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The Tesla Model Y outsells the Volkswagen Beetle in Norway: it is the best-selling car in the country
Victor Alós Yus @sepelaci
27 December 2022
2 min. 
Since 1969, the best-selling car of the year in Norway had been the Volkswagen Beetle, but this year the Tesla Model Y has broken that record and surpassed it.
What do the Tesla Model Y and the legendary Volkswagen Beetle have in common? To find out, we have to travel to Norway, the European market that has welcomed the electric car best. In 1969, the Volkswagen Beetle was the best-selling model for the whole year. In total, 16,699 units of that model were registered. This figure made it the best-selling car in absolute terms in the country.
Since that year, no model from any manufacturer has surpassed that annual figure. Until 2022 arrived and the Tesla Model Y appeared. The American electric car has registered sales of 16,699 units in Norway as of 23 December, so it has managed to dethrone the German small car as the best-selling car of the year, a record it held for decades.
In these final days, the Tesla Model Y is expected to surpass that figure of 17,000 registered units. The last days of each year tend to be very good for the model’s sales. In Norway, electric cars have been widely accepted, and it seems this American model has managed to connect with the tastes of Norwegian buyers.
In the first three weeks of December this year, almost 4,000 units of the Tesla Model Y have been registered. This will allow Tesla to post good numbers to close the fiscal year and enter 2023 with very good prospects.
This electric SUV has not been the only model to enjoy good sales throughout 2022. In second place is the Volkswagen ID.4, which, despite its success, remains 6,000 units behind the Model Y. It registered 11,000 units, which is not bad either. In third place is the Skoda Enyaq, which registered a little over 7,500 units sold during 2022.
Overall car sales figures in Norway are not very high, as it is a small country. Even so, the presence of electric cars in the Norwegian market is higher than that of cars with combustion engines. So much so that the best-selling car in 2022 is, precisely, an electric car.
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