Germany Car Sales By Brand : 2005-09

Opel was all at sea...

Local: This was a period where VW really did well. Sales were up over 180,000 units, while it's share went from 18.4% in 2004 to 21.2% in 2009. Opel managed to lose out in both areas, while Ford had a strong finish in 2009 to maintain it's share. The three German premium brands had a quiet time, all reducing sales. VW owned Skoda roared up the charts, in support of German owned.

Europe: Fiat came back strongly and Dacia came from nowhere to be a popular make. Imagine where it would be if German owned! Budget GM brand Chevrolet grew well.

Asia: Considering how sales increased in this time, they didn't do that well. Hyundai having a design centre in Germany helped it along. as that sort of detail isn't overlooked in this nation. A car show from Germany I watched always mentioned such things. I would say that Japanese brands have hit a glass ceiling now.

05	06	07	08	09	Make	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	1	1	1	1	VW	621,978	689,116	608,820	615,229	805,262
2	3	3	3	2	Opel	347,960	334,479	285,267	258,274	338,603
6	6	6	6	3	Ford	246,814	243,845	213,873	217,305	290,620
3	2	2	2	4	Mercedes	343,895	342,768	327,742	327,965	282,527
5	5	5	5	5	Audi	248,765	262,356	249,305	251,393	234,861
4	4	4	4	6	BMW	263,915	272,805	255,421	253,967	224,545
10	9	9	8	7	Skoda	102,216	118,523	118,682	121,277	190,717
13	12	11	11	8	Fiat	60,112	78,072	73,799	88,111	163,953
7	7	8	7	9	Renault	167,718	149,516	122,980	122,265	143,304
8	8	7	10	10	Toyota	131,499	142,792	127,798	93,036	136,285
9	10	10	9	11	Peugeot	118,038	111,151	93,394	94,676	130,207
11	11	12	12	12	Citroen	72,472	83,469	73,244	73,337	101,370
16	16	15	14	13	Hyundai	51,704	52,405	47,523	51,677	91,330
36	31	27	24	14	Dacia	2,047	6,292	17,301	24,902	82,661
14	14	14	15	15	Seat	56,632	60,975	52,888	49,331	69,437
15	15	17	16	16	Nissan	53,082	55,231	41,575	45,746	66,463
12	13	13	13	17	Mazda	70,154	77,051	65,651	56,277	60,032
22	21	19	18	18	Suzuki	28,804	32,237	36,372	36,840	59,184
17	18	18	19	19	Kia	49,820	46,184	40,381	34,322	55,379
18	17	16	17	20	Honda	43,845	48,588	41,729	40,133	45,151
19	22	21	20	21	smart	42,556	30,286	31,974	33,805	33,980
23	23	23	21	22	MINI	27,054	24,652	29,468	30,800	33,496
24	24	24	25	23	Chevrolet	20,258	23,132	25,245	21,305	31,259
20	20	22	23	24	Mitsubishi	36,767	33,760	31,449	25,558	30,409
21	19	20	22	25	Volvo	35,978	37,057	33,485	27,977	26,057
26	26	26	26	26	Porsche	16,565	17,490	17,663	16,221	15,343
27	27	29	30	27	Alfa Romeo	10,915	15,182	11,568	7,597	11,993
28	28	28	28	28	Daihatsu	10,352	13,120	13,533	13,726	10,594
29	29	30	29	29	Subaru	10,200	11,053	8,518	9,609	9,207
25	25	25	27	30	Chrysler	16,749	18,070	18,658	14,524	7,705
30	30	31	31	31	Land Rover	6,774	6,923	8,178	7,149	5,038
38	38	36	37	32	Lada	1,499	1,583	1,952	2,248	4,616
34	36	35	35	33	Lancia	2,577	2,626	2,555	3,573	3,424
32	34	34	32	34	Jaguar	3,767	4,223	3,720	3,915	2,909
33	33	32	34	35	Lexus	3,269	5,203	4,737	3,745	2,213
37	37	37	36	36	GM US	1,544	2,187	1,816	3,037	1,378
31	32	33	33	37	Saab	5,610	5,277	4,167	3,797	1,265
40	41	40	39	38	Ferrari	683	697	701	776	659
43	40	39	38	39	Iveco	518	784	807	767	652
44	43	42	41	40	Aston Martin	297	498	533	591	419
41	44	43	42	41	Maserati	574	453	517	580	340
42	42	41	43	42	Bentley	521	525	538	463	244
39	35	38	40	43	Ssangyong	1,443	2,814	1,165	620	172
47	48	47	46	44	Morgan	80	74	92	102	120
45	45	44	44	45	Lamborghini	137	234	184	180	108
46	46	46	46	46	Lotus	100	129	118	102	107
48	47	45	45	47	Wiesmann	66	112	135	130	104
35	39	49			MG Rover	2,059	847
					Sonstige	1,740	1,115	942	1,080	1,473
					Insgesamt	3,342,122	3,467,961	3,148,163	3,090,040	3,807,175

Data source: KBA.

Pics: Netcarshow.com

....while Fiat was having a picnic 

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