01 December 2014

Germany Car Sales By Brand : 1965-69

An Italian styled Glas 3000 GT coupe

The chart below is coloured to show what would be considered German and import brands. Opel and Fords as designed and built in Germany are thus listed as local makes. The NecKar company made Fiat cars under licence, but as a German company making them, they are also deemed to be local as well.

Back in the 1960's Audi arrived, as an amalgamation of NSU and Auto Union. I know nothing about Hanomag, or why a figure just turn up in 1969. Glas was absorbed in to it's buyer, BMW, who got technology, a factory and skilled personnel from the take over.

As for the import brands, some have gone such as Simca, DAF, Auto Bianchi and Steyr Puch. The latter made a Fiat model but using their own engine. The large number of sonstige, of others, is a shame. It would be nice to know what they were. With no British brands listed, it could be they reside in that anonymous listing.


65 66 67 68 69 Maker 1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1 1 1 1 1 VW 493,902
436,178
364,445
382,043
469,770
2 2 2 2 2 Opel 330,619
324,869
275,930
272,120
349,630
3 3 3 3 3 Ford 277,750
275,898
226,279
190,964
287,961



6 4 Audi -
-
NSU/Au
90,319
134,496
4 4 4 4 5 Mercedes 91,453
97,743
97,893
113,283
127,300
5 5 5 5 6 Fiat 60,306
72,369
78,666
96,388
123,484
7 6 6 7 7 Renault 40,316
55,016
73,294
83,976
112,326
9 8 7 8 8 BMW 34,714
44,101
49,409
61,727
77,013
11 10 10 9 9 Simca 20,980
28,380
31,664
40,311
53,986
13 13 11 10 10 Peugeot 13,337
14,057
20,634
21,143
26,786
12 12 13 11 11 Citroen 13,700
16,422
13,455
14,987
21,676
14 14 14 12 12 NecKar 7,554
10,363
13,074
13,101
13,804
19 17 16 14 13 Alfa Romeo 1,372
2,639
3,095
6,683
8,783
16 16 15 15 14 DAF 2,914
3,158
5,220
6,632
8,525
20 20 17 18 15 Volvo 1,168
1,194
2,344
2,366
4,028
15 15 19 16 16 Skoda 5,037
3,285
2,194
3,293
3,507
17 19 18 17 17 Porsche 2,647
2,069
2,305
2,699
3,069


21 19 18 Honda -
-
454
1,947
1,672
18 18 20 20 19 Autobianchi 2,545
2,372
945
934
1,199




20 Hanomag -
-
-
-
1,047
10 11 12 13 21 Glas 24,009
21,749
15,356
7,196
335


22 21 22 GM US -
-
287
191
222




23 Saab -
-
-
-
148



22 24 Lancia -
-
-
105
122
21 21 23 23 25 Steyr Puch 212
159
88
96
107
6 7 8

Auto Union 44,621
48,028
39,000
Audi
-
8 9 9

NSU 40,167
38,105
32,441
Audi
-





Sonstige 8,241
7,970
8,183
12,585
10,052





Insgesamt 1,517,564
1,506,124
1,356,655
1,425,089
1,841,048

Data source: VDA.

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2 comments:

  1. interesting figures! is it for west germany only, or cumulated west and east? could Skoda sell 5000 units in the west those days?

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  2. Hello Jaroslav, Sorry for not replying sooner but the system didn't notify me of the comment being posted.
    It would be just for Western Germany.
    Skoda did sell well back then as affordable alternative. They were quite popular in New Zealand at that time too.

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