New car sales in Germany rose 3.2 percent year-on-year to 200,512 units in February, keeping in mind that February 2021 was -19 percent lower than the previous year. Year-to-date volume is up 5.6% to 384,624 sales but down -20.9% to 486,243 units in 2020. Brand leader Volkswagen (-8%) goes up against its home market and sees its share melt to 18.4% versus 19.9% last month. Mercedes (+9.5%), on the other hand, made the biggest gain in January with an unchanged Top 7. Audi (-3.9%) and BMW (-5.4%) are losing slightly more ground than the market, while Skoda (-5.1%) is on top and Opel (-6%) and Ford (-11.7%) are significantly down. Hyundai (+13.2%) overtook Seat (-16.7%) while Renault (-22.4%) took 10th place. Tesla (+209.9%) triples its year-ago volume and climbs 18 spots to #11 overall in January. Cupra (+232%) smashed its volume and share record at 2,669 and 1.3% while Polestar (+250%), Dacia (+123.8%), Honda (+110.8%), Mitsubishi (+55.7%), Jeep (+51.9%) %), DS (+39.9%), Kia (+34.5%) and Toyota (+29%) were among the top performers.
In the models category, the VW Golf (+4.4%) leads comfortably with a 4.4% share, which is the same as January and the highest since June 2021. It lags behind the VW Tiguan (-14.2%) and Mini lineup (+12.7%). ). The Tesla Model 3 (+93.2%) jumped 133 spots to No. 4 overall in January, as sales continue to pick up as the quarter draws to a close. The Skoda Octavia (-13.9%) remains at #5 and the Opel Corsa (-18.6%) is two places down at #6. The Fiat 500 lineup (+69.5%) has made the biggest gain in the top 10 and is up 6 points to #8 while the Audi A4 (+37.4%) is up from #7 to #9. The Opel Mokka (+1631.3%), Dacia Sandero (+181.2%), Mercedes GLC (+65.9%) and C-Class (+24.3%) also deliver impressive gains down the line, while the Cupra Formentor breaks three places in January. is on In Germany it ranked (#17), volume and share records. Tesla Model Y (#20) is the most recent launch in the country, ahead of Hyundai Ioniq 5 (#70) and Skoda Enyaq (#86).
Previous month: Germany January 2022: VW Golf returns to #1 with 8.5% market growth
A year ago: Germany February 2021: Market of -19%, Audi at highest ranking in nearly 2 years
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