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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท December 2023

The Netherlands registered 45 733 passenger cars in December 2023: 26 146 new cars (57.2% of the total) and 19 587 used imports. That is down 7.1% on November 2023 and down 6.6% on December 2022. Year to date the market stands at 608 148 registrations, up 12.6% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 021 registrations and a 13.2% share, ahead of TOYOTA (3 423) and BMW (3 409). Together the top three brands took 28.1% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, VOLVO grew fastest year on year (+45.1%) while AUDI fell furthest (โˆ’24.8%). The best-selling model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 1 525 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 236) and the VOLVO XC40 (1 021).

Battery-electric cars took 26.3% of all registrations. Among new cars alone the electric share was 42.4%. Plug-in hybrids took 13.7%, other hybrids 20.7%, diesel 2.9% and petrol 36.1%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 2 450 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (1 408). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 1 525 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (823). New cars averaged 66.6 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.7 years old when they were registered.

December 2023 was the weakest of the 4 months on this page, which average 48 137 registrations a month; the strongest was September 2023 with 49 311.

45 733
vs previous month โˆ’7.1% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’6.6%
26 146
New share 57.2%
19 587
Avg import age (yrs) 5.7
26.3%
12 030 BEV ยท 6 287 PHEV (13.7%)
42.4%
11 084 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol16 528 (36.1%)Diesel1 336 (2.9%)Hybrid9 456 (20.7%)Plug-in hybrid6 287 (13.7%)Battery electric12 030 (26.3%)Gas (LPG / CNG)18 (0.0%)Other78 (0.2%)

Models 1002

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10TESLAMODEL Y1 502231 5251 5250+13.0%โˆ’34.3%14 065+249.0%
2+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF2439931 2369305+1.5%+36.1%14 253+9.4%
3+2VOLVOXC407492721 021777179+7.8%+28.1%10 950+30.7%
4โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENPOLO38456294600โˆ’25.0%โˆ’1.3%14 510+9.8%
5+6AUDIA35642788420123+28.2%+79.1%6 848+18.3%
6+9RENAULTCLIO67316283500+39.4%โˆ’36.1%6 473+3.4%
7+2TESLAMODEL 3792318238230+6.1%+100.7%5 714+246.7%
8โˆ’2KIANIRO59816576342397โˆ’9.3%โˆ’5.3%9 656+5.8%
9+15TOYOTACOROLLA6398872700+49.0%+4.8%6 684+29.1%
10โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS36333469700โˆ’11.8%โˆ’9.9%8 860โˆ’0.2%
11+6OPELCORSA4302576873610+23.8%+7.0%9 003โˆ’6.3%
12+33TOYOTAAYGO X5733861100+85.7%+1.0%6 176+25.0%
130RENAULTCAPTUR353257610061โˆ’4.1%โˆ’27.7%7 670โˆ’11.1%
14+37VOLKSWAGENID.4553365895890+88.8%โˆ’25.3%4 844+44.1%
15+15MGMG457015715710+33.4%+1486.1%2 949+8091.7%
16+30BMWIX1556115675670+75.0%+1618.2%3 485+7476.1%
17โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN1394285670116โˆ’12.2%+25.4%7 741+21.1%
18+5MINIMINI3651525171610+5.7%+30.9%6 016โˆ’8.8%
19+15FORDFIESTA30021351300+26.4%+3.6%5 790โˆ’6.5%
20+5BMW3 SERIES1892964850266+1.7%+42.2%5 177+12.9%
21โˆ’17KIAPICANTO3837746000โˆ’53.6%โˆ’45.6%11 104+38.8%
22โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENT-ROC7937845700โˆ’15.8%+3.6%7 215+14.5%
23+5FORDKUGA1842714550387+4.8%+56.9%6 788+66.2%
24โˆ’17VOLKSWAGENUP288167455230โˆ’44.0%+70.4%6 849+47.2%
25โˆ’3VOLVOXC601912634540392โˆ’7.5%+73.9%4 901+26.3%
26โˆ’12SKODAOCTAVIA290151441065โˆ’30.3%+141.0%5 662+55.8%
27+10KIACEED318110428051+15.1%+101.9%4 455โˆ’2.5%
28โˆ’9NISSANQASHQAI16426342700โˆ’18.5%โˆ’9.9%6 193+1.4%
29+13BMWI4414104244240+21.5%โˆ’28.5%3 396+40.4%
30+1FORDFOCUS13828642400โˆ’0.2%โˆ’30.0%6 863โˆ’10.6%
31+38TOYOTAC-HR24116040100+72.1%+32.3%3 871โˆ’12.5%
32โˆ’22TOYOTAYARIS CROSS25313038300โˆ’45.6%โˆ’42.8%7 197+12.7%
33+3MAZDACX-524613037600+0.8%0.0%4 644+35.9%
34โˆ’7VOLVOV602191413600122โˆ’18.2%+88.5%3 577+15.1%
35โˆ’9RENAULTMEGANE2797735623917โˆ’21.4%โˆ’9.0%6 517+86.1%
36+24PEUGEOT20081281903181090+17.8%โˆ’18.3%6 598โˆ’15.9%
37+28VOLKSWAGENID.3269473163160+31.7%โˆ’38.4%4 294+52.1%
38+6SEATIBIZA16614931500โˆ’4.8%โˆ’12.3%4 844+30.5%
39โˆ’18KIASPORTAGE22391314078โˆ’36.0%+50.2%5 392+36.4%
40โˆ’5FIAT500131182313260โˆ’21.6%โˆ’24.2%7 130+2.9%
41โˆ’25SEATLEON94217311053โˆ’46.9%+32.9%4 225+0.6%
42+7VOLKSWAGENPASSAT672373040192โˆ’4.1%+139.4%2 819+46.1%
43โˆ’2BMWX5912032940260โˆ’16.0%+82.6%3 007+46.2%
44โˆ’6MERCEDES-BENZA492432920109โˆ’21.5%โˆ’14.4%4 560โˆ’4.6%
45+48JEEPAVENGER28902892870+75.2%โ€“1 198โ€“
46+7AUDIQ3422382800111โˆ’8.5%+18.1%3 260+13.6%
470FORDPUMA9918027900โˆ’13.1%+1.8%4 117โˆ’8.8%
48+2SKODAKAROQ1918227300โˆ’13.3%+60.6%2 956+32.4%
49+88VOLKSWAGENID.526042642640+222.0%โˆ’65.8%990โˆ’28.5%
50+18DACIAJOGGER258526300+11.9%+89.2%2 103+69.2%

Electric models 116

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL Y1 502231 52512.7%+13.0%โˆ’34.3%14 065
20TESLAMODEL 3792318236.8%+6.1%+100.7%5 714
30VOLVOXC40741367776.5%+33.5%+36.3%6 546
4+5VOLKSWAGENID.4553365894.9%+88.8%โˆ’25.3%4 844
50MGMG457015714.8%+33.4%+1486.1%2 949
6+2BMWIX1556115674.7%+75.0%+1618.2%3 485
70BMWI4414104243.5%+21.5%โˆ’28.5%3 396
8โˆ’4KIANIRO408154233.5%โˆ’16.6%+0.5%5 229
9+3OPELCORSA351103613.0%+65.6%+276.0%3 354
10+1VOLKSWAGENID.3269473162.6%+31.7%โˆ’38.4%4 294
11+10JEEPAVENGER28702872.4%+78.3%โ€“1 170
12+26VOLKSWAGENID.526042642.2%+222.0%โˆ’65.7%990
13+5VOLVOC4025282602.2%+42.9%+26.8%2 080
14โˆ’4RENAULTMEGANE228112392.0%โˆ’18.7%+66.0%3 840
15+5KIAEV6221132342.0%+41.8%โˆ’21.7%2 897
16+31DACIASPRING193102031.7%+250.0%โˆ’20.1%1 861
17โˆ’3MGZS18361891.6%โˆ’6.9%+204.8%2 047
18โˆ’3POLESTARPOLESTAR 2156131691.4%โˆ’15.9%โˆ’70.4%2 107
19+4BMWIX3150111611.3%+11.8%โˆ’51.2%1 898
20+4MINIMINI147141611.3%+22.9%+53.3%1 693

Battery-electric cars only (no plug-in hybrids). Share is of all BEV registrations in the month. Because monthly counts per model are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 147

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 6363 3856 0211 30268526913.2%โˆ’5.1%โˆ’1.1%75 503+19.1%
2+2TOYOTA2 2851 1383 42392562 3167.5%+9.6%โˆ’6.2%40 301+2.1%
30BMW2 0551 3543 4091 4089581297.5%+9.2%+14.7%35 575+17.3%
4+1AUDI1 1361 6762 8123495589786.2%+1.5%โˆ’24.8%31 101+4.2%
5โˆ’3KIA2 0866282 7147392827355.9%โˆ’20.2%โˆ’5.4%40 545+14.0%
6+1VOLVO1 6471 0612 7081 1119902875.9%+8.6%+45.1%26 849+27.2%
7+2RENAULT1 7577572 514329781 0985.5%+3.8%โˆ’23.7%31 227+7.2%
8+2TESLA2 380702 4502 450005.4%+10.7%โˆ’14.1%20 528+244.3%
9โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZ8191 2732 0925075331754.6%โˆ’15.7%+5.3%29 058+7.2%
10+1FORD7781 1981 976554108134.3%+6.0%โˆ’10.1%27 279โˆ’0.6%
11โˆ’5SKODA1 1775251 7021521712613.7%โˆ’36.3%+21.2%26 428+26.3%
12+1OPEL6237591 3824239503.0%โˆ’4.8%โˆ’13.8%23 881+0.7%
13+4MAZDA7223821 104161405852.4%+6.2%+15.6%14 152+22.2%
140PEUGEOT3817011 082241135152.4%โˆ’22.9%โˆ’38.6%27 852โˆ’7.5%
15โˆ’3HYUNDAI542439981250882822.2%โˆ’46.7%โˆ’31.8%24 316+9.4%
16โˆ’1SEAT3246059291579602.0%โˆ’30.5%โˆ’9.3%13 993+12.3%
17+2DACIA7661138792030851.9%+10.8%+3.2%8 440+19.6%
18+2MG842218638243401.9%+10.6%+270.4%6 458+269.9%
19โˆ’3SUZUKI4064178230216071.8%โˆ’22.3%+36.0%12 365+29.8%
20+1MINI4593077661619811.7%+1.6%+16.1%9 389โˆ’6.7%
21โˆ’3NISSAN37035372313503321.6%โˆ’15.1%โˆ’35.8%11 639โˆ’3.6%
220CITROEN118384502383791.1%โˆ’12.1%โˆ’35.6%10 489โˆ’19.7%
230FIAT1702934635902071.0%โˆ’12.3%โˆ’18.2%9 248โˆ’2.4%
24+4JEEP298753732873580.8%+26.0%+239.1%3 154+92.0%
25โˆ’1CUPRA1641933579822730.8%โˆ’20.0%โˆ’65.3%3 201โˆ’3.5%
26โˆ’1MITSUBISHI2001193190153240.7%โˆ’28.2%+16.4%5 017+24.7%
27โˆ’1LAND ROVER772072840181270.6%โˆ’32.2%+14.5%5 007+36.8%
28โˆ’1PORSCHE20189209535810.5%โˆ’32.6%โˆ’22.3%4 479+3.2%
290POLESTAR15613169169000.4%โˆ’15.9%โˆ’70.4%2 109โˆ’13.6%
300HONDA5210115336780.3%โˆ’18.6%+19.5%2 067โˆ’4.9%

Electric brands 43

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA2 380702 45020.4%+10.7%โˆ’14.1%20 528
20BMW1 361471 40811.7%+50.9%+22.8%10 060
30VOLKSWAGEN1 1731291 30210.8%+62.3%โˆ’40.2%11 817
4+1VOLVO1 067441 1119.2%+45.2%+43.4%8 701
5+1MG81598246.9%+9.3%+278.0%6 004
6โˆ’2KIA707327396.1%โˆ’7.2%+2.1%8 547
70MERCEDES-BENZ442655074.2%โˆ’8.2%+47.8%4 851
8+4OPEL403204233.5%+27.4%+135.0%6 011
9+2AUDI2131363492.9%+3.9%โˆ’82.5%5 241
100RENAULT283463292.7%โˆ’18.4%+5.1%5 994

Counts are cars first registered in the Netherlands in the month, measured on the RDW register snapshot taken a few days after the month ended and frozen there, so a month never changes once published. Cars exported later stay in the register for two years and only scrapped cars vanish: measured against CBS, a 36-month window loses at most 1.4 % (2025 100.6 %, 2024 99.6 %, 2023 98.6 %, 2022 97.6 % of the official new-car counts). Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.