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 Now that there's a new ICE Smart Fortwo flooding the streets of German Megacities, the older ED version seems to have been blessed with a Second Life here, performing its best result of the year (263 units), for how long will this go no seems to be the question, but for now this is the second consecutive Best Seller title for the electric Smart, allowing it to recover the Second Place in the YTD chart.


The Zoe also had a brilliant result (178 units), it seems that Renault is finally understanding how to sell its car properly, while in Third there's the BMW i3, selling just 133 units, sales lately have been dwindling in its home country, is this a case of production constraints, or is something else playing here?

The Outlander PHEV (89 units) was #5 and is now a frequent appearance in the monthly Top 5.


PlModel
Sales  
1Smart Fortwo ED263
2Renault Zoe178
3BMW i3133
4Volkswagen e-Up! e)120
5Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV89

Looking at the YTD ranking, the first positions only had one relevant change with the aforementioned rise of the Smart ED to #2, but the second half of the ranking had several changes, with the Merc B-Class ED in #18, while the S500 Plug-In is #19.


With 32 models now on sale, it is now possible to make segmentation, in the city cars, the VW e-Up! and Smart are fighting for #1, the Superminis are dominated by the BMW i3, the e-Golf is still to catch the Nissan Leaf in the Compact segment, the Volvo V60 Plug-In is alone in the Midsize cars, while the larger-sized segment is dominated by the Tesla Model S, but this month the #1 was for the Merc S500...

The SUV's are Outlander PHEV territory, although the Cayenne might have a word on this next year, while the ever improving BMW i8 (75 units!) has no real competition in the Sports Cars segment. Finally, MPV's and LCV's have few representatives, with the Mercedes B-Class winning the MPV segment and the Kangoo ZE the LCV's.


PlGermanyOct.YTD'14%'13 Pl
1BMW i3 1332.002205
2Smart Fortwo ED2631.286121
3Volkswagen e-Up! e)1201.234129
4Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV899339N/A
5Renault Zoe17891992
6Nissan Leaf7474673
7Tesla Model S1759368
8Renault Twizy3353554
9Volkswagen e-Golf e)795015N/A
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
31
Volvo V60 Plug-In
BMW i8
Audi A3 e-Tron
Porsche Panamera Plug-In
Toyota Prius Plug-In
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Volkswagen Golf GTE
 Opel Ampera
Mercedes B-Class ED
Mercedes S500 Plug-In
Porsche Cayenne Plug-In
Renault Kangoo ZE
Peugeot iOn
Porsche 918 e)
Citröen C-Zero
Nissan e-NV200
Ford Focus Electric
Volvo C30 Electric
Kia Soul EV
Chevrolet Volt
Volkswagen XL1 e)
Renault Fluence ZE
Citröen Berlingo EV
33
75
5
24
8
12
16
13
17
26
30

1
4
1
11
2



1

353
299
255
122
120
106
105
90
44
43
38
33
29
28
27
20
19
17
12
11
5
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
N/A
N/A
16
N/A
10
N/A
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
13
N/A
7
N/A
14
N/A
N/A
15
N/A
12
N/A
TOTAL1.26510.527100




Source: kba.de

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