Austria August 2025: Dacia Bigster #3, BYD Seal #6, market up 25.3%
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Another outstanding month for new car sales in Austria at +25.3% YoY in August to 21,452 units. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 10.7% to 189,370. The Top 3 carmakers trail the market with Volkswagen (+11%) and Skoda (+17.2%) still in positive but BMW (-6.9%) struggling. Audi (+26.1%) is back up two spots on July to #4, distancing Mercedes (+46%), Seat (+45.2%) and Dacia (+38.3%) all in excellent shape. But it’s Hyundai (+147.%) at 5% share vs. 3.5% YTD and Cupra (+105.1%) that deliver the best performances in the Top 10. Just below, BYD (+131%) breaks its ranking (#11), volume (774) and share (3.6%) records all at once. Fiat (+267%) and MG (+138.6%) also shine below.
Model-wise, the Skoda Octavia (+37.2%) stays on top above the VW Golf (+46%) just as the Dacia Bigster confirms it is an instant blockbuster in Austria, lodging its second consecutive podium finish at #3. The Skoda Karoq (+98.2%) is up 8 spots on last month to #4, the Seat Leon (+211.9%) up 11 to #5 and the BYD Seal (+36.6%) breaks its ranking record at #6. The Mercedes GLC (+76.9%), Seat Arona (+50.7%), VW Bus (+89.7%), Skoda Enyaq (+85.5%) and Hyundai i10 (+1562.5%) also make themselves noticed with fantastic gains.
Previous month: Austria July 2025: Sales up 31.6%, Dacia Bigster up to world best #2
One year ago: Austria August 2024: VW Polo #1, BYD Seal up to #11
Full August 2025 Top 53 All brands and Top 20 models below.
Austria August 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Aug-25 | % | /24 | Jul | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 2,821 | 13.2% | + 11.0% | 1 | 26,637 | 14.1% | + 2.4% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda | 2,415 | 11.3% | + 17.2% | 2 | 20,454 | 10.8% | + 25.7% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | BMW | 1,384 | 6.5% | – 6.9% | 3 | 13,880 | 7.3% | + 10.6% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Audi | 1,194 | 5.6% | + 26.1% | 6 | 11,964 | 6.3% | + 13.1% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Mercedes | 1,187 | 5.5% | + 46.0% | 7 | 8,718 | 4.6% | + 5.2% | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Seat | 1,146 | 5.3% | + 45.2% | 5 | 8,929 | 4.7% | – 4.1% | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Dacia | 1,124 | 5.2% | + 38.3% | 4 | 8,893 | 4.7% | + 17.6% | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Hyundai | 1,069 | 5.0% | + 147.5% | 8 | 6,638 | 3.5% | + 15.7% | 10 | 7 |
| 9 | Toyota | 869 | 4.1% | – 8.2% | 9 | 7,725 | 4.1% | + 1.0% | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Cupra | 810 | 3.8% | + 105.1% | 10 | 8,484 | 4.5% | + 100.1% | 8 | 15 |
| 11 | BYD | 774 | 3.6% | + 131.0% | 15 | 4,651 | 2.5% | + 91.4% | 15 | 22 |
| 12 | Ford | 729 | 3.4% | + 54.4% | 14 | 5,667 | 3.0% | + 33.1% | 13 | 16 |
| 13 | Renault | 609 | 2.8% | + 21.6% | 13 | 6,547 | 3.5% | + 44.0% | 11 | 12 |
| 14 | Peugeot | 604 | 2.8% | – 9.3% | 11 | 5,843 | 3.1% | + 29.1% | 12 | 10 |
| 15 | Kia | 497 | 2.3% | – 4.6% | 16 | 3,998 | 2.1% | – 19.0% | 17 | 13 |
| 16 | Opel | 495 | 2.3% | + 21.0% | 12 | 5,315 | 2.8% | + 39.3% | 14 | 18 |
| 17 | Suzuki | 450 | 2.1% | + 28.6% | 22 | 3,119 | 1.6% | – 33.0% | 21 | 17 |
| 18 | MG | 396 | 1.8% | + 138.6% | 21 | 3,379 | 1.8% | + 25.4% | 20 | 21 |
| 19 | Fiat | 389 | 1.8% | + 267.0% | 18 | 2,000 | 1.1% | – 23.5% | 23 | 24 |
| 20 | Mazda | 349 | 1.6% | – 23.5% | 19 | 4,068 | 2.1% | – 14.6% | 16 | 14 |
| 21 | Tesla | 270 | 1.3% | – 32.2% | 23 | 3,953 | 2.1% | – 22.3% | 18 | 11 |
| 22 | Citroen | 267 | 1.2% | + 99.3% | 17 | 3,624 | 1.9% | + 40.0% | 19 | 23 |
| 23 | Volvo | 253 | 1.2% | – 2.7% | 20 | 2,587 | 1.4% | – 14.5% | 22 | 19 |
| 24 | Jeep | 199 | 0.9% | + 37.2% | 29 | 991 | 0.5% | + 21.3% | 30 | 29 |
| 25 | Land Rover | 154 | 0.7% | + 37.5% | 27 | 1,013 | 0.5% | + 9.8% | 29 | 28 |
| 26 | Alfa Romeo | 151 | 0.7% | + 143.5% | 28 | 1,021 | 0.5% | + 34.9% | 28 | 30 |
| 27 | Mitsubishi | 144 | 0.7% | + 152.6% | 26 | 1,346 | 0.7% | – 62.5% | 25 | 20 |
| 28 | Mini | 117 | 0.5% | – 14.6% | 25 | 1,253 | 0.7% | + 14.7% | 26 | 26 |
| 29 | Nissan | 111 | 0.5% | – 31.9% | 30 | 1,969 | 1.0% | + 8.5% | 24 | 25 |
| 30 | Honda | 110 | 0.5% | + 34.1% | 31 | 959 | 0.5% | + 17.4% | 31 | 31 |
| 31 | Leapmotor | 103 | 0.5% | new | 32 | 361 | 0.2% | new | 33 | – |
| 32 | Porsche | 93 | 0.4% | – 22.5% | 24 | 1,241 | 0.7% | + 5.0% | 27 | 27 |
| 33 | Polestar | 32 | 0.1% | – 46.7% | 37 | 550 | 0.3% | + 62.2% | 32 | 32 |
| 34 | Smart | 29 | 0.1% | – 34.1% | 35 | 211 | 0.1% | – 33.6% | 37 | 34 |
| 35 | Lexus | 25 | 0.1% | – 28.6% | 36 | 236 | 0.1% | – 17.2% | 36 | 33 |
| 36 | Subaru | 24 | 0.1% | + 41.2% | 33 | 307 | 0.2% | + 68.7% | 34 | 35 |
| 37 | KGM/SsangYong | 17 | 0.1% | + 41.7% | 34 | 241 | 0.1% | + 123.1% | 35 | 36 |
| 38 | Alpine | 10 | 0.0% | + 400.0% | 40 | 118 | 0.1% | + 1211.1% | 38 | 50 |
| 39 | Aston Martin | 5 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 42 | 42 | 0.0% | + 75.0% | 43 | 45 |
| 40 | DS | 4 | 0.0% | – 60.0% | 39 | 97 | 0.1% | – 39.8% | 39 | 37 |
| 41 | Lamborghini | 3 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | 38 | 59 | 0.0% | + 118.5% | 40 | 43 |
| 42 | Ferrari | 3 | 0.0% | – 76.9% | 41 | 54 | 0.0% | – 28.9% | 41 | 40 |
| 43 | McLaren | 3 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | 51 | 26 | 0.0% | – 27.8% | 45 | 41 |
| 44 | DFSK | 3 | 0.0% | + 50.0% | 49 | 23 | 0.0% | + 360.0% | 46 | 51 |
| 45 | MAN | 2 | 0.0% | – 75.0% | 46 | 18 | 0.0% | – 45.5% | 47 | 42 |
| 46 | Ineos | 2 | 0.0% | #DIV/0! | 43 | 10 | 0.0% | – 41.2% | 50 | 47 |
| 47 | Bentley | 1 | 0.0% | #DIV/0! | 44 | 36 | 0.0% | + 157.1% | 44 | 49 |
| 48 | Maserati | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 50 | 9 | 0.0% | – 35.7% | 51 | 46 |
| 49 | Chrysler | 1 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | – | 7 | 0.0% | – 56.3% | 52 | 48 |
| 50 | Lotus | 1 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | – | 4 | 0.0% | – 55.6% | 54 | 54 |
| 51 | Xpeng | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 2 | 0.0% | + 100.0% | 57 | 69 |
| 52 | DFM | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 1 | 0.0% | new | 60 | – |
| 53 | Zeekr | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 1 | 0.0% | new | 63 | – |
Austria August 2025 – models:
| Pos | Model | Aug-25 | % | /24 | Jul | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Skoda Octavia | 494 | 2.3% | + 37.2% | 1 | 5,207 | 2.7% | + 1.8% | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | VW Golf | 470 | 2.2% | + 46.0% | 3 | 4,684 | 2.5% | – 33.1% | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Dacia Bigster | 437 | 2.0% | new | 2 | n/a | n/a | new | n/a | – |
| 4 | Skoda Karoq | 432 | 2.0% | + 98.2% | 12 | 3,181 | 1.7% | + 31.9% | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Seat Leon | 421 | 2.0% | + 211.9% | 16 | 2,311 | 1.2% | + 80.8% | 15 | n/a |
| 6 | BYD Seal | 396 | 1.8% | + 36.6% | 19 | 2,276 | 1.2% | + 93.0% | 16 | 18 |
| 7 | Mercedes GLC | 375 | 1.7% | + 76.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 8 | VW Tiguan | 366 | 1.7% | + 23.6% | 14 | 2,750 | 1.5% | – 13.2% | 11 | 7 |
| 9 | Toyota Yaris/Cross | 359 | 1.7% | + 26.0% | 11 | 2,994 | 1.6% | + 7.2% | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | BMW X1 | 357 | 1.7% | – 20.7% | 4 | 3,778 | 2.0% | + 22.2% | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Seat Ibiza | 336 | 1.6% | + 23.5% | 6 | 3,787 | 2.0% | + 4.9% | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Skoda Fabia | 331 | 1.5% | – 13.6% | 9 | 2,970 | 1.6% | + 19.6% | 8 | 9 |
| 13 | Dacia Sandero | 310 | 1.4% | – 27.2% | 7 | 2,978 | 1.6% | – 4.8% | 7 | 6 |
| 14 | Seat Arona | 306 | 1.4% | + 50.7% | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 15 | VW Polo | 304 | 1.4% | – 48.7% | 18 | 2,452 | 1.3% | + 10.8% | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | VW Bus | 294 | 1.4% | + 89.7% | 5 | 2,501 | 1.3% | – 12.0% | 13 | 12 |
| 17 | Skoda Elroq | 284 | 1.3% | new | 8 | 2,044 | 1.1% | new | 17 | – |
| 18 | Skoda Enyaq | 282 | 1.3% | + 85.5% | 17 | 1,832 | 1.0% | + 77.9% | n/a | n/a |
| 19 | Hyundai i10 | 266 | 1.2% | + 1562.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 20 | Dacia Duster | 236 | 1.1% | + 6.8% | 20 | 2,787 | 1.5% | + 6.4% | 9 | 11 |
| n/a | Cupra Terramar | 213 | 1.0% | new | n/a | 2,584 | 1.4% | new | 12 | n/a |
| n/a | Cupra Tavascan | 191 | 0.9% | + 334.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | VW Caddy | 166 | 0.8% | – 0.6% | 15 | 1,979 | 1.0% | + 1.2% | 18 | 15 |
| n/a | Audi Q6 | 154 | 0.7% | + 214.3% | n/a | 1,521 | 0.8% | + 868.8% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Cupra Leon | 147 | 0.7% | + 41.3% | n/a | 1,951 | 1.0% | + 15.2% | 19 | n/a |
| n/a | BYD Sealion | 143 | 0.7% | new | n/a | 1,541 | 0.8% | new | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Tesla Model 3 | 136 | 0.6% | + 300.0% | n/a | 136 | 0.1% | – 89.0% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Tesla Model Y | 134 | 0.6% | – 62.8% | n/a | 2,761 | 1.5% | – 26.5% | 10 | 3 |
| n/a | VW ID.7 | 122 | 0.6% | + 37.1% | n/a | 1,320 | 0.7% | + 368.1% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Renault 5 | 116 | 0.5% | new | n/a | 1,599 | 0.8% | new | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Audi Q8 | 104 | 0.5% | – 8.8% | n/a | 1,908 | 1.0% | + 69.8% | 20 | n/a |
| n/a | VW ID.3 | 80 | 0.4% | + 400.0% | n/a | 1,376 | 0.7% | + 238.9% | n/a | n/a |
Source: Statistik Austria
