Opel Kadett * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Florian for the data * This year we have access for the first and last time to separate rankings for West and East Germany before both are counted as one country. Overall figures for…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * Healthy car market for West Germany's last year before the reunification, up 7% to 3,040,784 units. The podium is unchanged, with the VW Golf leading the way with a very…
1973 Trabant 601 The East German car market was unique and totally different from West Germany. The most popular model by far and one of the most famous cars in the world, reaching iconic status after the Berlin Wall Fall in 1989, the Trabant dominated the East German car landscape…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! - Thanks Florian for the data * 2.832 million new cars found a buyer in Germany in 1989, and the best-seller is again the VW Golf at 321,827 units or 11.4%, followed by the Opel Kadett…
VW Golf See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Florian for the data * Unsurprisingly the VW Golf is still the best-selling car in Germany in 1988 with 346,599 sales and an imposing 12.3% market share, down 9% on last year. The Opel Kadett…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! - Thanks to Florian for the data * Launched in 1983, the second generation VW Golf takes the nameplate's sales to record levels in Germany: it goes up to 260,229 sales in 84, 298,175 in 85,…
VW Golf * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Florian for the data * On this quiet Sunday I thought I would take you for a trip down memory lane. Let's explore the German market from 30 years ago... After a one year-interruption by the…
Mercedes W123 * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! Thanks Florian for the data * It's an excellent year for Mercedes with the W123 interrupting the VW Golf reign after 5 years on top with 202,252 sales vs. 200,892 for the Golf. 1980 would be the last…
VW Golf * See 'Read more' for the Top 80/100 best-selling models! Thanks to Florian for the data * The VW Golf progresses all through the period to establish itself as Germany's solid leader, passing the 200,000 annual sales for the first time in 1976 (202,265) and the 250,000 mark…
VW Golf * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! - thanks to DC & Florian for the data * The German car market is booming in 1975 at +27% and 2,106,048 registrations. 1975 is the start of a very long reign: that of the VW Golf. For…
Mercedes Strich 8 * See 'Read more' for the Top 100 best-selling models! Thanks DC & Florian for the data * Another trip down memory lane today, this time to West Germany in 1974, which is a relatively weak year in terms of sales volume at 1,662,384 registrations. For the…
VW Beetle * See 'Read more' for the Top 20 best-selling models, many thanks to Florian for the data! * The VW Beetle enjoys its last 3 years atop the German models ranking, making it 25 consecutive years. Over the period it slows down from 291,312 sales in 71 to 257,742…
VW Beetle * See 'Read more' for the 1967-1970 Rankings - many thanks to Florian for the data! * Car sales in Germany drop by 10% in 1967 at 1,356,655 registrations before gaining 5% in 1968 (1,425,089) and a massive 29% in 1969 (1,841,048). The VW Beetle celebrates 20 years…
Ford 20M * See 'Read more' for the 1964-66 Rankings - many thanks to Florian for the data! * The German car market is up 6% in 1964 at 1,342,980 registrations, passes the 1.5 million mark for the very first time at 1,517,564 units in 1965 (+13%) but drops 1%…
Opel Rekord * See 'Read more' for the Top 20 best-selling models - many thanks to Florian for the data! * The German car market is back on the up in 1962 at +11% and 1,217,440 units and in 1963 at +4% and 1,271,000 registrations. The VW Beetle is again…