Mercedes A-Class
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As is now the tradition on BSCB I share with you today detailed Private Sales (PS) data for Germany. As you know these rankings are always a little controversial because of the definition of ‘private’ in Germany. Are counted as Private Sales the cars sold to private buyers. Demo cars, rental cars and long-term leases are not counted as private. This explains the fact that as cars become more expensive, their Private Sales ratio tends to drop: a lot of them are actually on a long-term lease, which can be argued is a private ‘sale’. In any case, 72,778 new vehicles were sold to private buyers in Germany in December, that’s a 33.8% PS ratio, down from 35.5% in November and 38% in October. In the Full Year, the German Private Sales total stands at 1,118,971 units, a 37.9% PS ratio to be compared to roughly 50% in France, an all-time low for that market.
The Dacia Logan is among the 10 most popular vehicles in Germany in December.
Great December performers include the BMW 1 Series up to third position with 2,268 sales, the Dacia Sandero up 14 spots on November to #8 at 1,343 units and 91.1% PS ratio, the BMW X1 up 30 to #15, Opel Mokka up 26 to #17 and the brand’s best-seller with private buyers, the Mercedes GLK up 30 to #26, the Renault Captur beating the Clio at #38 vs. #44 and the Peugeot 2008 beating the 208 at #42 vs. #52. Other high PS ratios include 82.8% for the Dacia Logan, 76.6% for the Fiat Punto, 72.5% for the Dacia Logdy, 68% for the Toyota Auris and 63.8% for the Mazda3.
The VW Tiguan is up to #3, enabling Volkswagen to monopolise the podium.
Over the Full Year 2013, the VW Golf remains the preferred choice of private buyers in Germany thanks to sales up 8% to 82,312 and despite a PS ratio still shy at 33.7%. It is followed like in 2012 by the VW Polo down 13% to 40,801 units and 59.6% PS ratio, while the VW Tiguan is up one spot to make the Private Sales podium 100% Volkswagen, passing the Mercedes B-Class (-26%). The best performance in the Top 20 is delivered by the Mercedes A-Class up a fantastic 67% and 10 spots on 2012 to #5 with 27,557 sales and 56.2% PS ratio.
The Ford Fiesta sees its PS ratio go from 28% to 43.2% in 2013.
Other great gainers include the Skoda Fabia up 15% to #6, Ford Fiesta up 37% to #8 and seeing its PS ratio go from 28% to 43.2%, the Audi A3 up 59% and 20 ranks to #12, Ford Focus up 15% to #16, Dacia Sandero up 33% to #17, and the Toyota Auris, Opel Mokka and Seat Leon making their appearance inside the Top 30.
Previous month: Germany Private Sales November 2013: VW Tiguan in third place
One year ago: Germany Private Sales Full Year 2012: Toyota Yaris and VW Up shine
December and Full Year 2013 Top 100 models Ranking Tables below.
Germany Private Sales December 2013:
Pos
Model
Dec PS
PS %
Dec
Nov PS
2013 PS
PS %
13 PS
2013
1
VW Golf/Plus/Jetta
5,970
27.7%
1
1
82,312
33.7%
1
1
2
VW Polo
2,967
63.4%
2
2
40,801
59.7%
2
4
3
BMW 1er
2,268
54.6%
6
10
21,818
41.0%
7
7
4
Skoda Fabia
1,731
56.6%
21
6
25,193
63.7%
6
22
5
Skoda Octavia
1,658
39.0%
5
5
18,808
38.0%
11
11
6
Mercedes A-Klasse
1,581
63.0%
25
9
27,557
56.2%
5
13
7
VW Tiguan
1,483
46.8%
17
3
31,290
54.1%
3
6
8
Dacia Sandero
1,343
91.1%
43
22
15,713
90.3%
17
52
9
Mercedes B-Klasse
1,272
58.7%
29
7
27,864
61.3%
4
17
10
Audi A3
1,238
29.9%
7
13
18,415
30.2%
12
5
11
Mercedes E-Klasse
1,174
35.9%
15
11
17,170
34.8%
13
12
12
Ford Fiesta
1,171
32.7%
10
4
19,505
43.2%
8
18
13
VW Up!
1,090
29.1%
9
8
19,076
44.5%
9
20
14
Mini
1,071
54.5%
32
14
15,144
44.2%
19
23
15
BMW X1
1,064
59.4%
33
45
11,115
47.0%
31
34
16
BMW 3er
1,057
24.0%
4
25
15,009
21.6%
20
3
17
Opel Mokka
1,046
53.0%
31
43
12,158
62.0%
26
44
18
Toyota Auris
976
68.0%
46
21
13,396
70.9%
23
47
19
Seat Ibiza
921
42.9%
30
17
15,823
52.8%
15
28
20
Ford Focus
910
26.5%
11
32
15,738
34.6%
16
16
21
Mercedes C-Klasse
879
28.0%
19
12
18,876
36.0%
10
8
22
Toyota Yaris
790
55.5%
47
24
13,601
68.5%
22
43
23
Ford Kuga
777
46.1%
36
18
10,611
57.0%
33
48
24
VW Touran
734
29.1%
24
19
14,779
32.0%
21
15
25
VW Transporter
728
24.5%
22
41
8,256
25.3%
45
24
26
Mercedes GLK
726
41.7%
34
56
6,732
38.1%
54
51
27
Opel Astra
726
22.1%
14
26
11,272
22.4%
30
9
28
Smart Fortwo
723
54.7%
49
16
15,918
61.2%
14
32
29
Dacia Logan
722
82.8%
71
37
3,746
74.1%
82
118
30
Audi Q3
712
46.3%
41
15
12,715
50.1%
25
33
31
Skoda Yeti
707
46.0%
42
20
15,189
68.9%
18
36
32
Skoda Roomster
689
58.3%
58
33
8,624
67.1%
41
67
33
Opel Corsa
672
17.9%
8
35
10,713
21.6%
32
10
34
BMW 5er
671
20.3%
13
52
6,314
14.2%
56
19
35
Mazda3
632
63.8%
64
34
3,868
45.2%
79
86
36
Seat Leon
630
27.4%
26
23
11,422
36.8%
29
25
37
Mazda CX-5
611
54.6%
59
30
9,855
62.0%
35
60
38
Renault Captur
605
50.7%
57
31
3,901
52.9%
78
95
39
Ford C-Max
576
40.5%
48
27
9,776
42.5%
37
35
40
Nissan Qashqai
566
24.7%
28
28
12,046
45.1%
27
31
41
BMW X3
545
41.5%
50
47
9,006
43.3%
40
39
42
Peugeot 2008
526
62.0%
72
39
3,644
54.1%
84
102
43
Audi A1
517
40.3%
53
46
9,462
34.7%
39
30
44
Renault Clio
500
29.4%
35
61
8,331
40.7%
42
40
45
Dacia Duster
488
62.8%
77
66
10,169
79.4%
34
68
46
Hyundai i30
487
14.3%
12
29
11,433
37.4%
28
27
47
Toyota RAV4
487
64.4%
82
36
2,842
51.4%
94
113
48
VW Caddy
478
14.9%
16
38
9,755
31.7%
38
26
49
Hyundai i20
464
45.4%
63
42
7,807
48.0%
48
58
50
Renault Twingo
456
36.2%
54
72
7,502
39.1%
51
46
51
Opel Meriva
454
35.1%
52
49
7,535
40.9%
50
49
52
Peugeot 208
453
51.2%
69
53
5,964
36.7%
59
59
53
Audi Q5
450
34.5%
51
44
7,956
38.0%
47
38
54
Skoda Rapid
447
27.4%
38
82
2,966
38.6%
92
92
55
Fiat 500
436
17.0%
23
40
7,778
26.8%
49
29
56
Hyundai ix35
415
18.1%
27
48
8,318
43.2%
43
45
57
Ford B-Max
413
46.0%
67
64
9,813
60.3%
36
57
58
Opel Zafira
413
28.2%
44
55
5,712
28.4%
61
42
59
Audi A6, A7
410
13.0%
18
58
5,428
13.3%
64
21
60
Kia Sportage
407
45.8%
68
51
6,781
54.8%
53
69
61
Skoda Citigo
399
37.6%
61
63
5,499
39.7%
63
65
62
Kia Cee’d
393
45.1%
70
50
8,302
48.5%
44
53
63
Audi A4
369
12.0%
20
57
5,990
12.4%
57
14
64
Opel Adam
364
25.2%
45
59
7,984
37.8%
46
37
65
Fiat Ducato
341
77.5%
100
60
13,051
77.5%
24
56
66
Honda CR-V
329
47.8%
85
80
4,348
61.9%
70
98
67
Nissan Micra
323
51.4%
89
70
2,596
35.7%
100
96
68
Seat Mii
317
41.7%
80
65
5,250
46.3%
66
72
69
Hyundai ix20
312
49.1%
87
69
5,843
64.2%
60
79
70
Suzuki Swift
304
31.2%
65
62
5,679
65.7%
62
85
71
Renault Scénic
302
19.5%
40
67
5,984
33.5%
58
50
72
Mitsubishi ASX
279
54.5%
99
78
4,555
67.0%
68
101
73
VW Passat
277
6.2%
3
54
6,340
8.8%
55
2
74
Kia Picanto
277
44.5%
90
73
3,626
52.0%
85
99
75
Skoda Superb
276
22.4%
56
68
3,438
23.9%
88
63
76
Volvo XC60
273
33.2%
74
87
2,808
32.0%
97
84
77
Opel Insignia
254
15.6%
39
89
1,885
11.1%
114
55
78
Citroen C3
254
51.9%
103
75
3,690
48.5%
83
93
79
Fiat Panda
248
34.4%
83
86
3,611
37.9%
86
78
80
Fiat Punto
239
76.6%
125
85
2,722
49.0%
99
111
81
Citroen C4
235
39.9%
91
95
3,037
28.5%
91
73
82
BMW 4er
233
46.5%
102
98
636
32.9%
n/a
n/a
83
Toyota Verso
232
64.4%
119
71
4,419
66.2%
69
103
84
Toyota Aygo
230
32.6%
84
92
3,529
39.1%
87
80
85
Kia Rio
227
44.4%
100
103
4,253
51.1%
72
90
86
BMW X5
223
27.3%
75
115
1,059
18.2%
137
109
87
Peugeot 308
219
40.6%
98
105
2,154
24.1%
110
82
88
Kia Venga
218
50.3%
108
93
3,313
61.2%
89
114
89
Mercedes ML-Klasse
217
27.7%
76
88
2,518
20.8%
103
71
90
Mercedes Viano
215
28.0%
78
106
2,321
27.8%
107
89
91
Suzuki SX4
212
69.5%
127
74
594
38.1%
n/a
n/a
92
Nissan Note
206
31.8%
86
97
1,371
27.9%
128
n/a
93
Audi A5
202
16.3%
55
79
4,088
23.9%
74
54
94
Mitsubishi Outlander
199
26.3%
81
116
1,978
43.0%
112
n/a
95
Renault Mégane
192
11.4%
37
77
5,403
26.6%
65
41
96
Honda Jazz
188
29.7%
88
81
4,291
50.4%
71
87
97
Mercedes CLA
181
32.3%
95
107
4,077
39.3%
75
74
98
Mazda6
180
39.6%
106
102
3,908
44.2%
77
83
99
Dacia Dokker
179
71.9%
132
94
2,807
73.4%
98
n/a
100
VW Sharan
177
16.9%
62
83
3,129
22.5%
90
64
Germany Private Sales Full Year 2013:
Pos
Model
2013 PS
PS %
2013
/12
2012 PS
PS %
Pos
1
VW Golf/Plus/Jetta
82,312
33.7%
1
8%
76,302
31.7%
1
2
VW Polo
40,801
59.7%
4
-13%
47,128
61.6%
2
3
VW Tiguan
31,290
54.1%
6
-1%
31,589
56.8%
4
4
Mercedes B-Klasse
27,864
61.3%
17
-26%
37,672
63.4%
3
5
Mercedes A-Klasse
27,557
56.2%
13
67%
16,466
51.5%
15
6
Skoda Fabia
25,193
63.7%
22
15%
21,959
53.9%
8
7
BMW 1er
21,818
41.0%
7
-14%
25,296
42.7%
5
8
Ford Fiesta
19,505
43.2%
18
37%
14,245
28.0%
23
9
VW Up!
19,076
44.5%
20
-20%
23,906
55.8%
7
10
Mercedes C-Klasse
18,876
36.0%
8
-25%
25,204
36.5%
6
11
Skoda Octavia
18,808
38.0%
11
-7%
20,148
43.5%
9
12
Audi A3
18,415
30.2%
5
59%
11,582
25.2%
32
13
Mercedes E-Klasse
17,170
34.8%
12
4%
16,581
36.2%
13
14
Smart Fortwo
15,918
61.2%
32
-6%
16,860
60.1%
12
15
Seat Ibiza
15,823
52.8%
28
-4%
16,427
55.4%
16
16
Ford Focus
15,738
34.6%
16
15%
13,662
28.5%
25
17
Dacia Sandero
15,713
90.3%
52
33%
11,825
88.6%
29
18
Skoda Yeti
15,189
68.9%
36
-1%
15,305
68.8%
22
19
Mini
15,144
44.2%
23
-7%
16,263
44.8%
17
20
BMW 3er
15,009
21.6%
3
8%
13,939
22.3%
24
21
VW Touran
14,779
32.0%
15
-11%
16,544
31.2%
14
22
Toyota Yaris
13,601
68.5%
43
-21%
17,114
71.9%
11
23
Toyota Auris
13,396
70.9%
47
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
24
Fiat Ducato
13,051
77.5%
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
25
Audi Q3
12,715
50.1%
33
-18%
15,599
60.6%
20
26
Opel Mokka
12,158
62.0%
44
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
27
Nissan Qashqai
12,046
45.1%
31
-25%
16,027
55.3%
19
28
Hyundai i30
11,433
37.4%
27
-3%
11,775
40.9%
30
29
Seat Leon
11,422
36.8%
25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
Opel Astra
11,272
22.4%
9
-38%
18,286
27.3%
10
31
BMW X1
11,115
47.0%
34
-9%
12,152
45.0%
28
32
Opel Corsa
10,713
21.6%
10
-30%
15,330
27.5%
21
33
Ford Kuga
10,611
57.0%
48
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
34
Dacia Duster
10,169
79.4%
68
-37%
16,182
84.2%
18
35
Mazda CX-5
9,855
62.0%
60
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
36
Ford B-Max
9,813
60.3%
57
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
37
Ford C-Max
9,776
42.5%
35
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
38
VW Caddy
9,755
31.7%
26
-7%
10,474
32.4%
35
39
Audi A1
9,462
34.7%
30
-26%
12,868
43.7%
26
40
BMW X3
9,006
43.3%
39
-26%
12,249
47.7%
27
41
Skoda Roomster
8,624
67.1%
67
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
42
Renault Clio
8,331
40.7%
40
-11%
9,356
42.6%
38
43
Hyundai ix35
8,318
43.2%
45
-29%
11,674
61.1%
31
44
Kia Cee’d
8,302
48.5%
53
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
45
VW Transporter
8,256
25.3%
24
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
Opel Adam
7,984
37.8%
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
47
Audi Q5
7,956
38.0%
38
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
48
Hyundai i20
7,807
48.0%
58
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
49
Fiat 500
7,778
26.8%
29
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
50
Opel Meriva
7,535
40.9%
49
-28%
10,510
41.3%
34
51
Renault Twingo
7,502
39.1%
46
-31%
10,891
51.5%
33
52
VW Beetle
6,943
44.8%
61
53
Kia Sportage
6,781
54.8%
69
54
Mercedes GLK
6,732
38.1%
51
55
VW Passat
6,340
8.8%
2
-34%
9,559
10.7%
37
56
BMW 5er
6,314
14.2%
19
-21%
8,034
16.7%
40
57
Audi A4
5,990
12.4%
14
-35%
9,279
16.1%
39
58
Renault Scénic
5,984
33.5%
50
59
Peugeot 208
5,964
36.7%
59
60
Hyundai ix20
5,843
64.2%
79
61
Opel Zafira
5,712
28.4%
42
-45%
10,425
34.8%
36
62
Suzuki Swift
5,679
65.7%
85
63
Skoda Citigo
5,499
39.7%
65
64
Audi A6, A7
5,428
13.3%
21
65
Renault Mégane
5,403
26.6%
41
66
Seat Mii
5,250
46.3%
72
67
Dacia Lodgy
4,900
77.0%
106
68
Mitsubishi ASX
4,555
67.0%
101
69
Toyota Verso
4,419
66.2%
103
70
Honda CR-V
4,348
61.9%
98
71
Honda Jazz
4,291
50.4%
87
72
Kia Rio
4,253
51.1%
90
73
Suzuki SX4 Classic
4,089
75.8%
115
74
Audi A5
4,088
23.9%
54
75
Mercedes CLA
4,077
39.3%
74
76
Hyundai i10
3,996
26.0%
62
77
Mazda6
3,908
44.2%
83
78
Renault Captur
3,901
52.9%
95
79
Mazda3
3,868
45.2%
86
80
Citroen Berlingo
3,779
38.0%
75
81
Ford Ka
3,750
44.6%
88
82
Dacia Logan
3,746
74.1%
118
83
Citroen C3
3,690
48.5%
93
84
Peugeot 2008
3,644
54.1%
102
85
Kia Picanto
3,626
52.0%
99
86
Fiat Panda
3,611
37.9%
78
87
Toyota Aygo
3,529
39.1%
80
88
Skoda Superb
3,438
23.9%
63
89
Kia Venga
3,313
61.2%
114
90
VW Sharan
3,129
22.5%
64
91
Citroen C4
3,037
28.5%
73
92
Skoda Rapid
2,966
38.6%
92
93
Nissan Juke
2,860
29.2%
76
94
Toyota RAV4
2,842
51.4%
113
95
Honda Civic
2,837
44.9%
107
96
Suzuki Jimny
2,821
74.9%
n/a
97
Volvo XC60
2,808
32.0%
84
98
Dacia Dokker
2,807
73.4%
n/a
99
Fiat Punto
2,722
49.0%
111
100
Nissan Micra
2,596
35.7%
96
101
Chevrolet Cruze
2,560
41.2%
108
102
Mercedes SLK
2,542
51.6%
n/a
103
Mercedes ML-Klasse
2,518
20.8%
71
104
Porsche 911
2,359
34.2%
100
105
Mitsubishi Mirage
2,357
46.8%
120
106
Mazda2
2,333
43.7%
116
107
Mercedes Viano
2,321
27.8%
89
108
Toyota Avensis
2,219
43.3%
117
109
Volvo S/V40
2,193
33.4%
104
110
Peugeot 308
2,154
24.1%
82
111
Porsche Cayenne
2,073
29.3%
97
112
Mitsubishi Outlander
1,978
43.0%
n/a
113
Suzuki Splash
1,916
64.9%
n/a
114
Opel Insignia
1,885
11.1%
55
115
Range Rover Evoque
1,875
37.3%
n/a
116
Suzuki Grand Vitara
1,800
59.3%
n/a
117
Renault Kangoo
1,784
35.4%
119
118
Seat Alhambra
1,755
21.3%
91
119
Porsche Boxster, Cayman
1,743
45.1%
n/a
120
Toyota Verso-S
1,667
76.8%
n/a
121
Peugeot 207
1,591
35.1%
n/a
122
Ford S-Max
1,557
16.1%
77
123
Ford Transit, Tourneo
1,553
12.8%
70
124
Citroen DS3
1,547
23.6%
105
125
Chevrolet Trax
1,494
46.3%
n/a
126
Citroen C1
1,427
29.1%
n/a
127
Chevrolet Spark
1,377
28.0%
n/a
128
Nissan Note
1,371
27.9%
n/a
129
Mazda5
1,358
34.5%
n/a
130
Subaru Forester
1,348
41.4%
n/a
131
Chevrolet Orlando
1,338
38.8%
n/a
132
Chevrolet Captiva
1,337
39.1%
n/a
133
Mitsubishi Colt
1,270
48.2%
n/a
134
VW Touareg
1,206
13.4%
81
135
Mercedes CLS
1,183
20.4%
110
136
Ford Mondeo
1,154
8.5%
66
137
BMW X5
1,059
18.2%
109
138
BMW Z4
982
38.0%
n/a
139
Audi TT
979
27.2%
n/a
140
Toyota GT86
963
46.6%
n/a
Source: KBA