The German car fleet by brand and by region
- The German passenger car fleet reached 43.5 million units on the 1st January 2013, this number is equivalent to the whole registration volume of passenger cars from 2000 to 2012 in this country.
- By brand, Volkswagen is still the most represented brand in Germany (21.5% of the total fleet). This position as a leader dates back from the 50s where the Beetle was the most common car in the country. In the 70s, the carmaker managed to transform and diversify its range (Polo, Golf, Passat, etc.).
- Opel is the second brand the most represented in Germany (11.5% of the total fleet) despite its decline in sales over the last ten years. Mercedes (9.3% of the fleet) has been progressing steadily over the past ten years, which enabled it to overtake the Ford (7.8%), BMW (6.6%) and Audi (6.5%) brands.
- Behind these six brands that together account for 63.2% of the total fleet, i.e. nearly two out of three cars, one can note that the following four brands are French (Renault and Peugeot), Czech (Skoda) and Japanese (Toyota).
- By region, the North Rhine-Westphalia region remains the one that counts the most passenger cars (21.3%), followed by Bavaria (16.5%) and Baden-Württemberg (13.8%). These three regions alone account for 51.6% of the German fleet, in other words more than one car out of two. These regions are the most densely populated regions in Germany.
