The Belgian market has remained stable since a dozen years
- The Belgian market has weathered the crisis of 2008-2009. The volume of registrations (passenger cars), accounted for 525 000 vehicles in 2007 and 536,000 vehicles in 2008. It fell down to 476,000 vehicles in 2009 but rebounded in 2010 (547,000 vehicles) and 2011 (573,000 vehicles). It decreased unfortunately again in 2012 down to 487,000 vehicles.
- The Belgian market actually peaked in 2011, a rare phenomenon in Europe. On the other hand, if we consider the period 2000-2012, this market is finally remained stable (around 500 000 units per year).
- This market is characterized by a high proportion of medium-sized cars (C-segment) in best sold vehicles. Thus, in 2012, Renault Megane (25,000), VW Golf (14 000) and Opel Astra (10,000) occupied the top three positions and the Ford Focus, Nissan Qashqai and BMW 1 Series are also part of the top 10.
- Considering carmakers, the Volkswagen Group is the market leader ahead of PSA and Renault-Nissan. American groups GM and Ford come then before the Korean group Hyundai-Kia.
Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes