Germany November 2025: Market up 2.5%, BYD now above Tesla YTD

BYD Seal German sales are up 4158.6% year-on-year in November.

250,671 new cars found a buyer in Germany in November, a 2.5% year-on-year lift. We remain -16.2% below the pre-pandemic levels of November 2019 (299,127). Year-to-date, the market is up 0.7% to 2,611,152, -21.4% below the of 3,323,878 units after 11 months in 2019. BEV sales surge 58.5% to 55,741 and 22.2% share vs. 14.4% in November 2024 with year-to-date volumes up 41.3% to 490,338 and 18.8% share vs. 13.4% over the same period in 2024.

Brand leader Volkswagen edges up 0.5% year-on-year to 19.1% share vs. 19.8% so afr this year, with the Top 7 unchanged on last month and YTD. Mercedes (-4%) is weak at #2 ahead of BMW (+8.5%), Skoda (+11.5%) and Audi (+9.5%) all beating the market. Opel (-2%) disappoints below where Ford (+13.7%) signs the biggest gain in the Top 10. Toyota (-17.7%) is in a rut year-on-year but at 3.4% share, it is still above its YTD level of 3%. Cupra (+24.8%) and Dacia (+9.1%) impress, as well as MG (+169.4%) further down. But the best performer is BYD (+834.1%) now above Tesla (-20.2%) year-to-date and breaking its ranking, volume and share records.

Model-wise, the podium is 100% Volkswagen but each model disappointingly drops by double-digits: the Golf is down -16.7%, the T-Roc drops -11.5% and the Tiguan is off -11.6%. In contrast the BMW X1 surges 32.6% year-on-year and is up two spots on October to #4, with 41% of its November volume coming from the iX1 BEV variant. This is the 5th Top 5 finish of the year for the X1 which now ranks #5 year-to-date. The BMW 5 Series (+4%) follows at #5 ahead of the Audi A6 (+32.6%). Outside the Top 10, the Mercedes CLA shoots up 106% year-on-year to #11, by far the nameplate’s highest ever ranking, eclipsing its previous best of #20 reached just last month. The new VW Tayron is back up to #15 and breaks its share record at 1.3%.

Previous month: Germany October 2025: Skoda breaks share record, BMW 5 Series, Audi A5 impress

One year ago: Germany November 2024: Toyota Yaris/Cross breaks all records

Full November 2025 Top 64 All brands and Top 356 All models below.