Norway Top 40 Models : 2018

This list is electric. No, really. It's all about electric or hybrids and any that aren't offering either will be increasingly pushed down the rankings. The new leaf has turned over a new leaf with a leap up in sales. Another model leaping ahead was the Jaguar i-Pace, which was only on sale for the latter part of the year. It will be interesting to see what a whole year on the market and new

Finland / Norway JLR Comparison : 2010-16

Let's get into the the north of Europe now with two cold nations. This should be ideal territory for LR cars with their excellent handling of extreme condition. Finland averages 112,000 sales and Norway 142,000. One difference is that the Norwegians buy more premium marques, an advantage straight away in this comparison with JLR.

Finland: LR just doesn't do that well here, with Jaguar almost

Norway Premium Comparison : 2010-16

Premium cars are proving popular in many nations. They are often outselling cheaper mainstream brand while at the same time making more profit. More recently the most aggressive attack on this segment have been the BAM marques, BMW, Audi and Mercedes Benz. However other car makers are striking back and the competition is heating up. So a look at sales in this decade would be interesting.

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Norway Car Sales - Brand / 2016

A series of increases through the decade has pushed passenger car sales into record territory. You don't have to be selling electric or hybrid cars to do well here, but it certainly helps. Volkswagen has been the leader since 2010 and doesn't look like losing it. BMW and Mercedes Benz both had good years, reaching their highest rankings ever.

In the chart below, pale yellow represents a