Economy The Belgian remains very attached to his car. The number of newly registered cars in Belgium, there is last year again improved. There were exactly 549.632 new cars registered, and that is 0.6 percent or 3,000 cars more than in 2017 and set a new record since 2011. That it appears from the figures that sector federation Febiac today. Remarkably, and not surprisingly, the share of diesel vehicles continues to decline.
The figures are impressive: just ten years ago, the proportion of new diesels still at nearly 80 percent. At the end of 2017 was the share of diesel cars in the tender already dropped to 46 percent, and in 2018, ended in that figure a further 24 per cent lower to 35.5 per cent. Good for almost 195.000 new copies. New petrol cars benefit thereof: that market share increases from 48 to almost 59 percent, or almost 321.500 pieces. the
The number of cars that are not on a traditional fuel ride, continued last year low. Because, even though an increasing number of electric cars strong from 2,700 to over 3,600, compared to the total bids they remain marginal (0,66%). More even: there were 4,000 pieces are now more cars on natural gas (CNG) sold (2,500 years earlier) than electric. The number of new hybrids slowed to 4.5 percent of sales, good for a small 25,000 copies.
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The total sales for a long time not as high. Addition, the sales of cars in the last four months, hampered by the new WLTP standard, the mandatory new emissietesten. The number of registrations decreased this last quarter with 17 percent, but in spite of that big decline for the whole of 2018 is still an increase of 0.6 percent was recorded. the
The total sum of 549.632 comes so close to the absolute record of 2011 (see chart). In that year the sales figures have to be driven by the announced end of the premiums which were awarded to vehicles with low CO2 emissions, then mainly diesel cars.
Volkswagen is a leader
Best-selling brand continued to be Volkswagen with 52.738 pieces, accounting for almost ten percent of the sales, followed by Renault that 50.213 cars could sell. Further, in the top-five are Peugeot, BMW and Mercedes. Striking silver was Tesla, but 878 pieces of the man could bring, a decline of more than 23,72%.
Also due to an increase in vans, trucks and motorcycles
At the vans drew Febiac an increase of 2 percent, goods vehicles up to 16 tonnes increased by 16 percent, and heavy vehicles of more than 16 tons increased by 9 percent. Also the number of motorbikes could be an increase in growth, of 11 percent.
Febiac points out that this inschrijvingscijfers “is usually a reflection of the economic health of our country”.
