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Dutch consumers continue to buy shy as it comes to cars. But also structural factors involved. The car loses its value as a status symbol
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Aumacon, expertise in the automotive industry, its forecast for car sales in 2014 drastically downwards.
The organization will now assume that this year about 380 thousand new cars are sold, the lowest number of years since 1969 that made the institute announced Monday (pdf). Earlier Aumacon went from about 415 thousand new sales
Car 2014. Lowest in 45 years
According Aumacon director Clem Dickmann struggling sales of new cars in the Netherlands have been working with hefty adversity and are the reasons for the demand of a structural nature. “The role played by the car in our lives, is waning. Transport as well as in the role of status attribute is the car less important to be. A typical Dutch phenomenon, it seems, “said Dickmann.
As an example the market connoisseur that three luxury car brands, so called premium brands, are in the top 10 best-selling cars in Belgium. “In the Netherlands, no. The focus of the Dutch market in 2014 again continued shift toward smaller cars, “said Dickmann.
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The leasing market will benefit this year, according to him, the fiscal policy for the business drivers, such as the longer favorable aggregation scheme. “These certainly do their work, which can be expected in the last quarter of this year extra crowds at the dealers. But that will certainly not to the same extent as the end of 2013 and thus insufficient to salvage this year. “ Read buy new car? We prefer to first solve debt The SUV is back, and that’s good news for Toyota 
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