We will tell you anything new when we say that this year fewer cars sold than during the same period last year. The international slump in the automotive world is the last half year the order of the day. Major car manufacturers that less than a year ago stood up firmly and sales could record highs, are now on the brink of collapse. In the Netherlands, all is not much better. For example, in April the 30,468 new cars registered. A decrease of 27.9 percent from the same month last year. In the months January to April 2009 were 155,166 registered passenger cars compared to 206,084 in 2008, a decrease of 24.7 percent.

When sales drop 27.9 percent in April 2009 should be noted that in April 2008 was a remarkably good months: 8.3 percent more than in April 2007 and 14.8 percent more than in April 2006. Cause was the introduction of particulate matter differentiation in the BPM by 1 April 2008.

Top selling brands
The five best selling brands in April 2009: Volkswagen (3089), Toyota (2856), Ford (2819), Opel (2426) and Peugeot (2232).

Best-selling models
The five best selling models in April 2009: Volkswagen Golf (1165) Volkswagen Passat (974), Honda Civic (923) Renault Clio (751) and Fiesta (687).

We have again made ​​the list, click here for the pdf .

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