Netherlands Car Sales By Brand : 2000-04

The Peugeot 307 racked up over 25,000 sales in 2003

Clearly the Netherland's economy was in a period of readjustment in the 1990's. Through this time car sales were sliding down and GM Opel was doing it tough, as was VW. Opel's lead evaporated as Renault and Peugeot held their sales and gained market share in the process. It's amazing how some car brands slumped and other didn't at all, even gaining.

The MINI arrived and was soon proving very popular and they even make them in the Netherlands now. On the other hand, Japanese brands were taking a tumble with the exception of Toyota. Hyundai and Kia were both doing well instead. Ominous.

	Rk	Make	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	1	Opel	76,962	68,915	55,220	55,740	49,848
	2	Renault	52,620	49,777	53,233	47,140	48,225
	3	Peugeot	45,524	47,418	49,402	52,416	45,201
	4	VW	71,097	57,919	48,099	40,291	43,319
	5	Ford	50,716	48,266	48,808	42,247	40,699
	6	Toyota	29,896	23,416	24,655	25,947	29,311
	7	Citroën	19,568	21,861	25,673	28,019	24,059
	8	Volvo	17,203	17,884	16,214	15,293	19,246
	9	Fiat	25,157	17,840	17,930	15,531	18,897
	10	Hyundai	14,659	13,339	12,044	15,366	15,176
	11	Seat	21,221	19,773	16,808	13,538	13,910
	12	Kia	5,172	3,253	4,594	8,952	12,837
	13	BMW	12,857	13,185	11,799	10,706	12,531
	14	Suzuki	14,173	13,529	21,675	12,927	11,939
	15	Mercedes	17,361	17,713	15,765	14,434	11,817
	16	Audi	12,082	11,077	11,130	11,486	11,245
	17	Nissan	15,817	11,860	12,178	12,646	10,831
	18	Mazda	15,628	8,895	7,756	11,143	10,633
	19	Chevrolet	13,707	7,061	6,228	8,629	9,328
	20	Mitsubishi	12,620	11,074	7,682	6,907	7,764
	21	Škoda	5,494	7,969	7,367	7,038	6,287
	22	Alfa Romeo	8,117	7,804	6,105	4,704	4,368
	23	Saab	4,360	4,224	3,659	3,736	3,831
	24	Honda	5,416	3,387	4,329	3,513	3,790
	25	Daihatsu	6,962	4,112	4,222	4,160	3,433
	26	Chrysler	5,379	5,954	4,830	3,963	3,267
	27	MINI		488	1,890	2,040	2,064
	28	smart	2,842	2,321	3,009	1,774	2,057
	29	Subaru	2,365	1,306	1,241	1,404	1,646
	30	MG Rover	4,450	2,237	1,922	1,655	1,554
	31	Jaguar	1,427	1,187	1,216	1,214	1,220
	32	Land Rover	1,474	1,427	1,369	1,019	1,034
	33	Lancia	2,835	1,254	554	636	901
	34	Lexus	503	693	486	534	569
	35	Porsche	292	262	279	399	497
	36	GM US	815	751	649	471	443
	37	Ssangyong	109	98	64	73	307
		Others	743	758	660	468	286
		Total	597,623	530,287	510,744	488,159	484,370

Data source: Autoweek.

The MINI made a splash in the Dutch car market