These were the best-selling cars in October

11,655 new passenger cars were registered in October, according to the reports of the Road Traffic Advisory Committee (FVO).

It is 6.6% lower than the same month last year, but in return it was the most used cars that changed owners. 43,992 second-hand cars were re-registered in October. In addition, 1961 also includes used cars, which in many cases are only cars registered in other countries and then sent directly to Norway.

About four out of ten people were electric cars

38.6% of newly registered cars were zero emission cars. four According to OFV, among these, there were hydrogen cars, the rest of the electric cars, which get their data from the administration of Norwegian public roads. The zero emission rate was significantly higher than last month (21.4%), but lower than in September, when it reached 45.3%.

However, September was the last month of the quarter, resulting in Tesla, for example, significantly more deliveries than previous months, which motivates the electric car manufacturer.

The market share of hybrid cars was 28.3%, of which almost 60% were plug-in hybrids.

Volkswagen back to the top

Among the brands, Volkswagen took over the throne of Tesla after a weak September. More than 14% of all cars registered in October were Volkswagen. Tesla, meanwhile, had a very quiet month after a busy September, delivering only 201 cars in October. This gave them a market share of only 1.7%.

Behind Volkswagen followed Nissan (11.7%) and Toyota (10.3%).

One brand that has probably had a record month is Jaguar, which released 458 cars in October. This was obviously due to the start of the delivery of the electric car i-Pace, despite a starting price of 600,000 crowns (650,000 now, after a rise in prices in early October) that has sold well. According to OFV, i-Pace was even the fifth most registered car in Norway in October, and Jaguar is the seventh largest car.

In comparison, Jaguar delivered 23 cars the same month last year and 125 cars in September.

Where is Hyundai Kona?

Hyundai Kona is a car remarkably absent from statistics. Although the OFV does not publish any other figures than the best-selling car models so far this year, we can deduce that Hyundai has not delivered more than 136 women in October.

That's a bad thing, throughout the year, Hyundai was expected to deliver 2,500 vehicles in 2018. At the time of writing this paper, 536 female electricians have been delivered, according to elbilstatistikk.no.

Marketing director Christian Stenbo, at Hyundai, said that they were still in the initial phase of production and that it was difficult with two months of shipping time in Norway. He says he's not going to call the situation a delay.

"The numbers we mentioned earlier this year are based on what we knew in March and the mares get older when we talk in November.What's more relevant than the total for the individual consumer is that a delay of Delivery has been communicated from us to each retailer, who must then pass it on to the customers.Customers will get a car – most of the time – according to what is communicated individually, Stenbo tells Tek.no.

Stenbo also says that they received a car delivery at the end of October, which does not cover monthly statistics.

1000 new

After ordering from all customers, including those who did not initially have a license number, Hyundai received 1,000 new orders on July 2, Stenbo said.

"This comes from customers who are very much aware that we are expecting a delivery as of the second half of 2020, and despite the fact that we have made it clear that they should expect a price adjustment. We must take into account the factory adjustments over a period of two years, "said Stenbo, who also takes this opportunity to launch a strike against sister brand and competitor Kia, who released the award for his new e-Niro earlier this week.

The size and range of the two cars' batteries are virtually identical, but Niro is a slightly larger car.

"It's more expensive without really having a lot more cars for the money." I dare say that we are providing a much better set at a more favorable price, "says Stenbo.

Here are the best-selling car models so far this year. The list is sorted by total for the year and therefore neither i-Pace nor Kona med.

Source: Road Traffic Advisory Council