Car Production In Germany By Brand : 1990-99

The Focus came out late this decade made at Saarlouis, Saarland

The early 1990's were marked by a recession, noted in the production chart below. Mainstream car production numbers didn't change during this period, while toward the end of the decade premium cars were hitting 40% of the total cars made in Germany. Ford went from 3rd largest German car producer to 6th over this time.

All premium cars were doing well except Porsche that struggled financially. Reliance on sports cars was at times challenging, not helped by its dependency on the U.S. which had recessions from time to time. Porsche needed to spread its sales and especially its product range as wide as possible.

Please note that the figures below are in thousands, so three zeros need to be added. 1991 had some production not accounted for.

Yr	VW	GM	MB	BMW	Audi	Ford	Por	Unkn	Total
1990	1,509	1,030	574	500	421	594	32	-	4,660
1991	1,463	981	576	536	450	633	21	17	4,677
1992	1,550	1,072	531	580	492	622	17	-	4,864
1993	1,163	849	481	510	341	437	13	-	3,794
1994	1,162	964	584	550	355	461	18	-	4,094
1995	1,225	999	588	563	448	518	19	-	4,360
1996	1,245	1,036	634	570	492	540	23	-	4,540
1997	1,189	1,040	704	598	558	558	31	-	4,678
1998	1,617	1,051	851	638	605	556	30	-	5,348
1999	1,524	1,030	908	680	573	562	31	-	5,308

Summary: Yet another decade of increased production. However, it was getting close to a maximum of what could be expected. The shift to premium was adding value to the industry.