- The Austrian market has well weathered the 2008-2009 crisis. The volume of registrations (passenger cars), which was 296,000 units in 2007 and 294,000 in 2008, has not fallen below 300,000 between 2009 and 2012.

- The Austrian market has actually peaked in 2011, a rare phenomenon in Europe, with 356,000 units. On the other hand, if we consider the period 2000-2008, this market is finally remained stable (around 300 000 units per year), and the years 2009-2012 were the best of the decade.

- The Austrian market is characterized by the overwhelming dominance of Volkswagen cars in 10 top bestsellers: 8 VW group cars in the top 10: 1st: VW Golf, 2nd: VW Tiguan, 3rd: VW Polo,  4th: Skoda Octavia, 5th; Skoda Fabia, 6th Seat Ibiza, 9th : VW Passat, 10th : Audi A4.  The other cars present in top 10 are: Hyundai i30 is at 7th position, Ford Fiesta at 8th position.

- Considering  carmakers, the VW group is market leader ahead of  Hyundai-Kia and Renault-Nissan. American groups GM and Ford are largely overpassed by the Korean group Hyundai-Kia.