Switzerland February 2025: Skoda lands third ever win, Tesla down -66.6%

Skoda Kodiaq sales are up 44.5% in February.

16,212 new cars found a buyer in Switzerland in February, a harsh -12.5% year-on-year fall. The year-to-date tally after two months is off -8.2% to 31,000 units. 4×4 sales are down -15.1% to 8,097 and 49.9% share vs. 51.5% a year ago and off -10.8% year-to-date to 15,676 and 50.6% share vs. 52.1% over the same period in 2024. Petrol sales sink -31.7% to 4,071 and 25.1% share vs. 32.2%, and are down -27.7% YTD to 7,893 and 25.5% share vs. 32.4%. Diesel is off -26.4% to 1,274 and 7.9% share vs. 9.3% and down -27.2% YTD to 2,495 and 8% share vs. 10.2%. HEVs (including MHEVs) edge up 3.8% to 6,000 and 37% share vs. 31.2% and soar 10.4% YTD to 11,478 and 37% share vs. 30.8%. PHEVs fall -16.6% to 1,462 and 9% share vs. 9.5% and are down -15.5% YTD to 2,817 and 9.1% share vs. 9.9%. Finally BEVs are up 3.2% to 3,402 and 21% share vs. 17.8% in February 2024 and up 11.5% YTD to 6,312 and 20.4% share vs. 16.8% over the first two months of 2024.

Brand-wise, Skoda (-0.5%) is stable and lifts two spots on January to land in pole position with 9.4% share. This is only the third time in Swiss history that Skoda is the best-selling carmaker after January 2022 and April 2024. #1 last month and year-to-date, BMW (-7.4%) drops to #2 and limits its fall, as does Volkswagen (-4.6%) at #3. Audi (+13.2%) overtakes Mercedes (-7.5%) to #4 while Renault (+21.3%) and Hyundai (+9.6%) defy the negative market with sturdy gains. Below, Cupra (+33.5%) outsells sister brand Seat (-45.5%) for the third time in the past 4 months. Tesla is down -66.6%.

Model-wise, the Audi Q3 (+43.6%) soars 14 spots on January to snap the top spot for the first time since last July. It climbs to #6 year-to-date as a result, the same ranking it held over the Full Year 2024. The VW Tiguan (+60.6%) also surges year-on-year to #2 vs. #3 last month, and this is enough for the nameplate to take the YTD lead. The Mercedes GLC (+21.5%) is up one rank also to #3 while the Skoda Kodiaq (+44.5%) is down two to #4. The VW Golf (+36%) rounds out the Top 5 in dynamic fashion. Skoda also places the Octavia (-53.2%) and #6 and the Karoq (-13.4%) at #7. #1 over the Full Year 2024 and a year ago in February 2024, the Tesla Model Y (-68.7%) implodes to #8 and ranks #13 YTD.

Previous month: Switzerland January 2025: BMW breaks share record, X3 signs first ever win

One year ago: BMW repeats at #1, Tesla Model Y back in charge

Full February 2025 Top 57 All brands and Top 348 All models below.