Germany - Automotive Sales volume, 2025

Flash report, April 2025

May 7, 2025

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

German passenger car sales down 0.2% in April 2025
The number of new passenger car registrations in April was 242,728 units, down 0.2% from the same month last year, and the total sales for the first four months of the year were 907,299 units, down 3.3% from the same period last year, according to the figures released by the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) on May 6.
Looking at April passenger car registrations by brand, VW declined 2.7% to 49,393 units (20.3% share), BMW rose 4.2% to 22,540 units (9.3% share), Mercedes fell 1.6% to 22,196 units (9.1% share), Skoda jumped 22.0% to 18,891 units (7.8% share), Audi dropped 16.7% to 15,509 units (6.4% share), SEAT increased 12.0% to 13,670 units (5.6% share), and Opel surged 20.7% to 11,486 units (4.7% share). Tesla's German car sales nearly halved in April, down 45.9% to 885 units (0.4% share).
Sales of gasoline vehicles were down 26.4% to 66,814 units (27.5% share), hybrid vehicles (HVs) were up 22.0% to 91,696 units with 37.8% share (of which plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) were up 60.7% to 24,317 units (10.0% share), electric vehicles (EVs) soared by 53.5% to 45,535 units with a 18.8% share, while diesel vehicles fell by 18.7% to 37,649 units with a 15.5% share. Sales of LPG-powered cars dropped 13.1% to 1,008 units with a share of 0.4% and two natural gas-powered cars were registered with a share of 0.0%. There were no new registrations for hydrogen drive types.
The German electric passenger market continues to grow significantly. In April, new registrations of electric vehicles (BEV, PHEV, Fuel Cell (FCEV)) increased by 56% to 69,870 units. In the current year, the German market for electric passenger cars grew 44% and reached a volume of 246,600 new registrations.
Average CO2 emissions decreased by 12.5% to 109.3g/km.
Truck registrations in April were down 16.0% y/y to 23,121 units, while bus registrations were up 22.0% to 560 units.
In April, German domestic passenger car production was down 7.0% yoy to 367,500 units, and passenger car exports were down 8.0% yoy to 276,300 units, according to the Association of the German Automobile Manufacturers (VDA). For the January-April, production increased 1% to 1,449,300 units and exports also increased 1% to 1,096,300 units.

Flash report, March 2025

Apr 4, 2025

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

German passenger car sales down 3.9% in March 2025
The number of new passenger car registrations in March was 253,497 units, down 3.9% from the same month last year, according to the German Federal Land Transport Authority (KBA).
Looking at March passenger car registrations by brand, VW increased 5.7% to 50,935 units (20.1% share), Mercedes rose 1.6% to 22,057 units (8.7% share), BMW decreased 2.4% to 20,857 units (8.2% share), Skoda increased 13.6% to 18,547 units (7.3% share), Audi increased 2.4% to 17,608 units (6.9% share), Seat jumped 20.7% to 17,209 units (6.8% share), and Opel plummeted 26.1% to 9,581 units (3.8% share).
Sales of gasoline vehicles in March dropped 29.4% y-o-y with a 27.8% share, hybrid vehicles (HV) increased 22.1% with a 40.0% share (including a 65.8% increase for plug-in hybrids (PHV) with a 10.5% share), electric vehicles (EVs) jumped 35.5% with a 16.8% share, and diesel vehicles down 21.7% with a 14.9% share. LPG-powered passenger cars rose 1.7% with a share of 0.5%.There were no new registrations for natural gas and hydrogen drive types.
EV sales continued to report significant growth in March, due to lower prior-year figures due to the abolition of the environmental bonus. HVs now represent the biggest share of 40.0％ and sales of PHVs also surged 65.8％.
Average CO2 emissions decreased by 11.7% to 109.8g/km.
Truck registrations in February were down 13.7% y/y to 25,560 units, while bus registrations were up 6.7% to 527 units.
In March, German domestic passenger car production was up 8% yoy to 391,300 units, and passenger car exports were also up 8% to 304,300 units, according to the Association of the German Automobile Manufacturers (VDA).

Flash report, February 2025

Mar 6, 2025

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

German passenger car sales down 6.4% in February 2025
The number of new passenger car registrations in February was 203,434 units, down 6.4% from the same month last year, according to the German Federal Land Transport Authority (KBA).
Looking at February passenger car registrations by brand, VW increased 1.7% to 41,037 units (20.2% share), Mercedes decreased 6.4% to 18,792 units (9.2% share), BMW increased 6.1% to 17,079 units (8.4% share), Audi increased by 11.3% to 15,891 units (7.8% share), Skoda decreased 5.1% to 15,041 units (7.4% share), Seat rose by 8.7% to 12,789 units (6.3% share), and Ford jumped by 22.1% to 9,398 units (4.6% share).
Sales of gasoline vehicles in February dropped 26.2% y-o-y to 56,911 units with a 28.0% share, hybrid vehicles (HV) increased 12.0% to 77,687 units with a 38.2% share (including a 34.0% increase to 19,534 units for plug-in hybrids (PHV) with a 9.6% share), electric vehicles (EVs) surged 30.8% to 35,949 with a 17.7% share, and diesel vehicles down 23.8% to 32,116 with a 15.8% share. There were no new registrations for natural gas and hydrogen drive types.
The German electric passenger car market is recording significant growth – also due to lower prior-year figures as a result of the abolition of the environmental bonus.
Average CO2 emissions decreased by 10.7% to 109.7g/km.
Truck registrations in February were down 20.8% y/y to 21,052 units, while bus registrations were down 13.9% to 439 units.
According to the Association of the German Automobile Manufacturers (VDA), passenger car exports in February were down 3% to 281,200 units, and domestic production was also down 3% to 361,500 units.

Flash report, January 2025

Feb 6, 2025

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

German passenger car sales down 2.8% in January 2025
On February 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in January 2024 decreased 2.8% over the previous year to 207,640 units.
The weak demand in the German car market continues - this is also due to the general economic situation, which often holds consumers back from making major investments.
In January, passenger car registrations by brand were as follows: VW increased 11.6% to 46,381 units (22.3% share), Mercedes decreased 7.5% to 19,727 units (9.5% share), Skoda fell 1.0% to 16,526 units (8.0% share), BMW rose 0.9% to 16,228 units (7.8% share), Audi decreased 5.1% to 14,645 units (7.1% share), SEAT surged 37.5% to 13,846 units (6.7% share), and Ford increased 3.9% to 7,668 units (3.7% share).
Sales of gasoline vehicles were down 23.7% to 62,358 units (30.0% share), hybrid vehicles (HVs) were up 15.7% to 76,964 units with 37.1% share (of which plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) were up 23.1% to 17,712 units (8.5% share), electric vehicles (EVs) soared by 53.5% to 34,498 units with a 16.6% share, while diesel vehicles fell by 19.5% to 32,956 units with a 15.9% share. Sales of LPG-powered cars plummeted 54.8% to 859 units with a share of 0.4%. There were no new registrations for natural gas and hydrogen drive types.
The significant year-on-year increase in EV sales can be attributed to the low level of sales in January 2024, which was a reaction to the last-minute demand associated with the abolition of the EV environmental bonus at the end of 2023.
Average CO2 emissions fell 9.5% to 113.6 g/km.
Truck sales in January were up 1.0% y/y to 23,824 units, while bus sales dropped 34.1% to 390 units.
In addition, according to the German Association of the Automobile Manufacturers (VDA), passenger car exports in January increased 19% y/y to 254,200 units, while domestic production rose 13% to 340,800 units.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)



Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)