September New Car Registrations Up in Germany
10/24/96
In a report about new car registrations in Germany for the month of September, Reuters released the following tables of statistics from Germany's Federal Motor Office. The highlights are a 0.9% rise in the month's new car registrations (compared to September 1995), and a 6.5% rise in registrations for the first 9 months of the year (compared to the same period, 1995).
Sept % chg/Aug % chg/Sept 95
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Cars 274,624 +20.3 +0.9
Trucks 16,247 +17.1 -6.3
All vehicles 310,899 +13.9 +1.3
Jan-Sept 1996 Yr/Yr % change
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Cars 2,717,339 +6.5
Trucks 144,782 -9.1
All vehicles 3,169,053 +6.5
Here's the breakdown of the stats by German manufacturer, including the foreign subsidiaries of Volkswagen:
Sept 1996
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Volkswagen 52,819
* Opel/GM 41,915
* Ford (German 28,961
* Mercedes 24,945
BMW 15,744
Audi 19,649
SEAT 4,365
Skoda 1,380
Porsche 360
Jan-Jun 96 Market Share
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Volkswagen 526,887 19.4
* Opel/GM 435,412 16.0
* Ford 313,798 11.5
* Mercedes 224,966 8.3
BMW 169,734 6.2
Audi 160,285 5.9
SEAT 40,449 1.5
Skoda 15,846 0.6
Porsche 4,853 0.2
* Opel/GM figures include the Opel Corsa models,
which are made in Spain, the GM Pontiac van, and GM trucks sold in
Europe. The Ford and Mercedes figures also include foreign
production.
Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel