Saturday, January 27, 2018

Italy December 2017

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Panamera PHEV: Hot Seller in Italy


BMW 225xe A. Tourer it's the 2017 Best Seller 


The Italian PEV market saw its sales increase 70% in 2017, to 4.820 units, although sharewise, the numbers are still at a rather embarassing low 0.2%. 

While growth is always good, especially in a low share market like this one, it is sad to see that this previously BEV-predominant market now dominated by PHEVs (59% share), which are growing faster (+97% vs +42%) than BEVs. 

Lack of charging infrastructure?

The PHEV rise is visible in the models ranking, with the BMW 225xe Active Tourer winning the 2017 race, a first for a plug-in hybrid, displacing the veteran (And several times winner) Nissan Leaf to Second Place, with another PHEV (Mercedes GLC350e) closing the podium.

Below the podium positions, there are two hot selling models, with the Smart Fortwo ED scoring 57 units (Best result in 40 months) in December (Best seller of the month) and ending the year in #9 (Will 2018 signal the return to its Best Seller status?), while the Porsche Panamera PHEV was the Second Best Selling model last month, by registering a record 33 units, allowing it to climb to #11.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW won the trophy for the second time in a row, with 26% share, followed by Mercedes (11%), in a distant Second Place, while Tesla and Nissan (Both with 10%) discussed the last place of the podium until the end, with the advantage going for the Californian brand, by a single(!) unit. 

Pl
ItalyDec.     YTD%'16Pl
1BMW 225xe Active Tourer 25513162
2
3
4
5
Nissan Leaf
Mercedes GLC350e 
BMW i3 
Renault Zoe
7
12
25
11
448
370
346
318
14
12
11
10
1
25
5
6
6
7
8
Mini Countryman PHEV
Tesla Model S
Tesla Model X 
15
17
15
311
266
216
10
8
7
N/A
4
26
9
Smart Fortwo ED 571846
39 9
10
11
12
BMW 330e
Porsche Panamera PHEV
Volkswagen Golf GTE
22
33
7
145
142
129
5
4
4
9
31
7
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
19
21
22
23
BMW X5 40e
Audi A3 e-Tron
Volvo XC90 T8
BMW 530e
Citröen C-Zero
Volkswagen Passat GTE
Toyota Prius PHEV
Audi Q7 e-Tron
Kia Optima PHEV
Volvo V60 Plug-In
Volkswagen e-Up!
15
1
5
25
1
3
7
3
12

3
117
115
112
111
87
70
66
65
63
58
55
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
13
19
12
N/A
8
14
N/A
24
30
20
18 
24BMW 740e651221
25
26
27
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Volkswagen e-Golf 
Smart Forfour ED
3
12
11
46
37
36
1
1
1
10
37
N/A
28Citroen E-Mehari135133
29
30

Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia
Porsche Cayenne Plug-in
Others
3
1
34
33
29
146
1
1
6
23
20


TOTAL3814.820100


Source: greenstart.it; unrae.it

2 comments:

  1. Hi.
    Are sales for the various PHEV models estimates or exact figures?
    (For PHEVs I could only find the quarterly totals at ACEA.be.
    I've never seen detailed figures for models or even months on either UNRAE.it or GreenStart.it.)
    Thanks

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