Germany Car Sales By Brand : 2015

The C-Class is the best selling model for Mercedes Benz

An increase of 5.6% for Europe's biggest car market or close to 170,000 units is not to be sniffed at. The top four in Germany are the same as Switzerland, except for the order. BMW is the biggest premium in Germany if you throw in MINI, just. Not much changes year to year which is often the case with larger volumes. Ford and Hyundai grew faster than total sales while Fiat and Nissan slipped past Toyota. The 'Big T' cut back on dealers to consolidate their position.

Dark blue represents increase in sales but loss of market share and it's amazing how many brands toward the top are in that category. Mazda is making a move, smart is enjoying the new model to jump five places and Tesla has potential. Germany has been slow to assist electric cars but it seems they will now do so, something Tesla and other brands strong in electric cars will appreciate. Overdue but better late than never.

11	12	13	14	15	Brand	2015	%	+/-
1	1	1	1	1	VW	685,669	21.4%	4.4%
2	2	2	2	2	Mercedes	286,883	8.9%	5.3%
5	3	3	3	3	Audi	269,047	8.4%	3.7%
3	4	4	4	4	BMW	248,565	7.8%	4.3%
4	5	5	5	5	Opel	229,352	7.2%	4.7%
6	6	6	6	6	Ford	224,579	7.0%	7.4%
7	7	7	7	7	Škoda	179,951	5.6%	3.7%
8	8	9	8	8	Renault	110,039	3.4%	4.5%
9	9	8	9	9	Hyundai	108,434	3.4%	8.6%
15	13	10	10	10	Seat	94,673	3.0%	1.7%
12	11	12	12	11	Fiat	70,719	2.2%	3.8%
13	14	14	13	12	Nissan	69,835	2.2%	11.7%
11	10	11	11	13	Toyota	65,939	2.1%	-6.2%
17	18	17	16	14	Mazda	58,216	1.8%	10.9%
16	16	13	15	15	Kia	55,689	1.7%	4.0%
10	12	15	14	16	Peugeot	54,259	1.7%	0.3%
14	15	18	18	17	Citroën	45,976	1.4%	3.6%
18	17	16	17	18	Dacia	45,764	1.4%	-6.4%
19	19	19	19	19	MINI	39,714	1.2%	19.7%
25	23	22	25	20	smart	37,808	1.2%	68.7%
21	20	20	20	21	Volvo	36,120	1.1%	13.2%
22	25	25	23	22	Mitsubishi	34,443	1.1%	42.7%
20	21	21	21	23	Suzuki	30,903	1.0%	11.0%
26	26	26	22	24	Porsche	28,543	0.9%	17.1%
24	24	24	24	25	Honda	21,072	0.7%	-6.3%
28	27	27	26	26	Land Rover	18,216	0.6%	24.1%
30	30	30	27	27	Chrysler	15,042	0.5%	43.0%
29	28	29	29	28	Subaru	6,549	0.2%	5.3%
-	-	28	28	29	DS	5,437	0.2%	-28.9%
32	31	31	31	30	Jaguar	4,987	0.2%	17.9%
27	29	32	32	31	Alfa Romeo	2,800	0.1%	-17.4%
42	39	36	37	32	Ssangyong	2,476	0.1%	128.8%
33	33	33	33	33	Lexus	1,682	0.1%	26.7%
-	-	-	39	34	Tesla	1,582		93.6%
35	34	35	35	35	Lada	1,181		0.1%
43	43	41	36	36	Maserati	1,097		-0.5%
36	37	37	38	37	Infiniti	1,057		4.1%
23	22	23	30	38	Chevrolet	699		-87.3%
38	38	38	40	39	Ferrari	659		1.1%
34	32	34	34	40	Lancia	648		-48.7%
44	41	40	42	41	Bentley	525		27.1%
41	40	39	41	42	Iveco	517		12.9%
39	42	42	43	43	Aston Martin	309		10.8%
37	36	43	46	44	GM US	225		132.0%
47	46	44	44	45	Lamborghini	223		37.7%
48	48	47	45	46	Lotus	142		23.5%
49	47	46	47	47	Rolls Royce	116		27.5%
46	44	45	48	48	Morgan	84		-4.5%
					Sonstige	7,597	0.2%
					Insgesamt	3,206,042		5.6%

Data source: KBA.

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