Data room · Germany

Car market — 2026

In brief

From January to September 2026, 2,221,798 new passenger cars were registered in Germany. Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars account for 38.3 % of registrations. Volkswagen is the leading brand (17.8 % of the market), ahead of Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Year total computed by adding up the published months.

Passenger cars · January – September

2,221,798

— year on year · sum of the months

Month by month · 2026

Jan 26max 233,446Sept 26

Diesel
Hybrid (non plug-in)
Plug-in hybrid
Battery electric

Month	Passenger cars	Year on year	EV + PHEV
January	193,981	—	33.2 %
February	211,262	—	33.4 %
March	294,161	—	34.2 %
April	249,163	—	36.9 %
May	239,448	—	36.7 %
June	296,378	—	39.2 %
July	268,068	—	40.7 %
August	212,563	—	44.4 %
September	256,774	+9.0 %	45.3 %

Passenger cars · January – September 2026 · sum of the months

Total market : 2,221,798 · market share and year-on-year change

1Volkswagen396,44417.8 %
2Mercedes-Benz194,8598.8 %
3BMW189,3208.5 %
4Skoda186,9738.4 %
5Audi153,0206.9 %
6SEAT117,4325.3 %
7Opel105,3754.7 %
8Ford74,6303.4 %
9Hyundai71,4003.2 %
10Dacia53,1762.4 %
11Renault51,3482.3 %
12Fiat51,2722.3 %
13Kia50,0472.3 %
14Toyota50,0222.3 %
15Peugeot46,3212.1 %

Source : KBA

Power sources · 2026

Power source	Units	Share	Year on year
Diesel	270,434	12.2 %	—
Hybrid (non plug-in)	632,695	28.5 %	—
Plug-in hybrid	247,489	11.1 %	—
Battery electric	604,144	27.2 %	—

Total : 2,221,798 · sum of the published months

Sources and original documents

Figures copied from the official publications or computed from them (shares, changes, sums), never estimated or written by AI. A table that fails the consistency checks is dropped.