Germany Car Sales By Brand : 1965-69

An Italian styled Glas 3000 GT coupe

The chart below is coloured to show what would be considered German and import brands. Opel and Fords as designed and built in Germany are thus listed as local makes. The NecKar company made Fiat cars under licence, but as a German company making them, they are also deemed to be local as well.

Back in the 1960's Audi arrived, as an amalgamation of NSU and Auto Union. I know nothing about Hanomag, or why a figure just turn up in 1969. Glas was absorbed in to it's buyer, BMW, who got technology, a factory and skilled personnel from the take over.

As for the import brands, some have gone such as Simca, DAF, Auto Bianchi and Steyr Puch. The latter made a Fiat model but using their own engine. The large number of sonstige, of others, is a shame. It would be nice to know what they were. With no British brands listed, it could be they reside in that anonymous listing.

65	66	67	68	69	Maker	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1	1	1	1	1	VW	493,902	436,178	364,445	382,043	469,770
2	2	2	2	2	Opel	330,619	324,869	275,930	272,120	349,630
3	3	3	3	3	Ford	277,750	275,898	226,279	190,964	287,961
			6	4	Audi	-	-	NSU/Au	90,319	134,496
4	4	4	4	5	Mercedes	91,453	97,743	97,893	113,283	127,300
5	5	5	5	6	Fiat	60,306	72,369	78,666	96,388	123,484
7	6	6	7	7	Renault	40,316	55,016	73,294	83,976	112,326
9	8	7	8	8	BMW	34,714	44,101	49,409	61,727	77,013
11	10	10	9	9	Simca	20,980	28,380	31,664	40,311	53,986
13	13	11	10	10	Peugeot	13,337	14,057	20,634	21,143	26,786
12	12	13	11	11	Citroen	13,700	16,422	13,455	14,987	21,676
14	14	14	12	12	NecKar	7,554	10,363	13,074	13,101	13,804
19	17	16	14	13	Alfa Romeo	1,372	2,639	3,095	6,683	8,783
16	16	15	15	14	DAF	2,914	3,158	5,220	6,632	8,525
20	20	17	18	15	Volvo	1,168	1,194	2,344	2,366	4,028
15	15	19	16	16	Skoda	5,037	3,285	2,194	3,293	3,507
17	19	18	17	17	Porsche	2,647	2,069	2,305	2,699	3,069
		21	19	18	Honda	-	-	454	1,947	1,672
18	18	20	20	19	Autobianchi	2,545	2,372	945	934	1,199
				20	Hanomag	-	-	-	-	1,047
10	11	12	13	21	Glas	24,009	21,749	15,356	7,196	335
		22	21	22	GM US	-	-	287	191	222
				23	Saab	-	-	-	-	148
			22	24	Lancia	-	-	-	105	122
21	21	23	23	25	Steyr Puch	212	159	88	96	107
6	7	8			Auto Union	44,621	48,028	39,000	Audi	-
8	9	9			NSU	40,167	38,105	32,441	Audi	-
					Sonstige	8,241	7,970	8,183	12,585	10,052
					Insgesamt	1,517,564	1,506,124	1,356,655	1,425,089	1,841,048

Data source: VDA.

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