Here are the cars that sold the best during the 2016 – Göteborgs-Posten

Economy, car Sales in Sweden beats the record. In 2016, was sold 372 300 cars in the country. The best-selling car is, as usual, a Volvo.

there were 372 296 new passenger cars in Sweden in 2016. It is 7.9 per cent more than in 2015 and, as expected, a new record on the Swedish market.
Next year is expected to be slightly weaker. According to Car’s forecast ends up the sale of around 360 000 passenger cars in 2017.

Five years

” The players who believe in a weaker year, it is with the arguments to it after the sun comes rain, and that several plants are undergoing conversions in 2017. It affects the sales negatively. But the 360 000 is still very good, we think overall car sales continued to develop strongly in the coming five years, ” says Bertil Moldén.
The Swedish households are expected to namely have more money to spend during the year, while interest rates continue to be low and employment high.

luxury Cars all the more common

” the Economy continues to be strong. We see no yellow or red lights flashing, all the parameters are pointing rather upwards. Household disposable income is expected to increase and then there are many who wish to buy or lease a new car – the number of andrabilar for example, has increased dramatically in recent years, ” says Bertil Moldén.
Several luxury brands is also increasing its Swedish sales significantly, from relatively low numbers should be added. Jaguar grew its sales by 136 per cent in Sweden during the last year, while Maserati is increasing 37 per cent, Lamborghini with 61 per cent and Bentley with 63 per cent.

Sweden’s best-selling car – a Volvo

Households in which both adults have jobs and own a home that may have gone up greatly in price, can now treat themselves to buy a more luxurious car, ” says Bertil Moldén.
Sweden’s most sold car is, however, still, with large margins, a Volvo. Volvo Cars is, however, one of the producers already in 2016, has been hit hard by the change in production. The shift from the V70 to the new V90 has not been as good as the automaker itself hoped for and the Swedish market has therefore declined in the past six months. Also during december fell to Volvo Cars sales by 11.9 per cent in Sweden.