The biggest descenders/ascenders in the leasemarkt [Q1 2016]

Posted on 11-04-2016 at 17:02 by autoblogger – 2 Comments”

Last quarter there were more than 8% less vehicles, compared with the previous year. We look at the biggest descenders and ascenders.

In the month of march were 7.550, new cars on behalf of leasing companies compared to 8.834 pieces in march 2015, a decrease of 14.5 percent. If we look at the whole quarter (Q1) then the leasemarkt a decrease of 8.2 percent. This is according to figures from VWE, edited by AUMACON. The fall of this year, incidentally, is entirely according to expectation. By the further deterioration of the tax advantages are many leaserijders in the past few years, with a new car.

Volkswagen reserves despite the sjoemelaffaire its leading position in the leasing companies; the brand delivers, however, on market share. The Germans recorded this year but 4.068 new lease cars compared to 6.162 units in the first three months of 2015, a decrease of 34 percent! The market share fell to 18 percent (down to 25.1 per cent in Q1-2015). Nevertheless, it was Volkswagen in march with four models in the models top 10 is represented.

The risers
Especially Opel and Skoda with a rise in the leasemarkt. Opel climbed this year, with more than 34 per cent, and now occupies the third place in the leasemerkenrijtje, the on place four standing Skoda, note even an increase of 40 percent.

The descenders
Especially the French brands to see their popularity in the leasemarkt striking rap fall. Renault (-54%), Peugeot (-20%) and Citroën (-61%) pockets far away in the merkenrijtje. Mazda (+90%) and Hyundai (+266%), however, have the taste of it, whether they play in absolute numbers only a modest role.