Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Volkswagen last year most popular brand in the Netherlands – NU.nl

There were last year 43.819 new Volkswagens registered, appears Tuesday, data from the RAI Association and BOVAG. With that, comes the by the dieselschandaal troubled carmaker from a market share of 11.4 percent.

Renault (9.2%), Opel (8.5 percent), Peugeot (7.3 percent) and Ford (5.6 percent) to make the top five completely. These manufacturers were in 2015 also in the list of the best-selling brands.

The Volkswagen Golf was last year’s best-selling model (12.432). Followed by the Renault Clio (10.730) and the Volkswagen Polo (9.945). Also the Opel Astra (9.893) and the Volkswagen UP! (8.638) were last year’s popular.

The Opel Astra and the Volkswagen UP! in 2016, the Volvo V40 and Peugeot 308 out of the top five have been displaced.

Less registrations

last year, a total of 382.825 new passenger cars registered. That there are 14.7 percent less than in 2015. The organisations argue that the number of in 2016 are much lower is because of the end of 2015, a large peak was.

In december 2016, were 35.723 new cars registered, more than 48 percent less than a year earlier. Then it went to close to 70,000 registrations. In that month there were a lot of diesels and plug-in hybrids sold that business drivers are still of a more favourable tax additional tax liability could benefit.

In October, estimating the organizations that a previously issued forecast of 400,000 new passenger cars in 2016, not more would be withdrawn. In 2016, there were four categories with percentages of 4, 15, 21 and 25% of list price.

Addition

By 2017, there are still only two bijtellingstarieven for private use of the car of the case: 4 per cent for fully electric cars and 22 percent for the rest. This means that for new plug-in hybrids by 2017, more tax should be paid in 2016. For cars that are more than 106 grams of CO2 per kilometre emissions, in 2017 understand a lower rate. Both types of fall now in the same category of 22 percent.

In the past few months, there was, according to the organisations “a modest additional stream” on plug-in hybrids. Business drivers that a car would have in 2016 is still in the category of 25 percent would fall, have been waiting with picking a new car.

peace of mind

BOVAG and RAI Vereniging think that the car market is now back into “calmer waters”, because the next years, “no major tax changes” and more are planned.

“Thus comes an end to years of distortion, which is mainly the bijtellingsregels determined which brands and models were successful,” said the organizations.

is expected To be this year 415.000 new passenger cars registered.

By: NU.nl

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