Car Sales Germany By Model: 2012

Any doubts that the German car buying public support their industry is put to rest with this list. All models in yellow are German owned or in the case with Ford and Opel Europe considered such. With big plants and design input in the country, they are really German cars. Nothing wrong with loyalty to things local, but it does seem a tad too biased in my humble opinion. As for the Mercedes way of model number allocation, I don't get the C, Cl, CLS blah blah. It's amateurish for MB not to be able to work out a logical naming system for some of its cars and don't get me started on their poor styling. All Mercedes buyers should be given automatic eye tests to see if their vision is working properly.
Looking at foreign brands, as good as the Qashqai is, it isn't German is it? So sneaking into the top 30 will be as good as it gets. Renault get few in but all 40th or lower.

1	VW Golf/Jetta	240,702
2	VW Passat	89,333
3	VW Polo	76,507
4	Mercedes C	69,052
5	Opel Astra	66,981
6	BMW 3 Series	62,506
7	Mercedes B	59,420
8	BMW 1 Series	59,241
9	Audi A/S4	57,633
10	Opel Corsa	55,747
11	VW Tiguan	55,615
12	VW Touran	53,025
13	Audi A/S6	52,710
14	Ford Fiesta	50,874
15	BMW 5Series	48,107
16	Ford Focus	47,936
17	Skoda Octavia	46,318
18	Audi A/S3	45,999
19	Mercedes E	45,841
20	VW Up!	42,842
21	Skoda Fabia	40,740
22	MINI	36,302
23	VW Transport/Cara	33,872
24	VW Caddy	32,331
25	Mercedes A	31,973
26	Opel Zafira	29,956
27	Seat Ibiza	29,652
28	Audi A/S1	29,446
29	Nissan Qashqai	28,982
30	Hyundai i30	28,789
31	smart Fortwo	28,053
32	BMW X1	27,004
33	Ford C-Max	26,283
34	Audi Q3	25,741
35	BMW X3	25,680
36	Opel Meriva	25,449
37	Renault Megane	23,909
38	Toyota Yaris	23,803
39	Skoda Yeti	22,246
40	Renault Clio	21,963
41	Audi A/S5	21,369
42	Mercedes G	21,166
43	Renault Twingo	21,148
44	Opel Insignia	20,910
45	Audi Q5	20,167
46	Ford Kuga	20,138
47	Fiat 500	20,018

I rest my case.

Data source: Thanks to www.kba.de
Picture source: Thanks to www.netcarshow.com