Germany October 2010: C Class now #4 YTD, BMW 5 Series #9

The German market is still in decline in October with 256,775 registrations and -20% vs. Oct 09, which is actually a little bit better than the year-to-date situation at -27% (2,423,627 sales).

Well behind the VW Golf (8.2%), the Polo regains its #2 spot (3.2%) but the Mercedes C Class continues to be very strong and even betters its (already brilliant) September market share at 3.1%. This allows it to jump from #7 to #4 in the year-to-date ranking.

In extremely good shape again this month, Mercedes places 3 models in the Top 8 with the E Class in 5th (both in October and YTD) and the A Class in 8th. In comparison, the best-selling BMW is “only” 9th but it is the 5 Series which is actually a great performance for the model, at 2.2% market share.

The new gen can’t come soon enough for the Passat, only 11th this month and dropping 2 spots in the YTD rankings in 6th. Strong performers in October also include the VW Tiguan in #14, the BMW X1 in #22, the Dacia Duster in #41 and the Audi A1 in #44.

Full Top 50 ranking table below.

Pos	Model	Oct	%	Sep	2010	%	Pos
1	VW Golf/Plus/Jetta	20,952	8.2%	1	213,841	8.8%	1
2	VW Polo	8,335	3.2%	3	82,341	3.4%	2
3	Mercedes C-Klasse	7,908	3.1%	2	57,858	2.4%	4
4	Ford Focus	6,661	2.6%	12	44,222	1.8%	14
5	Mercedes E-Klasse	6,205	2.4%	6	57,630	2.4%	5
6	Audi A3	5,985	2.3%	14	51,646	2.1%	9
7	Opel Astra	5,766	2.2%	4	58,357	2.4%	3
8	Mercedes A-Klasse	5,674	2.2%	7	44,252	1.8%	13
9	BMW 5er	5,581	2.2%	23	34,550	1.4%	18
10	BMW 3er	5,494	2.1%	9	55,878	2.3%	7
11	VW Passat	5,333	2.1%	8	57,375	2.4%	6
12	Opel Corsa	5,158	2.0%	5	54,485	2.2%	8
13	Audi A4	5,131	2.0%	17	50,154	2.1%	10
14	VW Tiguan	4,876	1.9%	18	32,297	1.3%	19
15	Ford Fiesta	4,302	1.7%	11	45,180	1.9%	12
16	VW Touran	4,264	1.7%	13	38,826	1.6%	16
17	BMW 1er	4,116	1.6%	16	47,208	1.9%	11
18	Mercedes B-Klasse	3,868	1.5%	19	30,235	1.2%	21
19	Skoda Octavia	3,626	1.4%	15	35,715	1.5%	17
20	VW T5	3,144	1.2%	21	30,672	1.3%	20
21	Skoda Fabia	3,052	1.2%	10	40,317	1.7%	15
22	BMW X1	2,868	1.1%	25	21,861	0.9%	30
23	Hyundai i30	2,744	1.1%	30	25,733	1.1%	23
24	Mini	2,664	1.0%	22	26,158	1.1%	22
25	Renault Mégane	2,639	1.0%	34	24,104	1.0%	27
26	Audi A6	2,626	1.0%	28	24,604	1.0%	25
27	Opel Meriva	2,540	1.0%	20	22,867	0.9%	29
28	Smart Fortwo	2,529	1.0%	24	24,179	1.0%	26
29	Fiat Panda	2,504	1.0%	33	20,935	0.9%	31
30	Audi Q5	2,354	0.9%	44	18,519	0.8%	38
31	Nissan Qashqai	2,335	0.9%	36	18,957	0.8%	37
32	Opel Insignia	2,125	0.8%	27	23,875	1.0%	28
33	Audi A5	2,106	0.8%	45	20,057	0.8%	33
34	Toyota Yaris	2,096	0.8%	31	16,359	0.7%	45
35	Renault Clio	2,053	0.8%	46	19,387	0.8%	35
36	Renault Scenic	2,050	0.8%	43	19,619	0.8%	34
37	Ford Mondeo	1,953	0.8%	35	16,664	0.7%	41
38	Peugeot 207	1,916	0.7%	32	20,907	0.9%	32
39	Seat Ibiza	1,842	0.7%	38	19,360	0.8%	36
40	Opel Zafira	1,725	0.7%	26	16,467	0.7%	43
41	Dacia Duster	1,722	0.7%	n/a	7,367	0.3%	n/a
42	Renault Twingo	1,714	0.7%	37	17,094	0.7%	39
43	VW Caddy	1,677	0.7%	29	25,587	1.1%	24
44	Audi A1	1,662	0.6%	n/a	3,842	0.2%	n/a
45	Chevrolet Spark	1,631	0.6%	40	7,296	0.3%	n/a
46	Seat Leon	1,619	0.6%	n/a	15,586	0.6%	44
47	Citroen C3	1,595	0.6%	47	14,455	0.6%	47
48	Skoda Superb	1,497	0.6%	n/a	12,725	0.5%	49
49	Ford S-Max	1,465	0.6%	n/a	9,192	0.4%	n/a
50	Peugeot 308	1,458	0.6%	n/a	13,291	0.5%	48

Source: www.kba.de