Volkswagen is the most popular carmaker in Belgium for the first time since last September.
The Belgian new car market improves by an outlandish 23.9% year-on-year in February to 39,883 units. This leads to a year-to-date volume up 20.5% to 79,730. A rarity these days, Volkswagen (+49.6%) edges past BMW (+36.4%) for just 23 sales to claim its first monthly win since last September and only its third in the past 17 months. BMW remains the year-to-date best-seller. Peugeot (+20.3%), Audi (+15.3%) and Mercedes (+6%) close out the Top 5 but all trail the market, as do Toyota (+12.1%) and Renault (-15.4%) below. The next four carmakers all beat the market and improve their share year-on-year, with Skoda (+73.9%) the most dynamic above Volvo (+32%), Dacia (+31.1%) and Opel (+29.9%). Notice also Cupra (+505.5%), Land Rover (+224.3%), Suzuki (+116.5%) and Tesla (+58.3%) all in excellent shape.
Previous month: Belgium January 2023: Volvo (+42.3%), Mercedes (+40.8%) stand out in strong market (+17.4%)
One year ago: Belgium February 2022: BMW leader for the 9th time in the past 12 months, market off -11.9%
Full February 2023 Top 57 all brands ranking below.
Belgium February 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Feb-23 | % | /22 | Jan | 2023 | % | /21 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 3,673 | 9.2% | 49.6% | 3 | 6,947 | 8.7% | 40.6% | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | BMW | 3,650 | 9.2% | 36.4% | 1 | 7,799 | 9.8% | 30.0% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Peugeot | 2,938 | 7.4% | 20.3% | 4 | 6,028 | 7.6% | 2.7% | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Audi | 2,797 | 7.0% | 15.3% | 6 | 5,429 | 6.8% | 9.3% | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Mercedes | 2,694 | 6.8% | 6.0% | 2 | 6,278 | 7.9% | 23.4% | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Toyota | 2,296 | 5.8% | 12.1% | 5 | 4,951 | 6.2% | 15.7% | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Renault | 2,015 | 5.1% | -15.4% | 8 | 3,733 | 4.7% | -20.1% | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Volvo | 1,946 | 4.9% | 32.0% | 7 | 3,883 | 4.9% | 37.0% | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | Skoda | 1,760 | 4.4% | 73.9% | 9 | 3,313 | 4.2% | 42.2% | 9 | 14 |
| 10 | Opel | 1,708 | 4.3% | 29.9% | 13 | 3,023 | 3.8% | 35.8% | 11 | 13 |
| 11 | Dacia | 1,621 | 4.1% | 31.1% | 12 | 3,008 | 3.8% | 5.6% | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | Citroen | 1,582 | 4.0% | 12.5% | 15 | 2,612 | 3.3% | -11.0% | 14 | 8 |
| 13 | Ford | 1,563 | 3.9% | 29.5% | 10 | 3,044 | 3.8% | 20.0% | 10 | 11 |
| 14 | Kia | 1,464 | 3.7% | 6.8% | 11 | 2,906 | 3.6% | 18.9% | 13 | 10 |
| 15 | Hyundai | 1,096 | 2.7% | 26.6% | 14 | 2,296 | 2.9% | 51.3% | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Nissan | 889 | 2.2% | 13.1% | 16 | 1,704 | 2.1% | 19.0% | 16 | 17 |
| 17 | Seat | 849 | 2.1% | 36.7% | 17 | 1,532 | 1.9% | 29.6% | 17 | 19 |
| 18 | Tesla | 812 | 2.0% | 58.3% | 20 | 1,421 | 1.8% | 156.5% | 18 | 20 |
| 19 | Land Rover | 548 | 1.4% | 224.3% | 23 | 1,079 | 1.4% | 139.2% | 21 | 23 |
| 20 | Mini | 522 | 1.3% | -24.8% | 19 | 1,163 | 1.5% | -21.5% | 19 | 16 |
| 21 | Mazda | 464 | 1.2% | 43.2% | 22 | 1,032 | 1.3% | 40.2% | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Fiat | 429 | 1.1% | 5.9% | 18 | 1,103 | 1.4% | 38.4% | 20 | 18 |
| 23 | Suzuki | 407 | 1.0% | 116.5% | 25 | 710 | 0.9% | 100.6% | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | Cupra | 333 | 0.8% | 505.5% | 29 | 490 | 0.6% | 380.4% | 26 | 28 |
| 25 | Porsche | 326 | 0.8% | 37.0% | 21 | 925 | 1.2% | 8.8% | 23 | 22 |
| 26 | Jeep | 212 | 0.5% | 46.2% | 24 | 526 | 0.7% | 70.2% | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | DS | 201 | 0.5% | 35.8% | 27 | 365 | 0.5% | 25.9% | 28 | 25 |
| 28 | Lynk & Co | 191 | 0.5% | 5.5% | 26 | 452 | 0.6% | 29.5% | 27 | 29 |
| 29 | Alfa Romeo | 124 | 0.3% | 121.4% | 31 | 259 | 0.3% | 91.9% | 30 | 34 |
| 30 | MG | 118 | 0.3% | 162.2% | 28 | 280 | 0.4% | 197.9% | 29 | 33 |
| 31 | SsangYong | 114 | 0.3% | -0.9% | 33 | 225 | 0.3% | -24.0% | 33 | 31 |
| 32 | Honda | 96 | 0.2% | -43.9% | 32 | 231 | 0.3% | -24.3% | 31 | 30 |
| 33 | Polestar | 88 | 0.2% | -42.9% | 30 | 226 | 0.3% | -12.7% | 32 | 27 |
| 34 | Jaguar | 87 | 0.2% | -24.3% | 36 | 155 | 0.2% | -22.5% | 35 | 32 |
| 35 | Lexus | 84 | 0.2% | 6.3% | 34 | 172 | 0.2% | -11.3% | 34 | 35 |
| 36 | Subaru | 46 | 0.1% | 100.0% | 35 | 117 | 0.1% | 112.7% | 36 | 36 |
| 37 | BYD | 45 | 0.1% | new | 38 | 70 | 0.1% | new | 37 | 47 |
| 38 | Dongfeng Sokon (DFSK) | 14 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 40 | 31 | 0.0% | 40.9% | 39 | 37 |
| 39 | Ferrari | 13 | 0.0% | 30.0% | 42 | 25 | 0.0% | 19.0% | 41 | 38 |
| 40 | Alpine | 11 | 0.0% | 175.0% | 41 | 27 | 0.0% | 92.9% | 40 | 41 |
| 41 | Smart | 9 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 44 | 18 | 0.0% | -5.3% | 43 | 43 |
| 42 | Bentley | 8 | 0.0% | 60.0% | 37 | 34 | 0.0% | 61.9% | 38 | 39 |
| 43 | Lamborghini | 6 | 0.0% | 200.0% | 47 | 11 | 0.0% | 57.1% | 44 | 45 |
| 44 | Lotus | 5 | 0.0% | 66.7% | 55 | 6 | 0.0% | -14.3% | 51 | 49 |
| 45 | Maserati | 4 | 0.0% | -55.6% | 39 | 24 | 0.0% | 4.3% | 42 | 42 |
| 46 | BAIC | 4 | 0.0% | -20.0% | 46 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 47 | 44 |
| 47 | Aston Martin | 3 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 45 | 9 | 0.0% | 80.0% | 46 | 46 |
| 48 | Tripod | 3 | 0.0% | 200.0% | 48 | 8 | 0.0% | 700.0% | 48 | 50 |
| 49 | Allied Vehicles | 3 | 0.0% | -88.9% | 50 | 6 | 0.0% | -83.8% | 49 | 40 |
| 50 | API | 3 | 0.0% | n/a | 52 | 5 | 0.0% | n/a | 52 | 53 |
| 51 | Chevrolet | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 49 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50 | 52 |
| 52 | Alpina | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | – | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 57 | 57 |
| 53 | Aiways | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 43 | 10 | 0.0% | 400.0% | 45 | 48 |
| 54 | Morgan | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 56 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 56 | 55 |
| 55 | JAC | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 59 | 61 |
| 56 | Rolls-Royce | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 1 | 0.0% | -50.0% | 60 | 51 |
| 57 | SWM | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 1 | 0.0% | new | 61 | 66 |
Source: Febiac
