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.

For other years, please click on the years: 1970-74, 1975-79, 1980-84, 1985-89, 2000-04, 2005-09, 2010-14.