Germany

Flash report, December 2023

Jan 5, 2024

*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 up 7.3% in 2023
On January 4, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in December 2023 decreased 23.0% over the previous year to 241,883 units. The total sales in 2023 increased 7.3% over the previous year to 2,844,609 units.
In 2023, VW sales of 519,089 units (18.2% market share) increased 7.9% year over year and Mercedes sales of 277,352 units (9.8% share) increased 13.7%. Audi sales of 246,800 units (8.7% share) increased 15.7%. BMW sales of 233,160 units (8.2% share) increased 11.2% and Skoda sales of 168,561 units (5.9% share) increased 17.1%. Opel sales of 144,901 units (5.1% share) increased 0.2%.
In 2023, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 34.3% market share to 978,660 units. Hybrid vehicles had a 29.5% market share to 840,304 units and EV had a 18.4% market share to 524,219 units. Diesel vehicles had a 17.1% market share to 486,581 units.
Sales of 290,693 trucks in 2023 represented an increase of 14.5% over the previous year, and sales of 5,493 buses were a 12.5% increase.
The VDA announced that 2023 passenger car exports of 3,110,100 units had increased 17% and domestic production of 4,115,600 units had increased 18% year over year.
The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) ended the environmental bonus on December 18, which is expected to affect EV sales in 2024.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Dec. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		241,883	-23.0%	2,844,609	7.3%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	608	-27.4%	5493	12.5%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	22,826	-14.2%	290,693	14.5%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Dec. 2023	Dec. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Dec. 2023	Jan.-Dec. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	45,166	50,512	-10.6%	519,089	480,967	7.9%
VW	Share	18.7%	16.1%	2.6 pt	18.2%	18.1%	0.1 pt
Mercedes	Total	19,946	28,741	-30.6%	277,352	243,999	13.7%
Mercedes	Share	8.2%	9.1%	-0.9 pt	9.8%	9.2%	0.5 pt
Audi	Total	19,881	22,198	-10.4%	246,880	213,410	15.7%
Audi	Share	8.2%	7.1%	1.2 pt	8.7%	8.0%	0.6 pt
BMW	Total	23,883	22,403	6.6%	233,160	209,722	11.2%
BMW	Share	9.9%	7.1%	2.7 pt	8.2%	7.9%	0.3 pt
Skoda	Total	14,352	12,400	15.7%	168,561	143,928	17.1%
Skoda	Share	5.9%	3.9%	2.0 pt	5.9%	5.4%	0.5 pt
Opel	Total	12,742	17,397	-26.8%	144,901	144,588	0.2%
Opel	Share	5.3%	5.5%	-0.3 pt	5.1%	5.5%	-0.4 pt
SEAT	Total	12,409	11,987	3.5%	132,624	111,646	18.8%
SEAT	Share	5.1%	3.8%	1.3 pt	4.7%	4.2%	0.5 pt
Ford	Total	7,703	14,226	-45.9%	116,578	131,256	-11.2%
Ford	Share	3.2%	4.5%	-1.3 pt	4.1%	5.0%	-0.9 pt
Hyundai	Total	9,381	10,956	-14.4%	106,381	105,074	1.2%
Hyundai	Share	3.9%	3.5%	0.4 pt	3.7%	4.0%	-0.2 pt
Fiat	Total	6,195	10,334	-40.1%	76,535	77,771	-1.6%
Fiat	Share	2.6%	3.3%	-0.7 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Toyota	Total	5,583	6,434	-13.2%	75,199	78,366	-4.0%
Toyota	Share	2.3%	2.0%	0.3 pt	2.6%	3.0%	-0.3 pt
Kia	Total	4,948	8,489	-41.7%	74,589	76,139	-2.0%
Kia	Share	2.0%	2.7%	-0.7 pt	2.6%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Dacia	Total	5,969	8,163	-26.9%	68,585	60,390	13.6%
Dacia	Share	2.5%	2.6%	-0.1 pt	2.4%	2.3%	0.1 pt
Renault	Total	9,023	14,923	-39.5%	68,312	79,861	-14.5%
Renault	Share	3.7%	4.7%	-1.0 pt	2.4%	3.0%	-0.6 pt
Tesla	Total	4,001	17,501	-77.1%	63,685	69,963	-9.0%
Tesla	Share	1.7%	5.6%	-3.9 pt	2.2%	2.6%	-0.4 pt
Peugeot	Total	3,138	6,087	-48.4%	46,836	45,220	3.6%
Peugeot	Share	1.3%	1.9%	-0.6 pt	1.6%	1.7%	-0.1 pt
Mazda	Total	4,226	4,229	-0.1%	46,413	35,008	32.6%
Mazda	Share	1.7%	1.3%	0.4 pt	1.6%	1.3%	0.3 pt
MINI	Total	4,142	3,579	15.7%	45,938	40,142	14.4%
MINI	Share	1.7%	1.1%	0.6 pt	1.6%	1.5%	0.1 pt
Volvo	Total	6,057	5,462	10.9%	44,739	36,605	22.2%
Volvo	Share	2.5%	1.7%	0.8 pt	1.6%	1.4%	0.2 pt
Citroen	Total	2,589	2,663	-2.8%	39,894	36,687	8.7%
Citroen	Share	1.1%	0.8%	0.2 pt	1.4%	1.4%	0.0 pt
Porsche	Total	1,828	2,724	-32.9%	32,832	29,315	12.0%
Porsche	Share	0.8%	0.9%	-0.1 pt	1.2%	1.1%	0.0 pt
Nissan	Total	2,412	2,903	-16.9%	31,856	26,069	22.2%
Nissan	Share	1.0%	0.9%	0.1 pt	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt
Suzuki	Total	2,207	1,730	27.6%	25,121	15,583	61.2%
Suzuki	Share	0.9%	0.6%	0.4 pt	0.9%	0.6%	0.3 pt
MG Roewe	Total	2,577	4,518	-43.0%	21,232	15,684	35.4%
MG Roewe	Share	1.1%	1.4%	-0.4 pt	0.7%	0.6%	0.2 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	2,049	5,668	-63.8%	19,020	34,430	-44.8%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.8%	1.8%	-1.0 pt	0.7%	1.3%	-0.6 pt
Smart	Total	1,763	1,943	-9.3%	17,418	12,190	42.9%
Smart	Share	0.7%	0.6%	0.1 pt	0.6%	0.5%	0.2 pt
Jeep	Total	1,980	4,470	-55.7%	15,276	17,184	-11.1%
Jeep	Share	0.8%	1.4%	-0.6 pt	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1 pt
Land Rover	Total	855	991	-13.7%	13,779	12,148	13.4%
Land Rover	Share	0.4%	0.3%	0.0 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Honda	Total	499	635	-21.4%	6,519	7,709	-15.4%
Honda	Share	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Polestar	Total	265	887	-70.1%	6,288	7,008	-10.3%
Polestar	Share	0.1%	0.3%	-0.2 pt	0.2%	0.3%	0.0 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	518	491	5.5%	6,198	3,657	69.5%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.2%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	405	-	-%	4,660	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.2%	-%	-%	0.2%	-%	-%
Subaru	Total	227	255	-11.0%	4,596	3,725	23.4%
Subaru	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt
BYD Auto	Total	701	-	-%	4,139	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.3%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lexus	Total	264	326	-19.0%	3,259	2,746	18.7%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	198	273	-27.5%	3,198	3,200	-0.1%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
DS	Total	227	901	-74.8%	2,390	3,955	-39.6%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.3%	-0.2 pt	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1 pt
Lynk & CO	Total	24	2,990	-99.2%	2,291	6,626	-65.4%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.0%	1.0%	-0.9 pt	0.1%	0.2%	-0.2 pt
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	118	-	-%	2,223	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	72	-	-%	1,888	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	55	-	-%	1,652	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	39	-	-%	1,263	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	46	-	-%	1,047	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	93	-	-%	966	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	50	-	-%	949	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	44	-	-%	860	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	33	-	-%	809	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	24	-	-%	463	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	37	-	-%	405	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	38	-	-%	344	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	16	-	-%	321	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	10	-	-%	307	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Fisker	Total	44	-	-%	239	-	-%
Fisker	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	0	-	-%	149	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	7	-	-%	99	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	17	-	-%	64	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	1	-	-%	60	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	2	-	-%	50	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	2	-	-%	4	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DAF	Total	1	-	-%	3	-	-%
DAF	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	801	3,929	-79.6%	14,120	29,386	-51.9%
Others	Share	0.3%	1.3%	-0.9 pt	0.5%	1.1%	-0.6 pt
Grand Total	Total	241,883	314,318	-23.0%	2,844,609	2,651,357	7.3%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Dec. 2023	Dec. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Dec. 2023	Jan.-Dec. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	8,684	6,863	26.5%	81,117	84,282	-3.8%
2	VW	T-Roc	4,850	4,179	16.1%	68,678	58,942	16.5%
3	VW	Tiguan	5,387	6,756	-20.3%	63,958	59,136	8.2%
4	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	4,491	6,141	-26.9%	53,669	50,191	6.9%
5	VW	Passat (Santana)	3,057	2,862	6.8%	47,494	39,261	21.0%
6	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	4,683	9,288	-49.6%	47,166	52,337	-9.9%
7	Tesla	Model Y	2,721	7,382	-63.1%	45,818	35,426	29.3%
8	MINI	MINI	4,125	607	579.6%	45,607	11,744	288.3%
9	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	2,369	3,316	-28.6%	44,257	33,454	32.3%
10	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,974	3,468	14.6%	43,831	40,195	9.0%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, November 2023

Dec 6, 2023

*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 5.7% in November 2023
On December 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in November decreased 5.7% over the previous year to 245,701 units.
In November, VW sales of 47,279 units (19.2% market share) increased 1.0% year over year and Mercedes sales of 24,446 units (9.9% share) decreased 11.4%. BMW sales of 21,981 units (8.9% share) increased 15.8%. Audi sales of 21,603 units (8.8% share) decreased 2.0% and Skoda sales of 15,836 units (6.4% share) increased 41.1%. Opel sales of 12,571 units (5.1% share) decreased 1.8%.
In November, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 33.3% market share to 81,734 units. Hybrid vehicles had a 78,587 units and EV had a 18.3% market share to 44,942 units. Diesel vehicles had a 16.1% market share to 39,470 units.
At the end of last year, as a result of the announcement of the reduction in the environmental bonus for purely BEV and the complete phase-out for PHEV, there was a high number of early new registrations in order to still be able to benefit from the funding. Due to the correspondingly high comparative values from the previous year, new registrations fell sharply in the past month.
Sales of 26,364 trucks in November represented a decrease of 2.3% over the previous year, while sales of 535 buses were a 5.1% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 299,600 units had increased 5% and domestic production of 402,800 units had increased 2% year over year.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Nov. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		245,701	-5.7%	2,602,726	11.4%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	535	5.1%	4885	20.8%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	26,364	-2.3%	267,867	17.9%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Nov. 2023	Nov. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Nov. 2023	Jan.-Nov. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	47,279	46,807	1.0%	473,923	430,455	10.1%
VW	Share	19.2%	18.0%	1.3 pt	18.2%	18.4%	-0.2 pt
Mercedes	Total	24,446	27,591	-11.4%	257,406	215,258	19.6%
Mercedes	Share	9.9%	10.6%	-0.6 pt	9.9%	9.2%	0.7 pt
BMW	Total	21,981	18,983	15.8%	209,277	187,319	11.7%
BMW	Share	8.9%	7.3%	1.7 pt	8.0%	8.0%	0.0 pt
Audi	Total	21,603	22,054	-2.0%	226,999	191,212	18.7%
Audi	Share	8.8%	8.5%	0.3 pt	8.7%	8.2%	0.5 pt
Skoda	Total	15,836	11,226	41.1%	154,209	131,528	17.2%
Skoda	Share	6.4%	4.3%	2.1 pt	5.9%	5.6%	0.3 pt
Opel	Total	12,571	12,799	-1.8%	132,159	127,191	3.9%
Opel	Share	5.1%	4.9%	0.2 pt	5.1%	5.4%	-0.4 pt
SEAT	Total	11,237	9,269	21.2%	120,215	99,659	20.6%
SEAT	Share	4.6%	3.6%	1.0 pt	4.6%	4.3%	0.4 pt
Hyundai	Total	8,939	10,090	-11.4%	97,000	94,118	3.1%
Hyundai	Share	3.6%	3.9%	-0.2 pt	3.7%	4.0%	-0.3 pt
Ford	Total	8,500	13,567	-37.3%	108,875	117,030	-7.0%
Ford	Share	3.5%	5.2%	-1.7 pt	4.2%	5.0%	-0.8 pt
Kia	Total	6,139	6,887	-10.9%	69,641	67,650	2.9%
Kia	Share	2.5%	2.6%	-0.1 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Renault	Total	5,571	7,340	-24.1%	59,289	64,938	-8.7%
Renault	Share	2.3%	2.8%	-0.6 pt	2.3%	2.8%	-0.5 pt
Dacia	Total	5,407	6,980	-22.5%	62,616	52,227	19.9%
Dacia	Share	2.2%	2.7%	-0.5 pt	2.4%	2.2%	0.2 pt
Volvo	Total	5,382	4,404	22.2%	38,682	31,143	24.2%
Volvo	Share	2.2%	1.7%	0.5 pt	1.5%	1.3%	0.2 pt
Fiat	Total	5,035	7,997	-37.0%	70,340	67,437	4.3%
Fiat	Share	2.0%	3.1%	-1.0 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Toyota	Total	5,017	7,188	-30.2%	69,616	71,932	-3.2%
Toyota	Share	2.0%	2.8%	-0.7 pt	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt
Tesla	Total	4,923	10,819	-54.5%	59,684	52,462	13.8%
Tesla	Share	2.0%	4.2%	-2.1 pt	2.3%	2.2%	0.0 pt
MINI	Total	4,040	3,704	9.1%	41,796	36,563	14.3%
MINI	Share	1.6%	1.4%	0.2 pt	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt
Mazda	Total	4,039	3,337	21.0%	42,187	30,779	37.1%
Mazda	Share	1.6%	1.3%	0.4 pt	1.6%	1.3%	0.3 pt
Peugeot	Total	3,985	4,141	-3.8%	43,698	39,133	11.7%
Peugeot	Share	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt	1.7%	1.7%	0.0 pt
Citroen	Total	3,322	2,275	46.0%	37,305	34,024	9.6%
Citroen	Share	1.4%	0.9%	0.5 pt	1.4%	1.5%	0.0 pt
Nissan	Total	2,744	2,532	8.4%	29,444	23,166	27.1%
Nissan	Share	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	2,515	2,854	-11.9%	16,971	28,762	-41.0%
Mitsubishi	Share	1.0%	1.1%	-0.1 pt	0.7%	1.2%	-0.6 pt
Porsche	Total	2,331	2,825	-17.5%	31,004	26,591	16.6%
Porsche	Share	0.9%	1.1%	-0.1 pt	1.2%	1.1%	0.1 pt
Suzuki	Total	1,884	2,064	-8.7%	22,914	13,853	65.4%
Suzuki	Share	0.8%	0.8%	0.0 pt	0.9%	0.6%	0.3 pt
MG Roewe	Total	1,673	1,637	2.2%	18,655	11,166	67.1%
MG Roewe	Share	0.7%	0.6%	0.1 pt	0.7%	0.5%	0.2 pt
Jeep	Total	1,579	2,133	-26.0%	13,296	12,714	4.6%
Jeep	Share	0.6%	0.8%	-0.2 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Smart	Total	1,339	1,440	-7.0%	15,655	10,247	52.8%
Smart	Share	0.5%	0.6%	0.0 pt	0.6%	0.4%	0.2 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,107	926	19.5%	12,924	11,157	15.8%
Land Rover	Share	0.5%	0.4%	0.1 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Honda	Total	539	564	-4.4%	6,020	7,074	-14.9%
Honda	Share	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	502	371	35.3%	5,680	3,166	79.4%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	426	-	-%	4,255	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.2%	-%	-%	0.2%	-%	-%
Subaru	Total	423	339	24.8%	4,369	3,470	25.9%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt
BYD Auto	Total	350	-	-%	3,438	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Polestar	Total	281	1,669	-83.2%	6,023	6,121	-1.6%
Polestar	Share	0.1%	0.6%	-0.5 pt	0.2%	0.3%	0.0 pt
DS	Total	206	594	-65.3%	2,163	3,054	-29.2%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	205	242	-15.3%	3,000	2,927	2.5%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lexus	Total	182	335	-45.7%	2,995	2,420	23.8%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	148	-	-%	2,105	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	139	-	-%	873	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Fisker	Total	90	-	-%	195	-	-%
Fisker	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	89	-	-%	1,597	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	74	-	-%	899	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	67	-	-%	1,816	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	58	-	-%	816	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	54	-	-%	1,001	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	54	-	-%	776	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	50	-	-%	1,224	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	36	-	-%	439	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	36	-	-%	368	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	34	-	-%	305	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	26	-	-%	306	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lynk & CO	Total	25	447	-94.4%	2,267	3,636	-37.7%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.0%	0.2%	-0.2 pt	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt
Cadillac	Total	20	-	-%	297	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	17	-	-%	92	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	7	-	-%	59	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	6	-	-%	149	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	4	-	-%	47	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	0	-	-%	48	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DAF	Total	0	-	-%	2	-	-%
DAF	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	0	-	-%	2	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,129	2,082	-45.8%	13,319	25,457	-47.7%
Others	Share	0.5%	0.8%	-0.3 pt	0.5%	1.1%	-0.6 pt
Grand Total	Total	245,701	260,512	-5.7%	2,602,726	2,337,039	11.4%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Nov. 2023	Nov. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Nov. 2023	Jan.-Nov. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	7,503	7,033	6.7%	72,433	77,419	-6.4%
2	VW	Tiguan	5,684	6,742	-15.7%	58,571	52,380	11.8%
3	VW	Polo	4,996	2,228	124.2%	30,539	24,851	22.9%
4	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	4,516	3,751	20.4%	49,178	44,050	11.6%
5	VW	T-Roc	4,491	5,144	-12.7%	63,828	54,763	16.6%
6	Skoda	Kodiaq	4,076	4,067	0.2%	39,857	36,727	8.5%
7	MINI	MINI	3,993	1,112	259.1%	41,482	11,137	272.5%
8	VW	Passat (Santana)	3,866	3,649	5.9%	44,437	36,399	22.1%
9	Skoda	Enyaq iV	3,588	1,121	220.1%	20,313	10,921	86.0%
10	Audi	Audi A4	3,439	2,185	57.4%	33,394	22,406	49.0%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, October 2023

Nov 6, 2023

*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 up 4.9% in October 2023
On November 3, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in October increased 4.9% over the previous year to 218,959 units.
In October, VW sales of 34,806 units (15.9% market share) decreased 15.4% year over year and Mercedes sales of 22,117 units (10.1% share) increased 3.8%.
Audi sales of 20,612 units (9.4% share) increased 19.6%. BMW sales of 18,062 units (8.2% share) increased 20.2% and Skoda sales of 13,955 units (6.4% share) increased 20.8%. Opel sales of 11,345 units (5.2% share) increased 16.2%.
In October, Hybrid vehicles had 73,936 units. Gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 32.7% market share to 71,646 units and EV had a 17.1% market share to 37,334 units. Diesel vehicles had a 15.9% market share to 34,881 units.
After the expired environmental bonus for commercial vehicles had a clear impact on the electric vehicle market in September, sales of purely battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) rose slightly again in October.
In the first ten months of 2023, BEVs grew by a total of 38 % YoY while the market for PHEVs shrank by 44 %. These contrasting developments resulted in a small overall growth in the electrical market of just over 1 % to around 564,600 units.
Sales of 23,492 trucks in October represented an increase of 20.9% over the previous year, while sales of 439 buses were a 32.2% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 255,800 units had increased 14% and domestic production of 338,800 units had increased 19% year over year.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Oct. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		218,959	4.9%	2,357,025	13.5%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	439	32.2%	4350	23.0%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	23,492	20.9%	241,503	20.6%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Oct. 2023	Jan.-Oct. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	34,806	41,159	-15.4%	426,644	383,648	11.2%
VW	Share	15.9%	19.7%	-3.8 pt	18.1%	18.5%	-0.4 pt
Mercedes	Total	22,117	21,303	3.8%	232,960	187,667	24.1%
Mercedes	Share	10.1%	10.2%	-0.1 pt	9.9%	9.0%	0.8 pt
Audi	Total	20,612	17,228	19.6%	205,396	169,158	21.4%
Audi	Share	9.4%	8.3%	1.2 pt	8.7%	8.1%	0.6 pt
BMW	Total	18,062	15,032	20.2%	187,296	168,336	11.3%
BMW	Share	8.2%	7.2%	1.0 pt	7.9%	8.1%	-0.2 pt
Skoda	Total	13,955	11,555	20.8%	138,373	120,302	15.0%
Skoda	Share	6.4%	5.5%	0.8 pt	5.9%	5.8%	0.1 pt
Opel	Total	11,345	9,762	16.2%	119,588	114,392	4.5%
Opel	Share	5.2%	4.7%	0.5 pt	5.1%	5.5%	-0.4 pt
SEAT	Total	9,384	8,383	11.9%	108,978	90,390	20.6%
SEAT	Share	4.3%	4.0%	0.3 pt	4.6%	4.4%	0.3 pt
Ford	Total	8,827	11,887	-25.7%	100,375	103,463	-3.0%
Ford	Share	4.0%	5.7%	-1.7 pt	4.3%	5.0%	-0.7 pt
Hyundai	Total	8,547	8,166	4.7%	88,061	84,028	4.8%
Hyundai	Share	3.9%	3.9%	0.0 pt	3.7%	4.0%	-0.3 pt
Fiat	Total	6,945	5,664	22.6%	65,305	59,440	9.9%
Fiat	Share	3.2%	2.7%	0.5 pt	2.8%	2.9%	-0.1 pt
Kia	Total	6,599	5,656	16.7%	63,502	60,763	4.5%
Kia	Share	3.0%	2.7%	0.3 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Toyota	Total	6,151	7,086	-13.2%	64,599	64,744	-0.2%
Toyota	Share	2.8%	3.4%	-0.6 pt	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt
Dacia	Total	5,646	4,026	40.2%	57,209	45,247	26.4%
Dacia	Share	2.6%	1.9%	0.6 pt	2.4%	2.2%	0.2 pt
Renault	Total	4,974	5,851	-15.0%	53,718	57,598	-6.7%
Renault	Share	2.3%	2.8%	-0.5 pt	2.3%	2.8%	-0.5 pt
Citroen	Total	3,726	2,140	74.1%	33,983	31,749	7.0%
Citroen	Share	1.7%	1.0%	0.7 pt	1.4%	1.5%	-0.1 pt
Volvo	Total	3,534	3,320	6.4%	33,300	26,739	24.5%
Volvo	Share	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt
Mazda	Total	3,458	3,438	0.6%	38,148	27,442	39.0%
Mazda	Share	1.6%	1.6%	-0.1 pt	1.6%	1.3%	0.3 pt
Tesla	Total	3,353	3,185	5.3%	54,761	41,643	31.5%
Tesla	Share	1.5%	1.5%	0.0 pt	2.3%	2.0%	0.3 pt
MINI	Total	3,307	3,176	4.1%	37,756	32,859	14.9%
MINI	Share	1.5%	1.5%	0.0 pt	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt
Peugeot	Total	3,148	3,178	-0.9%	39,713	34,992	13.5%
Peugeot	Share	1.4%	1.5%	-0.1 pt	1.7%	1.7%	0.0 pt
Nissan	Total	2,920	2,095	39.4%	26,700	20,634	29.4%
Nissan	Share	1.3%	1.0%	0.3 pt	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt
Porsche	Total	2,755	2,242	22.9%	28,673	23,766	20.6%
Porsche	Share	1.3%	1.1%	0.2 pt	1.2%	1.1%	0.1 pt
MG Roewe	Total	2,113	2,032	4.0%	16,982	9,529	78.2%
MG Roewe	Share	1.0%	1.0%	0.0 pt	0.7%	0.5%	0.3 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	1,753	2,327	-24.7%	14,456	25,908	-44.2%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.8%	1.1%	-0.3 pt	0.6%	1.2%	-0.6 pt
Suzuki	Total	1,722	806	113.6%	21,030	11,789	78.4%
Suzuki	Share	0.8%	0.4%	0.4 pt	0.9%	0.6%	0.3 pt
Jeep	Total	1,401	912	53.6%	11,717	10,581	10.7%
Jeep	Share	0.6%	0.4%	0.2 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,207	939	28.5%	11,817	10,231	15.5%
Land Rover	Share	0.6%	0.5%	0.1 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Smart	Total	887	656	35.2%	14,316	8,807	62.6%
Smart	Share	0.4%	0.3%	0.1 pt	0.6%	0.4%	0.2 pt
Honda	Total	715	583	22.6%	5,481	6,510	-15.8%
Honda	Share	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	584	435	34.3%	5,178	2,795	85.3%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.3%	0.2%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	436	-	-%	3,829	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.2%	-%	-%	0.2%	-%	-%
Subaru	Total	395	225	75.6%	3,946	3,131	26.0%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	386	187	106.4%	2,795	2,685	4.1%
Jaguar	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
NIO	Total	289	-	-%	1,174	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lexus	Total	280	188	48.9%	2,813	2,085	34.9%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Polestar	Total	272	1,073	-74.7%	5,742	4,452	29.0%
Polestar	Share	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
BYD Auto	Total	226	-	-%	3,088	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	158	-	-%	1,957	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
DS	Total	155	509	-69.5%	1,957	2,460	-20.4%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.2 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ineos Automotive	Total	123	-	-%	734	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Fisker	Total	105	-	-%	105	-	-%
Fisker	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	103	-	-%	1,508	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	94	-	-%	1,749	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	80	-	-%	758	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	61	-	-%	825	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	57	-	-%	947	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	54	-	-%	722	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	39	-	-%	403	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	37	-	-%	271	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	35	-	-%	332	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lynk & CO	Total	33	448	-92.6%	2,242	3,189	-29.7%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.0%	0.2%	-0.2 pt	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt
Rolls-Royce	Total	25	-	-%	280	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	11	-	-%	277	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	8	-	-%	75	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	7	-	-%	143	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	6	-	-%	52	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	6	-	-%	43	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	2	-	-%	48	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	1	-	-%	2	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DAF	Total	0	-	-%	2	-	-%
DAF	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	922	1,790	-48.5%	12,190	23,375	-47.9%
Others	Share	0.4%	0.9%	-0.4 pt	0.5%	1.1%	-0.6 pt
Grand Total	Total	218,959	208,642	4.9%	2,357,025	2,076,527	13.5%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Oct. 2023	Jan.-Oct. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	5,401	4,576	18.0%	39,133	36,182	8.2%
2	VW	Golf	5,070	7,282	-30.4%	64,930	70,386	-7.8%
3	VW	Passat (Santana)	4,380	3,187	37.4%	40,571	32,750	23.9%
4	VW	T-Roc	4,377	5,223	-16.2%	59,337	49,619	19.6%
5	VW	Tiguan	4,134	6,037	-31.5%	52,887	45,638	15.9%
6	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	GLC-Class (GLK-Class)	3,777	915	312.8%	28,265	18,133	55.9%
7	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	3,741	2,757	35.7%	44,662	40,299	10.8%
8	VW	Polo	3,416	2,166	57.7%	25,543	22,623	12.9%
9	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	3,359	3,136	7.1%	36,324	29,283	24.0%
10	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,301	3,117	5.9%	35,781	32,660	9.6%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, September 2023

Oct 6, 2023

*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 0.1% in September 2023
On October 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in September decreased 0.1% over the previous year to 224,502 units.
In September, VW sales of 42,044 units (18.7% market share) increased 4.1% year over year and Mercedes sales of 21,125 units (9.4% share) increased 5.3%. Audi sales of 17,902 units (8.0% share) increased 4.9%. BMW sales of 17,720 units (7.9% share) increased 7.7% and Opel sales of 14,068 units (6.3% share) increased 25.9%. Skoda sales of 12,765 units (5.7% share) decreased 12.8%.
In September, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 35.2% market share to 78,979 units. Hybrid vehicles sales was 73,178 units and EV had a 14.1% market share to 31,714 units. Diesel vehicles had a 17.8% market share to 39,900 units.
A relevant factor was the expiry of the environmental bonus for commercial vehicles on August 31, 2023. While new registrations of BEVs rose particularly sharply in August due to the preferential effect, they plunged again in September, as expected.
During the months of August and September, BEV sales rose by 55 % compared to the previous year, while PHEV sales fell by 44 %. A similar picture emerges when looking at YTD sales. While BEVs grew by 42 % YoY, while the market for PHEVs shrank by 43 %.
Sales of 22,479 trucks in September represented an increase of 10.8% over the previous year, while sales of 294 buses were a 26.5% decrease.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 265,500 units had decreased 5% and domestic production of 340,500 units had decreased 8% year over year.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Sep. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		224,502	-0.1%	2,138,066	14.5%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	294	-26.5%	3911	22.1%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	22,479	10.8%	218,011	20.5%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Sep. 2023	Sep. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Sep. 2023	Jan.-Sep. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	42,044	40,371	4.1%	391,838	342,489	14.4%
VW	Share	18.7%	18.0%	0.8 pt	18.3%	18.3%	0.0 pt
Mercedes	Total	21,125	20,065	5.3%	210,843	166,364	26.7%
Mercedes	Share	9.4%	8.9%	0.5 pt	9.9%	8.9%	1.0 pt
Audi	Total	17,902	17,068	4.9%	184,784	151,930	21.6%
Audi	Share	8.0%	7.6%	0.4 pt	8.6%	8.1%	0.5 pt
BMW	Total	17,720	16,449	7.7%	169,234	153,304	10.4%
BMW	Share	7.9%	7.3%	0.6 pt	7.9%	8.2%	-0.3 pt
Opel	Total	14,068	11,176	25.9%	108,243	104,630	3.5%
Opel	Share	6.3%	5.0%	1.3 pt	5.1%	5.6%	-0.5 pt
Skoda	Total	12,765	14,631	-12.8%	124,418	108,747	14.4%
Skoda	Share	5.7%	6.5%	-0.8 pt	5.8%	5.8%	0.0 pt
SEAT	Total	11,522	8,446	36.4%	99,594	82,007	21.4%
SEAT	Share	5.1%	3.8%	1.4 pt	4.7%	4.4%	0.3 pt
Ford	Total	9,292	11,083	-16.2%	91,548	91,576	0.0%
Ford	Share	4.1%	4.9%	-0.8 pt	4.3%	4.9%	-0.6 pt
Hyundai	Total	7,127	9,129	-21.9%	79,514	75,862	4.8%
Hyundai	Share	3.2%	4.1%	-0.9 pt	3.7%	4.1%	-0.3 pt
Fiat	Total	6,269	5,799	8.1%	58,360	53,776	8.5%
Fiat	Share	2.8%	2.6%	0.2 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.1 pt
Toyota	Total	5,633	7,020	-19.8%	58,448	57,658	1.4%
Toyota	Share	2.5%	3.1%	-0.6 pt	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt
Kia	Total	5,382	6,125	-12.1%	56,903	55,107	3.3%
Kia	Share	2.4%	2.7%	-0.3 pt	2.7%	3.0%	-0.3 pt
Renault	Total	5,105	5,633	-9.4%	48,744	51,747	-5.8%
Renault	Share	2.3%	2.5%	-0.2 pt	2.3%	2.8%	-0.5 pt
Peugeot	Total	5,041	3,196	57.7%	36,565	31,814	14.9%
Peugeot	Share	2.2%	1.4%	0.8 pt	1.7%	1.7%	0.0 pt
Mazda	Total	4,766	4,259	11.9%	34,690	24,004	44.5%
Mazda	Share	2.1%	1.9%	0.2 pt	1.6%	1.3%	0.3 pt
Tesla	Total	4,216	13,724	-69.3%	51,408	38,458	33.7%
Tesla	Share	1.9%	6.1%	-4.2 pt	2.4%	2.1%	0.3 pt
Citroen	Total	4,014	2,843	41.2%	30,257	29,609	2.2%
Citroen	Share	1.8%	1.3%	0.5 pt	1.4%	1.6%	-0.2 pt
Dacia	Total	3,933	5,119	-23.2%	51,563	41,221	25.1%
Dacia	Share	1.8%	2.3%	-0.5 pt	2.4%	2.2%	0.2 pt
MINI	Total	3,517	3,127	12.5%	34,449	29,683	16.1%
MINI	Share	1.6%	1.4%	0.2 pt	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt
Volvo	Total	3,194	2,358	35.5%	29,766	23,419	27.1%
Volvo	Share	1.4%	1.0%	0.4 pt	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt
Nissan	Total	2,875	2,045	40.6%	23,780	18,539	28.3%
Nissan	Share	1.3%	0.9%	0.4 pt	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt
Suzuki	Total	2,852	1,894	50.6%	19,308	10,983	75.8%
Suzuki	Share	1.3%	0.8%	0.4 pt	0.9%	0.6%	0.3 pt
Porsche	Total	2,280	2,415	-5.6%	25,918	21,524	20.4%
Porsche	Share	1.0%	1.1%	-0.1 pt	1.2%	1.2%	0.1 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	2,100	2,110	-0.5%	12,703	23,581	-46.1%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.9%	0.9%	0.0 pt	0.6%	1.3%	-0.7 pt
Jeep	Total	1,383	703	96.7%	10,316	9,669	6.7%
Jeep	Share	0.6%	0.3%	0.3 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,135	1,030	10.2%	10,610	9,292	14.2%
Land Rover	Share	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Smart	Total	819	345	137.4%	13,429	8,151	64.8%
Smart	Share	0.4%	0.2%	0.2 pt	0.6%	0.4%	0.2 pt
MG Roewe	Total	777	1,760	-55.9%	14,869	7,497	98.3%
MG Roewe	Share	0.3%	0.8%	-0.4 pt	0.7%	0.4%	0.3 pt
Honda	Total	683	736	-7.2%	4,766	5,927	-19.6%
Honda	Share	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Subaru	Total	510	283	80.2%	3,551	2,906	22.2%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Polestar	Total	506	667	-24.1%	5,470	3,379	61.9%
Polestar	Share	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt	0.3%	0.2%	0.1 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	388	312	24.4%	4,594	2,360	94.7%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Lexus	Total	345	237	45.6%	2,533	1,897	33.5%
Lexus	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	333	-	-%	3,393	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.2%	-%	-%
DS	Total	261	295	-11.5%	1,802	1,951	-7.6%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	260	216	20.4%	2,409	2,498	-3.6%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
BYD Auto	Total	196	-	-%	2,862	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	159	-	-%	1,799	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lynk & CO	Total	150	312	-51.9%	2,209	2,741	-19.4%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ineos Automotive	Total	120	-	-%	611	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	115	-	-%	1,405	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	84	-	-%	1,655	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	80	-	-%	885	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	66	-	-%	678	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	58	-	-%	668	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	56	-	-%	890	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	54	-	-%	764	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	30	-	-%	255	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	26	-	-%	266	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	26	-	-%	234	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	25	-	-%	364	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	13	-	-%	297	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	11	-	-%	67	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	6	-	-%	136	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	5	-	-%	46	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	3	-	-%	37	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DAF	Total	1	-	-%	2	-	-%
DAF	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	0	-	-%	46	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,076	1,835	-41.4%	11,268	21,585	-47.8%
Others	Share	0.5%	0.8%	-0.3 pt	0.5%	1.2%	-0.6 pt
Grand Total	Total	224,502	224,816	-0.1%	2,138,066	1,867,885	14.5%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Sep. 2023	Sep. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Sep. 2023	Jan.-Sep. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	8,738	7,095	23.2%	59,860	63,104	-5.1%
2	VW	T-Roc	5,969	5,135	16.2%	54,960	44,396	23.8%
3	VW	Tiguan	5,958	5,887	1.2%	48,753	39,601	23.1%
4	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	5,508	4,139	33.1%	40,921	37,542	9.0%
5	VW	Passat (Santana)	4,671	2,835	64.8%	36,191	29,563	22.4%
6	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	4,621	4,517	2.3%	33,732	31,606	6.7%
7	Tesla	Model Y	3,921	9,846	-60.2%	38,608	22,555	71.2%
8	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	GLC-Class (GLK-Class)	3,774	1,040	262.9%	24,488	17,218	42.2%
9	MINI	MINI	3,496	908	285.0%	34,196	9,006	279.7%
10	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	3,265	5,786	-43.6%	32,965	26,147	26.1%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, August 2023

Sep 6, 2023

*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 up 37.3% in August 2023
On September 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in August increased 37.3% over the previous year to 273,417 units.
In August, VW sales of 46,073 units (16.9% market share) increased 21.1% year over year and Mercedes sales of 23,004 units (8.4% share) increased 25.7%. Audi sales of 21,372 units (7.8% share) increased 22.1%. BMW sales of 20,972 units (7.7% share) increased 31.6% and Opel sales of 14,654 units (5.4% share) increased 38.7%. Skoda sales of 14,447 units (5.3% share) increased 24.2%.
BEV increased by 170.7% to 86,649 units, accounting for 31.7% of the market share, gasoline vehicles increased by 8.9% for 27.6% share, hybrid vehicles (HVs) increased by 17.7% to 70,396 units (PHVs decreased by 41.1% to 14,552 units) and diesel vehicles increased by 9.2% for 14.5% share.
Sales rose sharply due to last-minute demand for applications of EV environmental bonus ended on August 31. That was the second-highest level since December 2022, when there were 104,325.
Sales of 29,471 trucks in August represented an increase of 46.2% over the previous year, while sales of 569 buses were a 66.9% increase.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Aug. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		273,417	37.3%	1,913,564	16.5%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	569	66.9%	3617	29.0%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	29,471	46.2%	195,532	21.8%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Aug. 2023	Jan.-Aug. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	46,073	38,049	21.1%	349,794	302,118	15.8%
VW	Share	16.9%	19.1%	-2.3 pt	18.3%	18.4%	-0.1 pt
Mercedes	Total	23,004	18,300	25.7%	189,718	146,299	29.7%
Mercedes	Share	8.4%	9.2%	-0.8 pt	9.9%	8.9%	1.0 pt
Audi	Total	21,372	17,499	22.1%	166,882	134,862	23.7%
Audi	Share	7.8%	8.8%	-1.0 pt	8.7%	8.2%	0.5 pt
BMW	Total	20,972	15,931	31.6%	151,514	136,855	10.7%
BMW	Share	7.7%	8.0%	-0.3 pt	7.9%	8.3%	-0.4 pt
Opel	Total	14,654	10,562	38.7%	94,175	93,454	0.8%
Opel	Share	5.4%	5.3%	0.1 pt	4.9%	5.7%	-0.8 pt
Skoda	Total	14,447	11,634	24.2%	111,653	94,116	18.6%
Skoda	Share	5.3%	5.8%	-0.6 pt	5.8%	5.7%	0.1 pt
SEAT	Total	14,374	7,753	85.4%	88,072	73,561	19.7%
SEAT	Share	5.3%	3.9%	1.4 pt	4.6%	4.5%	0.1 pt
Ford	Total	11,685	10,232	14.2%	82,256	80,493	2.2%
Ford	Share	4.3%	5.1%	-0.9 pt	4.3%	4.9%	-0.6 pt
Hyundai	Total	11,610	9,307	24.7%	72,387	66,733	8.5%
Hyundai	Share	4.2%	4.7%	-0.4 pt	3.8%	4.1%	-0.3 pt
Kia	Total	8,864	5,963	48.7%	51,521	48,982	5.2%
Kia	Share	3.2%	3.0%	0.2 pt	2.7%	3.0%	-0.3 pt
Fiat	Total	8,505	4,986	70.6%	52,091	47,977	8.6%
Fiat	Share	3.1%	2.5%	0.6 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Toyota	Total	7,756	5,871	32.1%	52,815	50,638	4.3%
Toyota	Share	2.8%	2.9%	-0.1 pt	2.8%	3.1%	-0.3 pt
Dacia	Total	7,270	5,627	29.2%	47,630	36,102	31.9%
Dacia	Share	2.7%	2.8%	-0.2 pt	2.5%	2.2%	0.3 pt
Tesla	Total	6,903	5,291	30.5%	47,192	24,734	90.8%
Tesla	Share	2.5%	2.7%	-0.1 pt	2.5%	1.5%	1.0 pt
Renault	Total	6,702	3,976	68.6%	43,639	46,114	-5.4%
Renault	Share	2.5%	2.0%	0.5 pt	2.3%	2.8%	-0.5 pt
MINI	Total	4,726	3,303	43.1%	30,932	26,556	16.5%
MINI	Share	1.7%	1.7%	0.1 pt	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt
Peugeot	Total	4,171	3,699	12.8%	31,524	28,618	10.2%
Peugeot	Share	1.5%	1.9%	-0.3 pt	1.6%	1.7%	-0.1 pt
Mazda	Total	3,867	2,511	54.0%	29,924	19,745	51.6%
Mazda	Share	1.4%	1.3%	0.2 pt	1.6%	1.2%	0.4 pt
Citroen	Total	3,790	3,247	16.7%	26,243	26,766	-2.0%
Citroen	Share	1.4%	1.6%	-0.2 pt	1.4%	1.6%	-0.3 pt
Volvo	Total	3,312	1,799	84.1%	26,572	21,061	26.2%
Volvo	Share	1.2%	0.9%	0.3 pt	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt
Smart	Total	2,947	130	2166.9%	12,610	7,806	61.5%
Smart	Share	1.1%	0.1%	1.0 pt	0.7%	0.5%	0.2 pt
Nissan	Total	2,742	1,584	73.1%	20,905	16,494	26.7%
Nissan	Share	1.0%	0.8%	0.2 pt	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt
Suzuki	Total	2,735	997	174.3%	16,456	9,089	81.1%
Suzuki	Share	1.0%	0.5%	0.5 pt	0.9%	0.6%	0.3 pt
MG Roewe	Total	2,454	888	176.4%	14,092	5,737	145.6%
MG Roewe	Share	0.9%	0.4%	0.5 pt	0.7%	0.3%	0.4 pt
Porsche	Total	2,311	1,894	22.0%	23,638	19,109	23.7%
Porsche	Share	0.8%	1.0%	-0.1 pt	1.2%	1.2%	0.1 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	2,211	-	-%	3,060	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.8%	-%	-%	0.2%	-%	-%
Jeep	Total	2,097	645	225.1%	8,933	8,966	-0.4%
Jeep	Share	0.8%	0.3%	0.4 pt	0.5%	0.5%	-0.1 pt
BYD Auto	Total	2,034	-	-%	2,666	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.7%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Mitsubishi	Total	1,743	1,817	-4.1%	10,603	21,471	-50.6%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.6%	0.9%	-0.3 pt	0.6%	1.3%	-0.8 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,203	1,336	-10.0%	9,475	8,262	14.7%
Land Rover	Share	0.4%	0.7%	-0.2 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Honda	Total	799	515	55.1%	4,083	5,191	-21.3%
Honda	Share	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Polestar	Total	754	241	212.9%	4,964	2,712	83.0%
Polestar	Share	0.3%	0.1%	0.2 pt	0.3%	0.2%	0.1 pt
Subaru	Total	543	244	122.5%	3,041	2,623	15.9%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	485	269	80.3%	4,206	2,048	105.4%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Lexus	Total	436	158	175.9%	2,188	1,660	31.8%
Lexus	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	427	-	-%	1,640	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.2%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	411	-	-%	805	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.2%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Jaguar	Total	242	247	-2.0%	2,149	2,282	-5.8%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
DS	Total	216	288	-25.0%	1,541	1,656	-6.9%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lynk & CO	Total	177	433	-59.1%	2,059	2,429	-15.2%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.2 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ferrari	Total	134	-	-%	1,290	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	113	-	-%	1,571	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	106	-	-%	491	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	85	-	-%	710	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	62	-	-%	834	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	58	-	-%	612	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	52	-	-%	610	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	37	-	-%	339	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	30	-	-%	240	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	30	-	-%	225	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	27	-	-%	208	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	21	-	-%	284	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	13	-	-%	130	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	10	-	-%	34	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	9	-	-%	56	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	5	-	-%	41	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	2	-	-%	46	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DAF	Total	1	-	-%	1	-	-%
DAF	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,598	1,957	-18.3%	10,192	19,750	-48.4%
Others	Share	0.6%	1.0%	-0.4 pt	0.5%	1.2%	-0.7 pt
Grand Total	Total	273,417	199,183	37.3%	1,913,564	1,643,069	16.5%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Aug. 2023	Jan.-Aug. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	6,611	6,066	9.0%	51,122	56,009	-8.7%
2	VW	T-Roc	6,439	6,490	-0.8%	48,991	39,261	24.8%
3	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	6,199	3,353	84.9%	29,111	27,089	7.5%
4	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	5,531	4,125	34.1%	35,413	33,403	6.0%
5	Tesla	Model Y	4,795	4,216	13.7%	34,687	12,709	172.9%
6	MINI	MINI	4,682	1,110	321.8%	30,700	8,098	279.1%
7	VW	Tiguan	4,578	4,408	3.9%	42,795	33,714	26.9%
8	Opel (2021-)	Mokka	4,218	2,039	106.9%	19,605	17,957	9.2%
9	VW	Passat (Santana)	3,759	2,753	36.5%	31,520	26,728	17.9%
10	VW	ID.3	3,636	1,489	144.2%	17,283	8,956	93.0%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, July 2023

Aug 4, 2023

*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 up 18.1% in July 2023
On August 4, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in July increased 18.1% over the previous year to 243,277 units.
In July, VW sales of 43,251 units (17.8% market share) increased 8.3% year over year and Mercedes sales of 21,377 units (8.8% share) increased 29.4%. Audi sales of 19,926 units (8.2% share) increased 22.5%. BMW sales of 18,907 units (7.8% share) increased 9.4% and Skoda sales of 13,757 units (5.7% share) increased 3.7%. SEAT sales of 13,213 units (5.4% share) increased 40.1%.
In July, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 34.3% market share to 83,358 units. Hybrid vehicles had a 27.7% market share to 67,483 units and EV had a 20.0% market share to 48,682 units. Diesel vehicles had a 17.5% market share to 42,496 units.
Sales of 24,591 trucks in July represented an increase of 31.5% over the previous year, while sales of 381 buses were a 1.3% increase.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Jul. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		243,277	18.1%	1,640,147	13.6%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	381	1.3%	3048	23.8%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	24,591	31.5%	166,061	18.3%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Jul. 2023	Jul. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Jul. 2023	Jan.-Jul. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	43,251	39,933	8.3%	303,721	264,069	15.0%
VW	Share	17.8%	19.4%	-1.6 pt	18.5%	18.3%	0.2 pt
Mercedes	Total	21,377	16,520	29.4%	166,714	127,999	30.2%
Mercedes	Share	8.8%	8.0%	0.8 pt	10.2%	8.9%	1.3 pt
Audi	Total	19,926	16,260	22.5%	145,510	117,363	24.0%
Audi	Share	8.2%	7.9%	0.3 pt	8.9%	8.1%	0.7 pt
BMW	Total	18,907	17,288	9.4%	130,542	120,924	8.0%
BMW	Share	7.8%	8.4%	-0.6 pt	8.0%	8.4%	-0.4 pt
Skoda	Total	13,757	13,270	3.7%	97,206	82,482	17.9%
Skoda	Share	5.7%	6.4%	-0.8 pt	5.9%	5.7%	0.2 pt
SEAT	Total	13,213	9,428	40.1%	73,698	65,808	12.0%
SEAT	Share	5.4%	4.6%	0.9 pt	4.5%	4.6%	-0.1 pt
Opel	Total	12,677	11,985	5.8%	79,521	82,892	-4.1%
Opel	Share	5.2%	5.8%	-0.6 pt	4.8%	5.7%	-0.9 pt
Ford	Total	10,845	7,520	44.2%	70,571	70,261	0.4%
Ford	Share	4.5%	3.7%	0.8 pt	4.3%	4.9%	-0.6 pt
Hyundai	Total	10,776	9,453	14.0%	60,777	57,426	5.8%
Hyundai	Share	4.4%	4.6%	-0.2 pt	3.7%	4.0%	-0.3 pt
Toyota	Total	7,413	6,912	7.2%	45,059	44,767	0.7%
Toyota	Share	3.0%	3.4%	-0.3 pt	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt
Kia	Total	7,373	6,653	10.8%	42,657	43,019	-0.8%
Kia	Share	3.0%	3.2%	-0.2 pt	2.6%	3.0%	-0.4 pt
Fiat	Total	6,905	5,261	31.2%	43,586	42,991	1.4%
Fiat	Share	2.8%	2.6%	0.3 pt	2.7%	3.0%	-0.3 pt
Renault	Total	6,346	4,146	53.1%	36,937	42,138	-12.3%
Renault	Share	2.6%	2.0%	0.6 pt	2.3%	2.9%	-0.7 pt
Dacia	Total	5,604	5,716	-2.0%	40,360	30,475	32.4%
Dacia	Share	2.3%	2.8%	-0.5 pt	2.5%	2.1%	0.4 pt
MINI	Total	4,415	3,420	29.1%	26,206	23,253	12.7%
MINI	Share	1.8%	1.7%	0.2 pt	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt
Peugeot	Total	4,120	3,762	9.5%	27,353	24,919	9.8%
Peugeot	Share	1.7%	1.8%	-0.1 pt	1.7%	1.7%	-0.1 pt
Tesla	Total	3,905	1,184	229.8%	40,289	19,443	107.2%
Tesla	Share	1.6%	0.6%	1.0 pt	2.5%	1.3%	1.1 pt
Volvo	Total	3,353	2,618	28.1%	23,260	19,262	20.8%
Volvo	Share	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt
Mazda	Total	3,332	1,295	157.3%	26,057	17,234	51.2%
Mazda	Share	1.4%	0.6%	0.7 pt	1.6%	1.2%	0.4 pt
Porsche	Total	2,965	2,708	9.5%	21,327	17,215	23.9%
Porsche	Share	1.2%	1.3%	-0.1 pt	1.3%	1.2%	0.1 pt
Citroen	Total	2,801	3,783	-26.0%	22,453	23,519	-4.5%
Citroen	Share	1.2%	1.8%	-0.7 pt	1.4%	1.6%	-0.3 pt
Nissan	Total	2,478	1,803	37.4%	18,163	14,910	21.8%
Nissan	Share	1.0%	0.9%	0.1 pt	1.1%	1.0%	0.1 pt
MG Roewe	Total	2,239	668	235.2%	11,638	4,849	140.0%
MG Roewe	Share	0.9%	0.3%	0.6 pt	0.7%	0.3%	0.4 pt
Suzuki	Total	2,160	1,934	11.7%	13,721	8,092	69.6%
Suzuki	Share	0.9%	0.9%	-0.1 pt	0.8%	0.6%	0.3 pt
Jeep	Total	1,618	1,095	47.8%	6,836	8,321	-17.8%
Jeep	Share	0.7%	0.5%	0.1 pt	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,459	1,411	3.4%	8,272	6,926	19.4%
Land Rover	Share	0.6%	0.7%	-0.1 pt	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt
Smart	Total	1,393	189	637.0%	9,663	7,676	25.9%
Smart	Share	0.6%	0.1%	0.5 pt	0.6%	0.5%	0.1 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	1,361	2,047	-33.5%	8,860	19,654	-54.9%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.6%	1.0%	-0.4 pt	0.5%	1.4%	-0.8 pt
Polestar	Total	1,052	194	442.3%	4,210	2,471	70.4%
Polestar	Share	0.4%	0.1%	0.3 pt	0.3%	0.2%	0.1 pt
Honda	Total	666	413	61.3%	3,284	4,676	-29.8%
Honda	Share	0.3%	0.2%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	605	291	107.9%	3,721	1,779	109.2%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Subaru	Total	424	232	82.8%	2,498	2,379	5.0%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
BYD Auto	Total	404	-	-%	632	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.2%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DS	Total	384	322	19.3%	1,325	1,368	-3.1%
DS	Share	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lexus	Total	336	143	135.0%	1,752	1,502	16.6%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	284	372	-23.7%	1,907	2,035	-6.3%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	221	-	-%	849	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lynk & CO	Total	206	512	-59.8%	1,882	1,996	-5.7%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.2 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
MAN (TRATON)	Total	185	-	-%	1,458	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	165	-	-%	1,156	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	138	-	-%	1,213	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	128	-	-%	385	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	87	-	-%	625	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	76	-	-%	772	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	74	-	-%	554	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	63	-	-%	558	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	56	-	-%	263	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	44	-	-%	394	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	35	-	-%	210	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	30	-	-%	302	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	27	-	-%	181	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	19	-	-%	195	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	10	-	-%	24	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	9	-	-%	117	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	6	-	-%	47	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	5	-	-%	44	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	4	-	-%	36	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,565	5,170	-69.7%	8,594	17,793	-51.7%
Others	Share	0.6%	2.5%	-1.9 pt	0.5%	1.2%	-0.7 pt
Grand Total	Total	243,277	205,911	18.1%	1,640,147	1,443,886	13.6%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Jul. 2023	Jul. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jul. 2023	Jan.-Jul. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	6,713	6,980	-3.8%	44,511	49,943	-10.9%
2	VW	T-Roc	6,187	5,642	9.7%	42,552	32,771	29.8%
3	VW	Tiguan	5,122	4,592	11.5%	38,217	29,306	30.4%
4	MINI	MINI	4,397	294	1,395.6%	26,018	6,988	272.3%
5	VW	Passat (Santana)	4,131	3,572	15.6%	27,761	23,975	15.8%
6	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	4,044	4,702	-14.0%	29,882	29,278	2.1%
7	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	3,895	2,023	92.5%	29,339	19,368	51.5%
8	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	3,867	3,158	22.5%	22,912	23,736	-3.5%
9	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,706	3,737	-0.8%	26,124	24,429	6.9%
10	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	3,487	3,674	-5.1%	26,498	16,428	61.3%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, June 2023

Jul 6, 2023

*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 up 24.8% in June 2023
On July 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in June increased 24.8% over the previous year to 280,139 units.
In June, VW sales of 53,210 units (19.0% market share) increased 22.4% year over year and Mercedes sales of 25,207 units (9.0% share) increased 29.9%. Audi sales of 24,923 units (8.9% share) increased 42.5%. BMW sales of 19,595 units (7.0% share) decreased 0.6% and Skoda sales of 14,758 units (5.3% share) increased 19.8%. Opel sales of 14,506 units (5.2% share) increased 6.6%.
In June, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 35.6% market share. Hybrid vehicles had a 27.9% market share to 78,249 units and EV had a 18.9% market share to 52,988 units. Diesel vehicles had a 16.7% market share.
Sales of 26,230 trucks in June represented an increase of 28.1% over the previous year, while sales of 487 buses were a 36.4% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 296,500 units increased 28% and domestic production of 389,900 units increased 31% year over year.
According to VDA, despite the positive trend in recent months following primarily the efforts to relax the supply chains, the production level is still significantly below the pre-crisis level. In the first six months of the current year, 10 % fewer vehicles were manufactured than in the first half of the pre-Corona year 2019. The high order backlog is slowly being reduced, but is still well above the long-term average.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Jun. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		280,139	24.8%	1,396,870	12.8%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	487	36.4%	2667	27.8%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	26,230	28.1%	141,470	16.2%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Jun. 2023	Jun. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Jun. 2023	Jan.-Jun. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	53,210	43,456	22.4%	260,470	224,136	16.2%
VW	Share	19.0%	19.4%	-0.4 pt	18.6%	18.1%	0.5 pt
Mercedes	Total	25,207	19,398	29.9%	145,337	111,479	30.4%
Mercedes	Share	9.0%	8.6%	0.4 pt	10.4%	9.0%	1.4 pt
Audi	Total	24,923	17,494	42.5%	125,584	101,103	24.2%
Audi	Share	8.9%	7.8%	1.1 pt	9.0%	8.2%	0.8 pt
BMW	Total	19,595	19,706	-0.6%	111,635	103,636	7.7%
BMW	Share	7.0%	8.8%	-1.8 pt	8.0%	8.4%	-0.4 pt
Skoda	Total	14,758	12,314	19.8%	83,449	69,212	20.6%
Skoda	Share	5.3%	5.5%	-0.2 pt	6.0%	5.6%	0.4 pt
Opel	Total	14,506	13,609	6.6%	66,844	70,907	-5.7%
Opel	Share	5.2%	6.1%	-0.9 pt	4.8%	5.7%	-0.9 pt
SEAT	Total	13,455	10,813	24.4%	60,485	56,380	7.3%
SEAT	Share	4.8%	4.8%	0.0 pt	4.3%	4.6%	-0.2 pt
Ford	Total	12,049	10,551	14.2%	59,726	62,741	-4.8%
Ford	Share	4.3%	4.7%	-0.4 pt	4.3%	5.1%	-0.8 pt
Hyundai	Total	10,023	8,715	15.0%	50,001	47,973	4.2%
Hyundai	Share	3.6%	3.9%	-0.3 pt	3.6%	3.9%	-0.3 pt
Kia	Total	8,353	6,596	26.6%	35,284	36,366	-3.0%
Kia	Share	3.0%	2.9%	0.0 pt	2.5%	2.9%	-0.4 pt
Dacia	Total	8,233	5,683	44.9%	34,756	24,759	40.4%
Dacia	Share	2.9%	2.5%	0.4 pt	2.5%	2.0%	0.5 pt
Fiat	Total	8,084	6,537	23.7%	36,681	37,730	-2.8%
Fiat	Share	2.9%	2.9%	0.0 pt	2.6%	3.0%	-0.4 pt
Tesla	Total	8,044	2,908	176.6%	36,384	18,259	99.3%
Tesla	Share	2.9%	1.3%	1.6 pt	2.6%	1.5%	1.1 pt
Toyota	Total	7,614	6,894	10.4%	37,646	37,855	-0.6%
Toyota	Share	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt
Renault	Total	7,391	6,891	7.3%	30,591	37,992	-19.5%
Renault	Share	2.6%	3.1%	-0.4 pt	2.2%	3.1%	-0.9 pt
MINI	Total	4,675	3,176	47.2%	21,791	19,833	9.9%
MINI	Share	1.7%	1.4%	0.3 pt	1.6%	1.6%	0.0 pt
Peugeot	Total	4,548	3,849	18.2%	23,233	21,157	9.8%
Peugeot	Share	1.6%	1.7%	-0.1 pt	1.7%	1.7%	0.0 pt
Mazda	Total	4,475	2,355	90.0%	22,725	15,939	42.6%
Mazda	Share	1.6%	1.0%	0.5 pt	1.6%	1.3%	0.3 pt
Volvo	Total	4,318	2,188	97.3%	19,907	16,644	19.6%
Volvo	Share	1.5%	1.0%	0.6 pt	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt
Citroen	Total	3,509	3,812	-7.9%	19,652	19,736	-0.4%
Citroen	Share	1.3%	1.7%	-0.4 pt	1.4%	1.6%	-0.2 pt
Porsche	Total	3,417	2,533	34.9%	18,362	14,507	26.6%
Porsche	Share	1.2%	1.1%	0.1 pt	1.3%	1.2%	0.1 pt
Nissan	Total	2,757	2,258	22.1%	15,685	13,107	19.7%
Nissan	Share	1.0%	1.0%	0.0 pt	1.1%	1.1%	0.1 pt
MG Roewe	Total	2,633	927	184.0%	9,399	4,181	124.8%
MG Roewe	Share	0.9%	0.4%	0.5 pt	0.7%	0.3%	0.3 pt
Suzuki	Total	1,751	1,223	43.2%	11,561	6,158	87.7%
Suzuki	Share	0.6%	0.5%	0.1 pt	0.8%	0.5%	0.3 pt
Smart	Total	1,706	597	185.8%	8,270	7,487	10.5%
Smart	Share	0.6%	0.3%	0.3 pt	0.6%	0.6%	0.0 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	1,532	2,698	-43.2%	7,499	17,607	-57.4%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.5%	1.2%	-0.7 pt	0.5%	1.4%	-0.9 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,470	1,077	36.5%	6,813	5,515	23.5%
Land Rover	Share	0.5%	0.5%	0.0 pt	0.5%	0.4%	0.0 pt
Jeep	Total	1,215	1,233	-1.5%	5,218	7,226	-27.8%
Jeep	Share	0.4%	0.5%	-0.1 pt	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt
Polestar	Total	950	241	294.2%	3,158	2,277	38.7%
Polestar	Share	0.3%	0.1%	0.2 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	594	412	44.2%	3,116	1,488	109.4%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Honda	Total	418	662	-36.9%	2,618	4,263	-38.6%
Honda	Share	0.1%	0.3%	-0.1 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.2 pt
Subaru	Total	406	301	34.9%	2,074	2,147	-3.4%
Subaru	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Lexus	Total	378	235	60.9%	1,416	1,359	4.2%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	317	255	24.3%	1,623	1,663	-2.4%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
DS	Total	262	230	13.9%	941	1,046	-10.0%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	219	-	-%	1,075	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	217	-	-%	1,273	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Total	196	-	-%	628	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	179	-	-%	257	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	178	-	-%	991	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	145	-	-%	350	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lynk & CO	Total	130	364	-64.3%	1,676	1,484	12.9%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.0%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Maserati	Total	103	-	-%	696	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	101	-	-%	480	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	90	-	-%	538	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	86	-	-%	495	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
BYD Auto	Total	63	-	-%	228	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	60	-	-%	272	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	56	-	-%	207	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	52	-	-%	175	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	34	-	-%	41	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	31	-	-%	154	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	29	-	-%	176	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	15	-	-%	39	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	11	-	-%	108	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	5	-	-%	14	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	4	-	-%	32	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
MG Rover	Total	1	-	-%	1	-	-%
MG Rover	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,358	2,367	-42.6%	7,029	12,623	-44.3%
Others	Share	0.5%	1.1%	-0.6 pt	0.5%	1.0%	-0.5 pt
Grand Total	Total	280,139	224,558	24.8%	1,396,870	1,237,975	12.8%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Jun. 2023	Jun. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Jun. 2023	Jan.-Jun. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	T-Roc	7,697	6,749	14.0%	36,365	27,129	34.0%
2	VW	Golf	7,019	7,837	-10.4%	37,798	42,963	-12.0%
3	VW	Tiguan	6,329	4,329	46.2%	33,095	24,714	33.9%
4	Tesla	Model Y	6,098	2,144	184.4%	27,825	7,458	273.1%
5	VW	Passat (Santana)	5,324	3,677	44.8%	23,630	20,403	15.8%
6	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	5,082	5,744	-11.5%	25,838	24,576	5.1%
7	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	4,906	2,482	97.7%	25,444	17,345	46.7%
8	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	4,893	4,237	15.5%	19,045	20,578	-7.4%
9	MINI	MINI	4,646	1,093	325.1%	21,621	6,694	223.0%
10	Skoda	Kodiaq	4,111	4,352	-5.5%	22,418	20,692	8.3%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, May 2023

Jun 6, 2023

*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 up 19.2% in May 2023
On June 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in May increased 19.2% over the previous year to 246,966 units.
In May, VW sales of 43,831 units (17.7% market share) increased 13.0% year over year and Mercedes sales of 27,911 units (11.3% share) increased 55.0%.
BMW sales of 27,489 units (11.1% share) increased 60.2%.
Audi sales of 22,143 units (9.0% share) increased 36% and Skoda sales of 13,157 units (5.3% share) increased 23.6%.
SEAT sales of 11,434 units (4.6% share) increased 20.2%.
In May, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 35.5% market share, Hybrid vehicles for 29.0%, Diesel vehicles for 17.6%, and EV for 17.3%.
Incoming orders from German manufacturers continued to decline in the past month. Compared to the same month last year, 19% fewer orders were registered in May this year. In the period from January to May, domestic orders fell by 28% compared to the same period last year, according to VDA.
Sales of 24,619 trucks in May represented an increase of 24.1% over the previous year, while sales of 468 buses were a 41% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 295,700 units had increased 24% and domestic production of 380,100 units had increased 25% year over year.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		May 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		246,966	19.2%	1,116,731	10.2%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	468	41.0%	2180	26.0%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	24,619	24.1%	115,240	13.8%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		May 2023	May 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-May 2023	Jan.-May 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	43,831	38,782	13.0%	207,260	180,680	14.7%
VW	Share	17.7%	18.7%	-1.0 pt	18.6%	17.8%	0.7 pt
Mercedes	Total	27,911	18,008	55.0%	120,130	92,081	30.5%
Mercedes	Share	11.3%	8.7%	2.6 pt	10.8%	9.1%	1.7 pt
BMW	Total	27,489	17,158	60.2%	92,040	83,930	9.7%
BMW	Share	11.1%	8.3%	2.8 pt	8.2%	8.3%	0.0 pt
Audi	Total	22,143	16,287	36.0%	100,661	83,609	20.4%
Audi	Share	9.0%	7.9%	1.1 pt	9.0%	8.3%	0.8 pt
Skoda	Total	13,157	10,645	23.6%	68,691	56,898	20.7%
Skoda	Share	5.3%	5.1%	0.2 pt	6.2%	5.6%	0.5 pt
SEAT	Total	11,434	9,510	20.2%	47,030	45,567	3.2%
SEAT	Share	4.6%	4.6%	0.0 pt	4.2%	4.5%	-0.3 pt
Ford	Total	10,913	12,153	-10.2%	47,677	52,190	-8.6%
Ford	Share	4.4%	5.9%	-1.4 pt	4.3%	5.1%	-0.9 pt
Opel	Total	10,405	13,057	-20.3%	52,338	57,298	-8.7%
Opel	Share	4.2%	6.3%	-2.1 pt	4.7%	5.7%	-1.0 pt
Hyundai	Total	9,341	8,503	9.9%	39,978	39,258	1.8%
Hyundai	Share	3.8%	4.1%	-0.3 pt	3.6%	3.9%	-0.3 pt
Kia	Total	6,684	6,582	1.5%	26,931	29,770	-9.5%
Kia	Share	2.7%	3.2%	-0.5 pt	2.4%	2.9%	-0.5 pt
Toyota	Total	5,768	6,516	-11.5%	30,032	30,961	-3.0%
Toyota	Share	2.3%	3.1%	-0.8 pt	2.7%	3.1%	-0.4 pt
Dacia	Total	5,658	3,620	56.3%	26,523	19,076	39.0%
Dacia	Share	2.3%	1.7%	0.5 pt	2.4%	1.9%	0.5 pt
Fiat	Total	5,650	6,833	-17.3%	28,597	31,193	-8.3%
Fiat	Share	2.3%	3.3%	-1.0 pt	2.6%	3.1%	-0.5 pt
Renault	Total	5,287	5,979	-11.6%	23,200	31,101	-25.4%
Renault	Share	2.1%	2.9%	-0.7 pt	2.1%	3.1%	-1.0 pt
Tesla	Total	5,265	293	1696.9%	28,340	15,351	84.6%
Tesla	Share	2.1%	0.1%	2.0 pt	2.5%	1.5%	1.0 pt
MINI	Total	3,788	3,473	9.1%	17,116	16,657	2.8%
MINI	Share	1.5%	1.7%	-0.1 pt	1.5%	1.6%	-0.1 pt
Citroen	Total	3,700	4,136	-10.5%	16,143	15,924	1.4%
Citroen	Share	1.5%	2.0%	-0.5 pt	1.4%	1.6%	-0.1 pt
Peugeot	Total	3,521	3,183	10.6%	18,685	17,308	8.0%
Peugeot	Share	1.4%	1.5%	-0.1 pt	1.7%	1.7%	0.0 pt
Mazda	Total	3,279	1,950	68.2%	18,250	13,584	34.3%
Mazda	Share	1.3%	0.9%	0.4 pt	1.6%	1.3%	0.3 pt
Volvo	Total	3,091	2,775	11.4%	15,589	14,456	7.8%
Volvo	Share	1.3%	1.3%	-0.1 pt	1.4%	1.4%	0.0 pt
Porsche	Total	2,992	2,485	20.4%	14,945	11,974	24.8%
Porsche	Share	1.2%	1.2%	0.0 pt	1.3%	1.2%	0.2 pt
Nissan	Total	1,817	2,457	-26.0%	12,928	10,849	19.2%
Nissan	Share	0.7%	1.2%	-0.5 pt	1.2%	1.1%	0.1 pt
MG Roewe	Total	1,780	818	117.6%	6,766	3,254	107.9%
MG Roewe	Share	0.7%	0.4%	0.3 pt	0.6%	0.3%	0.3 pt
Smart	Total	1,623	1,275	27.3%	6,564	6,890	-4.7%
Smart	Share	0.7%	0.6%	0.0 pt	0.6%	0.7%	-0.1 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	1,538	2,852	-46.1%	5,967	14,909	-60.0%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.6%	1.4%	-0.8 pt	0.5%	1.5%	-0.9 pt
Suzuki	Total	1,478	953	55.1%	9,810	4,935	98.8%
Suzuki	Share	0.6%	0.5%	0.1 pt	0.9%	0.5%	0.4 pt
Jeep	Total	960	1,095	-12.3%	4,003	5,993	-33.2%
Jeep	Share	0.4%	0.5%	-0.1 pt	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt
Land Rover	Total	884	1,118	-20.9%	5,343	4,438	20.4%
Land Rover	Share	0.4%	0.5%	-0.2 pt	0.5%	0.4%	0.0 pt
Polestar	Total	629	460	36.7%	2,208	2,036	8.4%
Polestar	Share	0.3%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	609	226	169.5%	2,522	1,076	134.4%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Honda	Total	433	878	-50.7%	2,200	3,601	-38.9%
Honda	Share	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2 pt	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2 pt
Subaru	Total	344	230	49.6%	1,668	1,846	-9.6%
Subaru	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Lexus	Total	240	136	76.5%	1,038	1,124	-7.7%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lynk & CO	Total	237	218	8.7%	1,546	1,120	38.0%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
MAN (TRATON)	Total	199	-	-%	1,056	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Jaguar	Total	181	245	-26.1%	1,306	1,408	-7.2%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	172	-	-%	856	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Ferrari	Total	171	-	-%	813	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Total	155	-	-%	432	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
DS	Total	146	128	14.1%	679	816	-16.8%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lamborghini	Total	112	-	-%	448	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	104	-	-%	409	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	93	-	-%	379	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	82	-	-%	593	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	58	-	-%	212	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	58	-	-%	78	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
BYD Auto	Total	54	-	-%	165	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	51	-	-%	151	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	44	-	-%	205	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	37	-	-%	123	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	31	-	-%	123	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	29	-	-%	147	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	14	-	-%	97	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	6	-	-%	28	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	6	-	-%	9	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	1	-	-%	24	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	1	-	-%	7	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LEVC	Total	1	-	-%	1	-	-%
LEVC	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,281	2,182	-41.3%	5,671	10,256	-44.7%
Others	Share	0.5%	1.1%	-0.5 pt	0.5%	1.0%	-0.5 pt
Grand Total	Total	246,966	207,199	19.2%	1,116,731	1,013,417	10.2%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	May 2023	May 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-May 2023	Jan.-May 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	T-Roc	6,035	5,273	14.5%	28,668	20,380	40.7%
2	VW	Tiguan	5,641	2,800	101.5%	26,766	20,385	31.3%
3	VW	Golf	5,436	6,197	-12.3%	30,779	35,126	-12.4%
4	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	5,221	2,605	100.4%	20,538	14,863	38.2%
5	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	4,434	5,102	-13.1%	20,756	18,832	10.2%
6	BMW	3 Series	4,406	2,859	54.1%	13,935	14,687	-5.1%
7	VW	Passat (Santana)	4,384	3,944	11.2%	18,306	16,726	9.4%
8	Tesla	Model Y	4,240	112	3685.7%	21,727	5,314	308.9%
9	MINI	MINI	3,763	970	287.9%	16,975	5,601	203.1%
10	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,667	3,320	10.5%	18,307	16,340	12.0%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, April 2023

May 8, 2023

*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 up 12.6% in April 2023
On May 4, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in April increased 12.6% over the previous year to 202,947 units.
In April, VW sales of 36,940 units (18.2% market share) increased 23.7% year over year and Mercedes sales of 20,990 units (10.3% share) increased 27.4%.
Audi sales of 17,788 units (8.8% share) increased 24.5%.
BMW sales of 17,262 units (8.5% share) increased 4.4% and Skoda sales of 11,990 units (5.9% share) increased 32.5%.
Opel sales of 11,652 units (5.7% share) increased 21.9%.
In April, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 37.7% market share to 76,519 units. Hybrid vehicles had a 29.3% market share to 59,468 units and Diesel vehicles had a 17.8% market share to 36,138 units.
EV had a 14.7% market share to 29,740 units.
Sales of 20,062 trucks in April represented an increase of 14.4% over the previous year, while sales of 382 buses were a 51.0% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 246,200 units had increased 38% and
domestic production of 321,000 units had increased 24% year over year.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Apr. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		202,947	12.6%	869,765	7.9%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	382	51.0%	1712	22.5%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	20,062	14.4%	90,621	11.3%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Apr. 2023	Apr. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Apr. 2023	Jan.-Apr. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	36,940	29,873	23.7%	163,429	141,898	15.2%
VW	Share	18.2%	16.6%	1.6 pt	18.8%	17.6%	1.2 pt
Mercedes	Total	20,990	16,471	27.4%	92,219	74,073	24.5%
Mercedes	Share	10.3%	9.1%	1.2 pt	10.6%	9.2%	1.4 pt
Audi	Total	17,788	14,286	24.5%	78,518	67,322	16.6%
Audi	Share	8.8%	7.9%	0.8 pt	9.0%	8.4%	0.7 pt
BMW	Total	17,262	16,527	4.4%	64,551	66,772	-3.3%
BMW	Share	8.5%	9.2%	-0.7 pt	7.4%	8.3%	-0.9 pt
Skoda	Total	11,990	9,047	32.5%	55,534	46,253	20.1%
Skoda	Share	5.9%	5.0%	0.9 pt	6.4%	5.7%	0.6 pt
Opel	Total	11,652	9,560	21.9%	41,933	44,241	-5.2%
Opel	Share	5.7%	5.3%	0.4 pt	4.8%	5.5%	-0.7 pt
SEAT	Total	10,182	6,674	52.6%	35,596	36,057	-1.3%
SEAT	Share	5.0%	3.7%	1.3 pt	4.1%	4.5%	-0.4 pt
Ford	Total	8,159	10,024	-18.6%	36,764	40,037	-8.2%
Ford	Share	4.0%	5.6%	-1.5 pt	4.2%	5.0%	-0.7 pt
Hyundai	Total	7,904	7,324	7.9%	30,637	30,755	-0.4%
Hyundai	Share	3.9%	4.1%	-0.2 pt	3.5%	3.8%	-0.3 pt
Kia	Total	6,181	6,882	-10.2%	20,247	23,188	-12.7%
Kia	Share	3.0%	3.8%	-0.8 pt	2.3%	2.9%	-0.5 pt
Toyota	Total	5,268	6,448	-18.3%	24,264	24,445	-0.7%
Toyota	Share	2.6%	3.6%	-1.0 pt	2.8%	3.0%	-0.2 pt
Fiat	Total	5,081	6,390	-20.5%	22,947	24,360	-5.8%
Fiat	Share	2.5%	3.5%	-1.0 pt	2.6%	3.0%	-0.4 pt
Renault	Total	4,639	5,387	-13.9%	17,913	25,122	-28.7%
Renault	Share	2.3%	3.0%	-0.7 pt	2.1%	3.1%	-1.1 pt
Dacia	Total	4,471	2,896	54.4%	20,865	15,456	35.0%
Dacia	Share	2.2%	1.6%	0.6 pt	2.4%	1.9%	0.5 pt
MINI	Total	3,645	2,148	69.7%	13,328	13,184	1.1%
MINI	Share	1.8%	1.2%	0.6 pt	1.5%	1.6%	-0.1 pt
Peugeot	Total	3,379	3,014	12.1%	15,164	14,125	7.4%
Peugeot	Share	1.7%	1.7%	0.0 pt	1.7%	1.8%	0.0 pt
Volvo	Total	3,004	2,534	18.5%	12,498	11,681	7.0%
Volvo	Share	1.5%	1.4%	0.1 pt	1.4%	1.4%	0.0 pt
Citroen	Total	2,884	3,450	-16.4%	12,443	11,788	5.6%
Citroen	Share	1.4%	1.9%	-0.5 pt	1.4%	1.5%	0.0 pt
Mazda	Total	2,821	2,085	35.3%	14,971	11,634	28.7%
Mazda	Share	1.4%	1.2%	0.2 pt	1.7%	1.4%	0.3 pt
Porsche	Total	2,768	2,093	32.3%	11,953	9,489	26.0%
Porsche	Share	1.4%	1.2%	0.2 pt	1.4%	1.2%	0.2 pt
Tesla	Total	2,420	650	272.3%	23,075	15,058	53.2%
Tesla	Share	1.2%	0.4%	0.8 pt	2.7%	1.9%	0.8 pt
Nissan	Total	2,063	2,296	-10.1%	11,111	8,392	32.4%
Nissan	Share	1.0%	1.3%	-0.3 pt	1.3%	1.0%	0.2 pt
Smart	Total	1,560	1,316	18.5%	4,941	5,615	-12.0%
Smart	Share	0.8%	0.7%	0.0 pt	0.6%	0.7%	-0.1 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	1,400	3,592	-61.0%	4,429	12,057	-63.3%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.7%	2.0%	-1.3 pt	0.5%	1.5%	-1.0 pt
MG Roewe	Total	1,163	1,065	9.2%	4,986	2,436	104.7%
MG Roewe	Share	0.6%	0.6%	0.0 pt	0.6%	0.3%	0.3 pt
Suzuki	Total	1,119	831	34.7%	8,332	3,982	109.2%
Suzuki	Share	0.6%	0.5%	0.1 pt	1.0%	0.5%	0.5 pt
Land Rover	Total	818	1,200	-31.8%	4,459	3,320	34.3%
Land Rover	Share	0.4%	0.7%	-0.3 pt	0.5%	0.4%	0.1 pt
Jeep	Total	590	1,285	-54.1%	3,043	4,898	-37.9%
Jeep	Share	0.3%	0.7%	-0.4 pt	0.3%	0.6%	-0.3 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	576	219	163.0%	1,913	850	125.1%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.3%	0.1%	0.2 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Polestar	Total	544	467	16.5%	1,579	1,576	0.2%
Polestar	Share	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Subaru	Total	327	325	0.6%	1,324	1,616	-18.1%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Honda	Total	290	719	-59.7%	1,767	2,723	-35.1%
Honda	Share	0.1%	0.4%	-0.3 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Lexus	Total	262	201	30.3%	798	988	-19.2%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
MAN (TRATON)	Total	227	-	-%	857	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lynk & CO	Total	194	435	-55.4%	1,309	902	45.1%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Jaguar	Total	194	302	-35.8%	1,125	1,163	-3.3%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ferrari	Total	184	-	-%	642	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Total	149	-	-%	684	-	-%
KG Mobility / Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
DS	Total	116	147	-21.1%	533	688	-22.5%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
GreatWall (GW)	Total	101	-	-%	277	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	81	-	-%	511	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	76	-	-%	286	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	70	-	-%	305	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	68	-	-%	336	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
BYD Auto	Total	47	-	-%	111	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	40	-	-%	154	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	37	-	-%	86	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	36	-	-%	118	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	35	-	-%	100	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	25	-	-%	161	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	10	-	-%	92	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	10	-	-%	22	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	10	-	-%	20	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	9	-	-%	83	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	2	-	-%	3	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	0	-	-%	23	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	0	-	-%	6	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,086	2,101	-48.3%	4,390	8,074	-45.6%
Others	Share	0.5%	1.2%	-0.6 pt	0.5%	1.0%	-0.5 pt
Grand Total	Total	202,947	180,264	12.6%	869,765	806,218	7.9%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Apr. 2023	Apr. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Apr. 2023	Jan.-Apr. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	5,243	3,115	68.3%	16,322	13,730	18.9%
2	VW	T-Roc	4,835	3,862	25.2%	22,633	15,107	49.8%
3	VW	Tiguan	4,530	2,180	107.8%	21,125	17,585	20.1%
4	VW	Golf	4,395	4,372	0.5%	25,343	28,929	-12.4%
5	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	4,080	2,492	63.7%	15,317	12,258	25.0%
6	VW	Passat (Santana)	3,888	3,977	-2.2%	13,922	12,782	8.9%
7	MINI	MINI	3,604	381	845.9%	13,212	4,631	185.3%
8	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,238	2,666	21.5%	14,640	13,020	12.4%
9	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	3,113	638	387.9%	15,927	9,174	73.6%
10	SEAT	CUPRA Formentor	2,854	2,028	40.7%	9,028	11,113	-18.8%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, March 2023

Apr 6, 2023

*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 up 16.6% in March 2023
On April 5, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in March increased 16.6% over the previous year to 281,361 units.
Despite the solid growth rate, the gap to the pre-crisis level is still large: Compared to the first quarter of 2019, new registrations in the first quarter of the current year are almost a quarter lower.
In March, VW sales of 49,894 units (17.7% market share) increased 29.5% year over year and Mercedes sales of 28,108 units (10.0% share) increased 38.1%.
Audi sales of 27,699 units (9.8% share) increased 27.3%.
BMW sales of 21,246 units (7.6% share) increased 7.3% and Skoda sales of 16,040 units (5.7% share) increased 30.9%.
Opel sales of 13,317 units (4.7% share) increased 12.8%.
In March, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 36.7% market share to 103,271 units, Hybrid vehicles had a 29.9% market share to 84,029 units, EV had a 15.7% market share to 44,125 units, Diesel vehicles had a 17.3% market share to 48,597 units.
Sales of 27,877 trucks in March represented an increase of 12.8% over the previous year while sales of 463 buses were a 20.3% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 338,800 units had increased 64% and　 domestic production of 441,900 units had increased 67% year over year.
Despite the positive trend in recent months which is due in particular to the gradually improving supply situation with primary and intermediate products, the production level remains significantly below the pre-crisis level. March 2022 was the weakest March in terms of production in almost 50 years.
After passenger car production in Germany increased somewhat more than expected in the first quarter of this year, the VDA is adjusting its production forecast for 2023. So far, 3.69 million cars were forecast (+6 percent compared to 2022), now 3.79 million cars are assumed (+9 % compared to 2022).

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Mar. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		281,361	16.6%	666,818	6.5%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	463	20.3%	1,330	16.2%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	27,877	12.8%	70,559	10.5%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Mar. 2023	Jan.-Mar. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	49,894	38,543	29.5%	126,489	112,025	12.9%
VW	Share	17.7%	16.0%	1.8 pt	19.0%	17.9%	1.1 pt
Mercedes	Total	28,108	20,360	38.1%	71,229	57,602	23.7%
Mercedes	Share	10.0%	8.4%	1.6 pt	10.7%	9.2%	1.5 pt
Audi	Total	27,699	21,752	27.3%	60,730	53,036	14.5%
Audi	Share	9.8%	9.0%	0.8 pt	9.1%	8.5%	0.6 pt
BMW	Total	21,246	19,804	7.3%	47,289	50,245	-5.9%
BMW	Share	7.6%	8.2%	-0.7 pt	7.1%	8.0%	-0.9 pt
Skoda	Total	16,040	12,249	30.9%	43,544	37,206	17.0%
Skoda	Share	5.7%	5.1%	0.6 pt	6.5%	5.9%	0.6 pt
Opel	Total	13,317	11,808	12.8%	30,281	34,681	-12.7%
Opel	Share	4.7%	4.9%	-0.2 pt	4.5%	5.5%	-1.0 pt
SEAT	Total	11,715	11,188	4.7%	25,414	29,383	-13.5%
SEAT	Share	4.2%	4.6%	-0.5 pt	3.8%	4.7%	-0.9 pt
Ford	Total	11,498	12,942	-11.2%	28,605	30,013	-4.7%
Ford	Share	4.1%	5.4%	-1.3 pt	4.3%	4.8%	-0.5 pt
Hyundai	Total	9,687	9,529	1.7%	22,733	23,431	-3.0%
Hyundai	Share	3.4%	3.9%	-0.5 pt	3.4%	3.7%	-0.3 pt
Tesla	Total	8,703	8,045	8.2%	20,655	14,408	43.4%
Tesla	Share	3.1%	3.3%	-0.2 pt	3.1%	2.3%	0.8 pt
Fiat	Total	8,190	8,055	1.7%	17,866	17,970	-0.6%
Fiat	Share	2.9%	3.3%	-0.4 pt	2.7%	2.9%	-0.2 pt
Toyota	Total	6,655	7,028	-5.3%	18,996	17,997	5.6%
Toyota	Share	2.4%	2.9%	-0.5 pt	2.8%	2.9%	0.0 pt
Kia	Total	6,371	6,838	-6.8%	14,066	16,306	-13.7%
Kia	Share	2.3%	2.8%	-0.6 pt	2.1%	2.6%	-0.5 pt
Renault	Total	6,100	8,074	-24.4%	13,274	19,735	-32.7%
Renault	Share	2.2%	3.3%	-1.2 pt	2.0%	3.2%	-1.2 pt
Dacia	Total	5,931	4,530	30.9%	16,394	12,560	30.5%
Dacia	Share	2.1%	1.9%	0.2 pt	2.5%	2.0%	0.5 pt
Mazda	Total	5,791	5,084	13.9%	12,150	9,549	27.2%
Mazda	Share	2.1%	2.1%	0.0 pt	1.8%	1.5%	0.3 pt
MINI	Total	5,113	3,815	34.0%	9,683	11,036	-12.3%
MINI	Share	1.8%	1.6%	0.2 pt	1.5%	1.8%	-0.3 pt
Peugeot	Total	4,879	3,747	30.2%	11,785	11,111	6.1%
Peugeot	Share	1.7%	1.6%	0.2 pt	1.8%	1.8%	0.0 pt
Nissan	Total	4,590	2,864	60.3%	9,048	6,096	48.4%
Nissan	Share	1.6%	1.2%	0.4 pt	1.4%	1.0%	0.4 pt
Volvo	Total	4,281	3,086	38.7%	9,494	9,147	3.8%
Volvo	Share	1.5%	1.3%	0.2 pt	1.4%	1.5%	0.0 pt
Citroen	Total	4,028	3,832	5.1%	9,559	8,338	14.6%
Citroen	Share	1.4%	1.6%	-0.2 pt	1.4%	1.3%	0.1 pt
Porsche	Total	3,548	2,948	20.4%	9,185	7,396	24.2%
Porsche	Share	1.3%	1.2%	0.0 pt	1.4%	1.2%	0.2 pt
Suzuki	Total	3,283	1,543	112.8%	7,213	3,151	128.9%
Suzuki	Share	1.2%	0.6%	0.5 pt	1.1%	0.5%	0.6 pt
MG Roewe	Total	2,010	542	270.8%	3,823	1,371	178.8%
MG Roewe	Share	0.7%	0.2%	0.5 pt	0.6%	0.2%	0.4 pt
Smart	Total	1,809	1,794	0.8%	3,381	4,299	-21.4%
Smart	Share	0.6%	0.7%	-0.1 pt	0.5%	0.7%	-0.2 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	1,658	3,315	-50.0%	3,029	8,465	-64.2%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.6%	1.4%	-0.8 pt	0.5%	1.4%	-0.9 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,594	940	69.6%	3,641	2,120	71.7%
Land Rover	Share	0.6%	0.4%	0.2 pt	0.5%	0.3%	0.2 pt
Jeep	Total	1,032	1,392	-25.9%	2,453	3,613	-32.1%
Jeep	Share	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt
Polestar	Total	756	571	32.4%	1,035	1,109	-6.7%
Polestar	Share	0.3%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.2%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	534	213	150.7%	1,337	631	111.9%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Subaru	Total	479	585	-18.1%	997	1,291	-22.8%
Subaru	Share	0.2%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt
Honda	Total	465	852	-45.4%	1,477	2,004	-26.3%
Honda	Share	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2 pt	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt
Jaguar	Total	432	353	22.4%	931	861	8.1%
Jaguar	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lynk & CO	Total	429	94	356.4%	1,115	467	138.8%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.2%	0.0%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
MAN (TRATON)	Total	340	-	-%	630	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lexus	Total	257	358	-28.2%	536	787	-31.9%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
DS	Total	224	167	34.1%	417	541	-22.9%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ferrari	Total	211	-	-%	458	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Total	164	-	-%	176	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ssangyong	Total	147	-	-%	535	-	-%
Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	135	-	-%	430	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	122	-	-%	136	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lamborghini	Total	114	-	-%	268	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	97	-	-%	235	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	87	-	-%	210	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	51	-	-%	114	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	38	-	-%	82	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	26	-	-%	49	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	20	-	-%	82	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	18	-	-%	23	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	17	-	-%	65	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	14	-	-%	74	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	8	-	-%	12	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
BYD Auto	Total	7	-	-%	64	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	1	-	-%	6	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	0	-	-%	10	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,398	2,490	-43.9%	3,304	5,973	-44.7%
Others	Share	0.5%	1.0%	-0.5 pt	0.5%	1.0%	-0.5 pt
Grand Total	Total	281,361	241,330	16.6%	666,818	625,954	6.5%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Mar. 2023	Jan.-Mar. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	T-Roc	7,524	3,331	125.9%	17,798	11,245	58.3%
2	VW	Golf	7,253	7,564	-4.1%	20,948	24,557	-14.7%
3	VW	Tiguan	6,010	5,254	14.4%	16,595	15,405	7.7%
4	Tesla	Model Y	5,701	2,529	125.4%	15,851	4,925	221.8%
5	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	5,123	3,112	64.6%	11,079	10,615	4.4%
6	MINI	MINI	5,064	2,667	89.9%	9,608	4,250	126.1%
7	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	4,970	1,173	323.7%	12,814	8,536	50.1%
8	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	4,583	3,308	38.5%	11,237	9,766	15.1%
9	Fiat (2021-)	Fiat 500	4,384	4,318	1.5%	8,859	10,023	-11.6%
10	Audi	Audi A4	4,328	3,313	30.6%	10,266	8,959	14.6%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Flash report, February 2023

Mar 6, 2023

*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 up 2.8% in February 2023
On March 3, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in February increased 2.8% over the previous year to 206,210 units.
This compensated for the negative start to the year in January 2023, so that after the first two months of this year the German market as a whole is back at the previous year's level. However the German passenger car market is still lagging behind, a good 23% fewer than in February 2019.
In February, VW sales of 39,519 units (19.2% market share) increased 7.1% year over year and Mercedes sales of 21,682 units (10.5% share) increased 17.1%.
Audi sales of 18,277 units (8.9% share) increased 11.6%.
BMW sales of 14,885 units (7.2% share) decreased 4.7% and Skoda sales of 13,745 units (6.7% share) increased 7.9%.
Opel sales of 9,637 units (4.7% share) decreased 17.6%.
In February, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 36.5% market share. Hybrid vehicles had a 28.6% market share to 58,980 units and EV had a 15.7% market share to 32,475 units. Diesel vehicles had a 18.6% market share.
PHEV sales droped 45% compared to February 2022. The state subsidy that expired at the end of the year continues to put pressure on the number of new registrations in this segment.
Sales of 21,866 trucks in February represented an increase of 6.5% over the previous year, while sales of 407 buses were a 26.8% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 278,000 units had increased 24% and domestic production of 382,600 units had increased 24% year over year.
Despite the positive trend in recent months, which is due in particular to the gradually improving supply situation with primary and intermediate products, the production level is still significantly below the pre-crisis level. In the first two months of 2023, 13% fewer vehicles were manufactured than in 2019.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Feb. 2023	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		206,210	2.8%	385,457	0.2%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	407	26.8%	867	14.1%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	21,866	6.5%	42,682	9.0%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	y-o-y	Jan.-Feb. 2023	Jan.-Feb. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	39,519	36,889	7.1%	76,595	73,482	4.2%
VW	Share	19.2%	18.4%	0.8 pt	19.9%	19.1%	0.8 pt
Mercedes	Total	21,682	18,512	17.1%	43,121	37,242	15.8%
Mercedes	Share	10.5%	9.2%	1.3 pt	11.2%	9.7%	1.5 pt
Audi	Total	18,277	16,381	11.6%	33,031	31,284	5.6%
Audi	Share	8.9%	8.2%	0.7 pt	8.6%	8.1%	0.4 pt
BMW	Total	14,885	15,619	-4.7%	26,043	30,441	-14.4%
BMW	Share	7.2%	7.8%	-0.6 pt	6.8%	7.9%	-1.2 pt
Skoda	Total	13,745	12,739	7.9%	27,504	24,957	10.2%
Skoda	Share	6.7%	6.4%	0.3 pt	7.1%	6.5%	0.6 pt
Opel	Total	9,637	11,698	-17.6%	16,964	22,873	-25.8%
Opel	Share	4.7%	5.8%	-1.2 pt	4.4%	5.9%	-1.5 pt
Ford	Total	8,933	9,167	-2.6%	17,107	17,071	0.2%
Ford	Share	4.3%	4.6%	-0.2 pt	4.4%	4.4%	0.0 pt
SEAT	Total	8,111	9,060	-10.5%	13,699	18,195	-24.7%
SEAT	Share	3.9%	4.5%	-0.6 pt	3.6%	4.7%	-1.2 pt
Tesla	Total	7,711	5,944	29.7%	11,952	6,363	87.8%
Tesla	Share	3.7%	3.0%	0.8 pt	3.1%	1.7%	1.4 pt
Hyundai	Total	6,970	7,373	-5.5%	13,046	13,902	-6.2%
Hyundai	Share	3.4%	3.7%	-0.3 pt	3.4%	3.6%	-0.2 pt
Toyota	Total	5,803	5,875	-1.2%	12,341	10,969	12.5%
Toyota	Share	2.8%	2.9%	-0.1 pt	3.2%	2.9%	0.3 pt
Fiat	Total	5,706	5,804	-1.7%	9,676	9,915	-2.4%
Fiat	Share	2.8%	2.9%	-0.1 pt	2.5%	2.6%	-0.1 pt
Dacia	Total	4,792	4,039	18.6%	10,463	8,030	30.3%
Dacia	Share	2.3%	2.0%	0.3 pt	2.7%	2.1%	0.6 pt
Kia	Total	4,550	5,217	-12.8%	7,695	9,468	-18.7%
Kia	Share	2.2%	2.6%	-0.4 pt	2.0%	2.5%	-0.5 pt
Peugeot	Total	4,167	3,500	19.1%	6,906	7,364	-6.2%
Peugeot	Share	2.0%	1.7%	0.3 pt	1.8%	1.9%	-0.1 pt
Renault	Total	3,608	6,074	-40.6%	7,174	11,661	-38.5%
Renault	Share	1.7%	3.0%	-1.3 pt	1.9%	3.0%	-1.2 pt
Citroen	Total	3,262	2,442	33.6%	5,531	4,506	22.7%
Citroen	Share	1.6%	1.2%	0.4 pt	1.4%	1.2%	0.3 pt
Mazda	Total	3,032	1,925	57.5%	6,359	4,465	42.4%
Mazda	Share	1.5%	1.0%	0.5 pt	1.6%	1.2%	0.5 pt
Volvo	Total	2,980	3,185	-6.4%	5,213	6,061	-14.0%
Volvo	Share	1.4%	1.6%	-0.1 pt	1.4%	1.6%	-0.2 pt
MINI	Total	2,976	3,733	-20.3%	4,570	7,221	-36.7%
MINI	Share	1.4%	1.9%	-0.4 pt	1.2%	1.9%	-0.7 pt
Porsche	Total	2,580	1,885	36.9%	5,637	4,448	26.7%
Porsche	Share	1.3%	0.9%	0.3 pt	1.5%	1.2%	0.3 pt
Nissan	Total	2,460	1,896	29.7%	4,458	3,232	37.9%
Nissan	Share	1.2%	0.9%	0.2 pt	1.2%	0.8%	0.3 pt
Suzuki	Total	2,121	756	180.6%	3,930	1,608	144.4%
Suzuki	Share	1.0%	0.4%	0.7 pt	1.0%	0.4%	0.6 pt
MG Roewe	Total	1,330	650	104.6%	1,813	829	118.7%
MG Roewe	Share	0.6%	0.3%	0.3 pt	0.5%	0.2%	0.3 pt
Land Rover	Total	907	557	62.8%	2,047	1,180	73.5%
Land Rover	Share	0.4%	0.3%	0.2 pt	0.5%	0.3%	0.2 pt
Smart	Total	846	1,313	-35.6%	1,572	2,505	-37.2%
Smart	Share	0.4%	0.7%	-0.2 pt	0.4%	0.7%	-0.2 pt
Jeep	Total	761	1,065	-28.5%	1,421	2,221	-36.0%
Jeep	Share	0.4%	0.5%	-0.2 pt	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	703	2,916	-75.9%	1,371	5,150	-73.4%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.3%	1.5%	-1.1 pt	0.4%	1.3%	-1.0 pt
Honda	Total	509	607	-16.1%	1,012	1,152	-12.2%
Honda	Share	0.2%	0.3%	-0.1 pt	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	373	186	100.5%	803	418	92.1%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Subaru	Total	282	385	-26.8%	518	706	-26.6%
Subaru	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Lynk & CO	Total	276	165	67.3%	686	373	83.9%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.1 pt	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Jaguar	Total	254	329	-22.8%	499	508	-1.8%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.2%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ssangyong	Total	193	-	-%	388	-	-%
Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	167	-	-%	290	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Maserati	Total	144	-	-%	295	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
Lexus	Total	144	206	-30.1%	279	429	-35.0%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Polestar	Total	125	364	-65.7%	279	538	-48.1%
Polestar	Share	0.1%	0.2%	-0.1 pt	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1 pt
Ferrari	Total	118	-	-%	247	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%	0.1%	-%	-%
DS	Total	114	207	-44.9%	193	374	-48.4%
DS	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lamborghini	Total	90	-	-%	154	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	66	-	-%	123	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	54	-	-%	138	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	36	-	-%	60	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	33	-	-%	44	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	32	-	-%	63	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	19	-	-%	62	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	17	-	-%	48	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	13	-	-%	14	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	12	-	-%	23	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Total	10	-	-%	12	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	8	-	-%	10	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
BYD Auto	Total	7	-	-%	57	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	3	-	-%	5	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	1	-	-%	4	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	0	-	-%	5	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	0	-	-%	1	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	1,056	1,849	-42.9%	1,906	3,483	-45.3%
Others	Share	0.5%	0.9%	-0.4 pt	0.5%	0.9%	-0.4 pt
Grand Total	Total	206,210	200,512	2.8%	385,457	384,624	0.2%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2023	Jan.-Feb. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	7,655	8,847	-13.5%	13,695	16,993	-19.4%
2	Tesla	Model Y	6,442	2,254	185.8%	10,150	2,396	323.6%
3	VW	T-Roc	5,462	3,061	78.4%	10,274	7,914	29.8%
4	VW	Tiguan	4,640	5,294	-12.4%	10,585	10,151	4.3%
5	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	4,631	3,650	26.9%	7,844	7,363	6.5%
6	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,340	3,406	-1.9%	7,122	6,186	15.1%
7	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	3,191	3,408	-6.4%	5,956	7,503	-20.6%
8	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	3,176	3,112	2.1%	6,654	6,458	3.0%
9	Audi	Audi A4	3,168	3,334	-5.0%	5,938	5,646	5.2%
10	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	GLC-Class (GLK-Class)	3,102	2,876	7.9%	5,504	6,305	-12.7%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

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Flash report, January 2023

Feb 6, 2023

*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 2.6% in January 2023
On February 3, the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) announced that new passenger car registrations in January decreased 2.6% over the previous year to 179,247 units.
In January, VW sales of 37,076 units (20.7% market share) increased 1.3% year over year and Mercedes sales of 21,439 units (12.0% share) increased 14.5%.
Audi sales of 14,754 units (8.2% share) decreased 1.0%.
Skoda sales of 13,759 units (7.7% share) increased 12.6% and BMW sales of 11,158 units (6.2% share) decreased 24.7%.
Ford sales of 8,174 units (4.6% share) increased 3.4%.
In January, gasoline-powered vehicles accounted for a 39.0% market share to 69,922 units.
Hybrid vehicles had a 28.3% market share to 50,772 units and EV had a 10.1% market share to 18,136 units.
Diesel vehicles had a 21.9% market share to 39,230 units.
Sales of 20,816 trucks in January represented an increase of 11.8% over the previous year, while sales of 460 buses were a 4.8% increase.
The VDA announced that monthly passenger car exports of 227,400 units had increased 26% and domestic production of 329,000 units had increased 31% year over year.

Registrations of new vehicle by type

Type		Jan. 2023	Y-o-Y
Passenger Cars		179,247	-2.6%
Commercial Vehicles	Buses	460	4.8%
Commercial Vehicles	Trucks	20,816	11.8%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Registrations of new passenger cars

		Jan. 2023	Jan. 2022	y-o-y
VW	Total	37,076	36,593	1.3%
VW	Share	20.7%	19.9%	0.8 pt
Mercedes	Total	21,439	18,730	14.5%
Mercedes	Share	12.0%	10.2%	1.8 pt
Audi	Total	14,754	14,903	-1.0%
Audi	Share	8.2%	8.1%	0.1 pt
Skoda	Total	13,759	12,218	12.6%
Skoda	Share	7.7%	6.6%	1.0 pt
BMW	Total	11,158	14,822	-24.7%
BMW	Share	6.2%	8.1%	-1.8 pt
Ford	Total	8,174	7,904	3.4%
Ford	Share	4.6%	4.3%	0.3 pt
Opel	Total	7,327	11,175	-34.4%
Opel	Share	4.1%	6.1%	-2.0 pt
Toyota	Total	6,538	5,094	28.3%
Toyota	Share	3.6%	2.8%	0.9 pt
Hyundai	Total	6,076	6,529	-6.9%
Hyundai	Share	3.4%	3.5%	-0.2 pt
Dacia	Total	5,671	3,991	42.1%
Dacia	Share	3.2%	2.2%	1.0 pt
SEAT	Total	5,588	9,135	-38.8%
SEAT	Share	3.1%	5.0%	-1.8 pt
Tesla	Total	4,241	419	912.2%
Tesla	Share	2.4%	0.2%	2.1 pt
Fiat	Total	3,970	4,111	-3.4%
Fiat	Share	2.2%	2.2%	0.0 pt
Renault	Total	3,566	5,587	-36.2%
Renault	Share	2.0%	3.0%	-1.0 pt
Mazda	Total	3,327	2,540	31.0%
Mazda	Share	1.9%	1.4%	0.5 pt
Kia	Total	3,145	4,251	-26.0%
Kia	Share	1.8%	2.3%	-0.6 pt
Porsche	Total	3,057	2,563	19.3%
Porsche	Share	1.7%	1.4%	0.3 pt
Peugeot	Total	2,739	3,864	-29.1%
Peugeot	Share	1.5%	2.1%	-0.6 pt
Citroen	Total	2,269	2,064	9.9%
Citroen	Share	1.3%	1.1%	0.1 pt
Volvo	Total	2,233	2,876	-22.4%
Volvo	Share	1.2%	1.6%	-0.3 pt
Nissan	Total	1,998	1,336	49.6%
Nissan	Share	1.1%	0.7%	0.4 pt
Suzuki	Total	1,809	852	112.3%
Suzuki	Share	1.0%	0.5%	0.5 pt
MINI	Total	1,594	3,488	-54.3%
MINI	Share	0.9%	1.9%	-1.0 pt
Land Rover	Total	1,140	623	83.0%
Land Rover	Share	0.6%	0.3%	0.3 pt
Smart	Total	726	1,192	-39.1%
Smart	Share	0.4%	0.6%	-0.2 pt
Mitsubishi	Total	668	2,234	-70.1%
Mitsubishi	Share	0.4%	1.2%	-0.8 pt
Jeep	Total	660	1,156	-42.9%
Jeep	Share	0.4%	0.6%	-0.3 pt
Honda	Total	503	545	-7.7%
Honda	Share	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 pt
MG Roewe	Total	483	179	169.8%
MG Roewe	Share	0.3%	0.1%	0.2 pt
Alfa Romeo	Total	430	232	85.3%
Alfa Romeo	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Lynk & CO	Total	410	208	97.1%
Lynk & CO	Share	0.2%	0.1%	0.1 pt
Jaguar	Total	245	179	36.9%
Jaguar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Subaru	Total	236	321	-26.5%
Subaru	Share	0.1%	0.2%	0.0 pt
Ssangyong	Total	195	-	-%
Ssangyong	Share	0.1%	-%	-%
Polestar	Total	154	174	-11.5%
Polestar	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Maserati	Total	151	-	-%
Maserati	Share	0.1%	-%	-%
Lexus	Total	135	223	-39.5%
Lexus	Share	0.1%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Ferrari	Total	129	-	-%
Ferrari	Share	0.1%	-%	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Total	123	-	-%
MAN (TRATON)	Share	0.1%	-%	-%
Bentley	Total	84	-	-%
Bentley	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
DS	Total	79	167	-52.7%
DS	Share	0.0%	0.1%	0.0 pt
Lamborghini	Total	64	-	-%
Lamborghini	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Iveco	Total	57	-	-%
Iveco	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
BYD Auto	Total	50	-	-%
BYD Auto	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Cadillac	Total	43	-	-%
Cadillac	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Alpine	Total	31	-	-%
Alpine	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Aston Martin	Total	31	-	-%
Aston Martin	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
LADA	Total	24	-	-%
LADA	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Lotus	Total	11	-	-%
Lotus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Rolls-Royce	Total	11	-	-%
Rolls-Royce	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Aiways	Total	5	-	-%
Aiways	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Morgan	Total	3	-	-%
Morgan	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Total	2	-	-%
GreatWall (GW)	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Ineos Automotive	Total	2	-	-%
Ineos Automotive	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Lucid Motors	Total	2	-	-%
Lucid Motors	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Maxus	Total	1	-	-%
Maxus	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
NIO	Total	1	-	-%
NIO	Share	0.0%	-%	-%
Others	Total	850	1,634	-48.0%
Others	Share	0.5%	0.9%	-0.4 pt
Grand Total	Total	179,247	184,112	-2.6%
Grand Total	Share	100.0%	100.0%	0.0 pt

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Germany - Top 10 best selling models

-	Maker/Brand	Model	Jan. 2023	Jan. 2022	Y-o-Y
1	VW	Golf	6,040	8,146	-25.9%
2	VW	Tiguan	5,945	4,857	22.4%
3	VW	T-Roc	4,812	4,853	-0.8%
4	Skoda	Kodiaq	3,782	2,780	36.0%
5	Tesla	Model Y	3,708	142	2511.3%
6	Mercedes-Benz (2022-)	C-Class	3,478	3,346	3.9%
7	Skoda	Octavia (Laura)	3,213	3,713	-13.5%
8	VW	Passat (Santana)	3,030	2,477	22.3%
9	Audi	Audi A4	2,770	2,312	19.8%
10	Opel (2021-)	Opel Corsa	2,765	4,095	-32.5%

Source: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

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