugeot in 2nd and Toyota in 3rd are the emerging brands in the market.

The Netherlands Car Sales dropped 15% in August 2012. Toyota up, Opel down.
11 September 2012

The Netherlands Car Sales dropped 15% in August 2012. Toyota up, Opel down.

In August, the Netherlands car market posted 33.211 sales, down 15.6% from last year. Year to date sales were 397.000, down 3.5%. Toyota jumped at 11.5% of share doubling the first half level while Opel dropped at 2.9%, the half of 1st half.

The Netherlands car industry outlook at February 2012
05 March 2012

The Netherlands car industry outlook at February 2012

The 1999 was the record year for the Netherlands automotive market. In that year the cars sold were 611.487 and in the following years  the market remained below that peak, with the worst performance achieved in the 2009, the year of the great global economic crisis, when only 387.000 vehicles were registered.