This years sales in Austria may well be an all time record. It is a nation that prefers to buy European, especially German. The best Japanese make comes in a lowly 15th. VW achieved its best market share since 2001 and best sales since 2000. Renault got its best haul of units sold since 1999, assisted in part by Dacias being included under the Reggie logo. In case you were wondering, 5,256 Renault sales were actually Dacia models.
1 VW 65,150 18%
2 Opel 25,900 -2%
3 Renault 24,000 11% 4 Ford 23,700 19%
5 Skoda 20,400 9%
6 Audi 20,000 12%
7 Hyundai 18,100 15%
8 Seat 16,400 16%
9 Peugeot 16,000 5%
10 BMW 15,600 14%
11 Fiat 14,900 -7%
12 Citroen 13,400 -2%
13 Kia 11,100 17%
14 Mercedes 10,900 -2%
15 Mazda 9,500 -14%
16 Toyota 8,000 -12%
17 Nissan 7,300 28%
18 Suzuki 7,200 -4%
19 Chevolet 4,700 18%
20 Mitsubishi 4,400 17% 21 Volvo 3,600 16%
22 Alfa Romeo 3,200 15%
23 MINI 2,500 33%
24 Honda 2,300 -18%
25 smart 1,400 3%
26 Subaru 1,300 -22%
27 Land Rover 1,000 6%
28 Chrysler 930 -5%
29 Porsche 800 8%
30 Lancia 740 -8%
31 Lexus 380 77%
32 Daihatsu 315 -39%
33 Jaguar 270 -28%
34 Saab 170 65%
35 Lada 90 -27%
Others 440
Total 356,150 8.4% increase.
Source; automotive.co.at

Car Sales Austria: 2011

Car Production Austria: 2011

Car sales in Austria were only down 6%. VW has been number one for so many years and Opel was always #2. VW remained on the top but Opel took a big hit in sales and slumped to 6th. Hyundai and Kia keep making inroads, while Fiat slips back. Nissan keeps chipping away at the leader board and is amazingly the highest placed Japanese brand at 15th.
The first three columns show 2010 to 2012 ranking, the second column in from the right is increase or decrease, and the extreme right shows market share for the major brands.

1	1	1		VW	61,627	-5%	18.3%
4	4	2		Skoda	21,698	7%	6.5%
3	3	3		Ford	21,624	-9%	6.4%
5	5	4		Audi	20,910	4%	6.2%
8	7	5		Hyundai	19,286	6%	5.7%
2	2	6		Opel	19,269	-26%	5.7%
6	6	7		Renault	16,928	-10%	5.0%
11	10	8		BMW	15,851	1%	4.7%
10	8	9		Seat	14,316	-13%	4.3%
9	9	10		Peugeot	14,264	-11%	4.2%
15	13	11		Kia	12,641	13%	3.8%
7	11	12		Fiat	12,422	-17%	3.7%
12	12	13		Citroen	11,216	-16%	3.3%
13	14	14		Mercedes	10,615	-3%	3.2%
18	17	15		Nissan	8,607	18%	2.6%
14	15	16		Mazda	8,424	-12%	2.5%
16	16	17		Toyota	7,393	-8%	2.2%
19	19	18		Dacia	6,222	18%	1.9%
17	18	19		Suzuki	5,880	-18%	1.7%
20	20	20		Chevolet	4,713	1%	1.4%
21	21	21		Mitsubishi	3,772	-15%	1.1%
22	22	22		Volvo	3,126	-13%
24	23	23		Alfa Romeo	2,330	-26%
23	25	24		Honda	2,200	-4%
25	24	25		MINI	2,110	-17%
29	28	26		Land Rover	1,913	95%
26	27	27		Subaru	1,516	19%
30	31	28		Lancia	1,350	83%
31	30	29		Porsche	960	22%
28	29	30		Jeep	881	-5%
27	26	31		smart	738	-46%
33	34	32		Jaguar	300	12%
34	32	33		Lexus	285	-25%
32	33	34		Daihatsu	254	-19%
				Other	369
				Total	336,010	-6%

Data source: Thanks to
www.automotive.co.at
Picture source: Thanks to
www.netcarshow.com

Car Sales Austria: 2012

This central Euro nation loves anything from the VW stable. To highlight this the list below shows all VW owned brands in yellow. You would have to go to Germany to see more yellow! The Qashqai yet again is strong coming in 14th and with a 19% gain, despite Japanese marques not being popular. I guess that it was designed in Europe means it appeals to local taste.

1	VW Golf	14,215	-15%
2	VW Tiguan	9,378	57%
3	VW Polo	9,302	-22%
4	Skoda Octavia	7,385	6%
5	Skoda Fabia	6,699	-7%
6	Seat Ibiza	5,885	-22%
7	Hyundai i30	5,877	-6%
8	Ford Fiesta	5,636	7%
9	VW Passat	5,010	-19%
10	Opel Astra	4,968	-39%
11	Audi A4	4,648	-17%
12	Renault Meg Scenic	4,498	-10%
13	Hyundai i20	4,421	41%
14	Nissan Qashqai	4,381	19%
15	VW Sharan	4,381	-25%
16	VW Touran	4,266	-8%
17	Audi A3	4,229	-4%
18	Kia Cee'd	4,197	-2%
19	Ford Focus	4,176	-19%
20	Renault Megane II	3,956	-15%
21	Hyundai iX 35	3,753	13%
22	Opel Zafira	3,712	41%
23	Skoda Yeti	3,709	36%
24	Renault Clio	3,669	-12%
25	Fiat 500	3,652	-5%
26	VW Bus	3,491	-3%
27	Ford Galaxy	3,472	-13%
28	BMW Serie 3	3,396	31%
29	Opel Corsa	3,372	-33%
30	Fiat Panda	3,336	0%
31	VW Caddy	3,300	-5%
32	Opel Meriva	3,285	-47%
33	Audi Q3	3,258	815%
34	BMW Serie 1	3,250	58%
35	BMW X3	3,180	16%
36	Citroen C4 Picasso	3,155	-14%
37	Kia Rio	3,150	146%
38	Ford Focus C-Max	3,141	-14%
39	VW Golf Plus	3,016	-25%
40	Dacia Duster	2,968	-7%
41	Seat Alhambra	2,964	12%
42	VW Up!	2,959
43	Peugeot 208	2,702	100%
44	Kia Sportage	2,629	5%
45	Toyota Yaris	2,569	45%
46	Hyundai iX20	2,556	-8%
47	Audi A6	2,551	23%
48	BMW Serie 5	2,491	-26%
49	Seat Leon	2,450	-13%
50	Seat Altea	2,401	-12%

Data source: Thanks to www.automotive.co.at
Picture source: Thanks to www.netcarshow.com

Car Sales Austria By Model: 2012

Car Sales By Brand Austria: 1989