September car sales nearly 8% higher, Volkswagen most popular make
A total of 35,964 new cars were sold in the month of September, a 7.9% increase over the year-earlier month, car sector organisations RAI Vereniging, BOVAG and RDC said in a statement on Wednesday.
The lobby groups said 323,797 new cars were registered in the nine months through September, a 13.6% increase over the first nine months of 2016 when 285,115 new cars were sold in the Netherlands.
The most popular makes in September were Volkswagen with a 10.7% market share, followed by Opel (10.4%), Renault (8.6%), Peugeot (8.4%) and Kia (5.5%).
The Volkswagen Golf, including the Sportsvan, was the single most popular model sold in September, the groups said.
Thank you for donating to DutchNews.nl.
We could not provide the Dutch News service, and keep it free of charge, without the generous support of our readers. Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter, and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day.
Make a donation