Port director Arne Fosen in Drammen says all space in the port is now in use, and in addition, other areas outside the port area are also used to store cars. A total of 13,000 cars are now parked at Drammen harbor and Lierstranda. He has not seen anything like this since the financial crisis in 2008, when car sales came to an abrupt halt. PROMOTION: Customers can save up to NOK 130,000 on ready-to-deliver Polestar electric cars including equipment package and promotional interest, according to the manufacturer. Photo: Lars Thomas Nordby / news – We notice the trend change in car sales a little late. Imports remained high for the first four or five months of this year, but in June there was a solid decline, says Fosen, who believes things changed after the taxes were set up. There are now more cars in stock than in a long time. Similar conditions have not existed since the financial crisis in 2008, according to port director Arne Fosen. Photo: Lars Thomas Nordby / news Porsche down 83 per cent – After two record years in car sales in ’21 and ’22, it is headed for a decline of around 20 per cent in 2023, says director of the Road Traffic Information Council, Øyvind Solberg Thorsen. Sales fall most in the so-called Premium market, show the statistics for new car sales so far this year. Especially the more expensive electric SUVs of NOK 7-800,000 and up. BMW, Audi and Mercedes are down 40-50 per cent compared to their peak years, but the worst thing has happened to Porsche, which is down a whopping 83 per cent. SALES FAILURE: Porche’s all-electric Taycan is down 91 percent in sales in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. The Taycan costs from NOK 950,000 and up. Photo: BENJAMIN A.WARD – The fee increases have hit us harder than many others, says working chairman Morten Scheel of the dealer group Autozentrum Holding to Finansavisen. Porsche in Norway has had to lay off employees due to lower turnover. Many registrations before tax increase BMW’s large electric SUV iX is down a whopping 97 percent so far this year. But the importer reminds that this year’s figures must be seen in the context of the second half of 2022. Many cars were registered in November and December to avoid the tax increase from the turn of the year. – After two years of particularly high new car sales, 2023 will be marked by the introduction of VAT. on electric cars, a changed image of competition, a general pressure on prices and from 1 July also new lending regulations, says communications director Marius Tegneby at BMW Norway to news. Personal finances are the main reason why people do not buy a car or put their current car on the used car market, says director Øyvind Solberg Thorsen of the Information Council for Road Traffic. Photo: Dag Robert Johansen – People have taken water over their heads – The expensive electric SUVs are now being replaced by somewhat cheaper models for NOK 5-600,000 which are good enough for most people, says Solberg Thorsen. He believes that the many interest rate increases explain why people choose cheaper variants or refrain from buying a new car. – Also, many people have taken water over their heads and chosen to sell expensive cars. People no longer have to go on the frame loan, have to reduce the load and choose to put expensive electric SUVs on the used car market, says Solberg Thorsen. Lowers the price of new cars The slowdown in car sales has caused well-known car brands to lower the price of new cars. First up was Tesla, which sharply cut the prices of the Model Y and 3 in January. In mid-June, Møller Bil reduced the price of the ready-to-deliver Skoda Enyaq by NOK 150,000, and soon after Volkswagen ID. 4 and 5 up to NOK 140,000 cheaper. – These discounts come on normal family cars for NOK 5-600,000, and then it really starts to make an impact, says director Solberg Thorsen.
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New car sales down by 20 percent this year, the industry believes – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
