Germany March 2026: VW Golf and Tesla Model Y top market up 16%

The Model Y is at its highest in 2 years in Germany.

294,161 new cars hit German roads in March, a stunning 16% year-on-year gain. The Q1 volume is now up 5.2% to 699,404. 70,663 BEVs found a buyer this month, up a fantastic 66.2% while the Q1 volume is up 41.3% to 159,630. Volkswagen (+3.2%) significantly trails its home market at 17.9% share vs. 18.7% so far this year. Skoda (+34%) lodges another remarkable performance, ranking #2 for the third consecutive month and ever. BMW (+16.5%), Mercedes (+7.5%) and Audi (+25%) round out the Top 5 ahead of a surging Opel (+43%). Hyundai (+30.6%) also shines at #7 but the biggest gain in the Top 10 is delivered by Tesla at an extravagant +315.1% to #9, its highest ranking in exactly 3 years, since also reaching #9 in March 2023. Below, Kia (+33.3%), Fiat (+29%) and Mazda (+27.6%) stand out while BYD is up 327.1% to #23.

Over in the models charts, the VW Golf (+20.1%) sports its biggest YoY gain since July 2025 and is once again the faraway leader. The surprise of the month is the 2nd place of the Tesla Model Y (+379.1%) up almost 5-fold YoY and up 52 spots on February, reaching its best ranking since February 2024 when it was also #2. Remember the Model Y was #1 outright in Germany in September 2022. The VW T-Roc (-19.9%) and Tiguan (-8.6%) both struggle and are relegated to #3 and #4 respectively just as the Opel Corsa (+24.8%) climbs three ranks on last month to #5. The Audi A6 (+15.3%) is up two to #9 and the Mercedes GLC (+28.6%) up five to #10. Just outside the Top 10, the Skoda Elroq (+242%), BMW X3 (+178.8%) and Hyundai Tucson (+136.4%) make themselves noticed. Note 34% of X3 sales come from the iX3 BEV variant in March.

Previous month: Germany February 2026: Skoda repeats at record #2, Elroq up to #6

One year ago: Germany March 2025: Cupra (+128.5%) up to record 6th place

Full March 2026 Top 65 All brands and Top 370 All models below.