Albeit in unusual circumstances, BMW is the #1 marque in Germany for the first time in history. * See the Top 50 brands, Top 315 models and Top 20 private sales by clicking on the title * After two months of pre-WLTP sales manipulations (July up 12.3%, August up 25%) - in…
The VW Golf sold 414,132 units in Germany in 1992 - a record year. * Click on the title for the Top 40 best-selling nameplates & Top 40 foreign nameplates * We can now share with you an updated ranking of the the best-selling nameplates in Germany, ranked based on their record…
The VW Golf nameplate originally launched in 1974. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 375 models by clicking on the title * * Check out 70 years worth of German Archived data here * New car registrations in Germany are up a comfortable 6% year-on-year in 2015 to 3.206.042…
The Audi A3 ranks at a best-ever 4th place at home in 2014. * See the Top 50 brands and Top 353 All-models by clicking on the title * The German new car market is reassuringly back in positive territory in 2014, up 3% year-on-year to get back above the…
The Audi A3 Limousine and Mercedes CLA made waves in Germany in 2013. * See the Top 315 best-selling models and Top 50 brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1946-2013 Historical Data for Germany here (42 articles)! * The German new car market is down 5%…
First generation 1974 VW Golf * See the full article by clicking on the title! * On Friday, Volkswagen announced it had produced its 30 millionth Golf since the introduction of the nameplate in 1974... If you do the maths, this means no less than 2,000 Golfs were sold every…
The Audi A3 is in the Top 10 for the first time since the nameplate launched in 1996. * See the Top 10 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title! * Whereas recession has now spread across most of Europe, April new car sales in the region are…
VW Beetle The direct links to 52 Historical Posts covering 1931-2023 are below. 22/10/2021 update: Now with All-brands data spanning 1931 to 1938. Historical Data for Germany running from 1931 onwards is now available. From 1979 onwards there is a Top 100 models ranking. And from 2005 to 2013 you can now see the…
The Mercedes W123 was #1 in 1980 * Click on the title for each year's Top 100 best-sellers! - Thanks to Florian for the data * I have now uploaded detailed data for West Germany all through the eighties! The decade started with a big surprise and the Mercedes W123…
1962 Ford 17M * See 'Read more' for the direct links to these 7 new posts! Thanks to Florian for the data * I am now able to share with you the best-selling models in West Germany from 1962 to 1979 in much more detail! For 1962, 1963 and from 1971…
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…
Saab is the best-selling carmaker in Finland from 1975 to 1978.... * See the Top 60 All-brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * In 1975, Finnish new car sales soar 21.7% to 116.991 registrations, and for the first time ever, a Swedish manufacturer takes the lead…