Germany September 2025: VW Golf back in charge, BYD smashes all records

First Top 50 finish in Germany for the BYD Seal U.

235,528 new cars hit German roads in September, a splendid 12.8% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date tally is now down just -0.3% to 2,110,348. The monthly market is slowly but surely getting back to pre-pandemic levels (244,622 sales in September 2019) but remain well below year-to-date (2,740,158 in 2019). Volkswagen (+16.2%) is the only Top 8 carmaker to beat the market to 19.2% share, still lower than its YTD level of 19.9%. Mercedes (+10.6%) and BMW (+8.6%) follow while Skoda (+9.6%) passes Audi (+5.3%) to return to #4.

For once Opel (+10.2%) is in positive, distancing Ford (+7%) and Toyota (+10.9%). Hyundai (+17.3%) shines but just outside the Top 10 it’s Cupra (+84.6%) and Dacia (+39.5%) that deliver the most impressive results. Citroen (+52.1%) and Renault (+30.9%) also impress. Telsa is down -9.4% to #20. At #21 with 3,255 sales and 1.4% share, BYD (+2225%!) smashes all its records (previous bests #25 with 1,857 sales and 0.8% share last May). We welcome Deepal (#55) and Omoda (#63) in the charts.

Over in the models ranking, after two months dominated by the VW T-Roc, the VW Golf (+19.1%) returns to the pole position with over 1,200 sales more than the T-Roc (+67.9%), still impressive year-on-year. #1 a year ago, the VW Tiguan (-26%) is handicapped by the success of its 3-row sibling, the Tayron up to a record #14. The Opel Corsa (+25.2%) continues on a very solid year at #4, a ranking it also holds YTD vs. #7 over the Full Year 2024. The Passat (+14.8%) and Polo (+13%) match the market and make it five VWs in the Top 6. The VW ID.3 (+146.6%) cracks the Top 10 for the 5th time ever (#3 in December 2020, #5 in August 2021, #6 in December 2022 and #3 in June 2024).

Previous month: Germany August 2025: VW T-Roc repeats at #1, teases Golf YTD

One year ago: Germany September 2024: VW Tiguan signs first ever pole position

Full September 2025 Top 63 All brands and Top 346 All models below.