Germany January 2016

Will this year be "The Empire Strikes Back" Year?

Golf GTE back to #1 Edition

In a market up 11% YoY, there the models ranking had a complete reshuffle, with the VW Golf GTE starting the year in First Place (As it did last year), with 171 units, followed by the BMW i3 and Renault Zoe, while at the bottom of the table, the Merc GLE500e (finally) started to step up speed, having sold  a record 29 units, but it is still below the class leaders Audi Q7 e-Tron (Another Cruise Ship gaining momentum) and Volvo XC90 PHEV, both with 43 units.

After the Kia Soul EV stealing the show in 2015, this year it looks that the Korean Cute-Ute will have a hard time to win it again, having started the year in #15, with only 37 units, its worst performance in a year.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen continues glued to the Top Spot, with 21% share, followed closely by BMW (18%) and in Third we have Mercedes, with 11% share, making this a 100% domestic podium, will this be they year that local automakers will take over the top positions completely?

Pl	Germany	Jan.	YTD	%	'15 Pl
1	Volkswagen Golf GTE	171	171	12	4
2	BMW i3 *	149	149	10	2
3	Renault Zoe	134	134	9	6
4	Misubishi Outlander PHEV	102	102	7	3
5	Mercedes C350e e)	99	99	7	13
6	Audi A3 e-Tron	78	78	5	5
7	Nissan Leaf	76	76	5	10
8	Volkswagen Passat GTE	63	63	4	9
9	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	58	58	4	20
10 11 11 13 14 15 15 17 17 19 19 21 22 23 24 25 25 27 27 29 20	Volkswagen e-Golf Volvo XC90 T8 PHEV Audi Q7 e-Tron Volvo V60 Plug-In Tesla Model S BMW X5 40e PHEV Kia Soul EV Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Mercedes GLE500e Mercedes B250e Smart Fortwo ED BMW i8 Mercedes S500e   e) Porsche Panamera Plug-In Ford C-Max Energi Citröen C-Zero Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Mitsubishi I-Miev Peugeot iOn Toyota Prius Plug-In Opel Ampera	44 43 43 40 38 37 37 34 29 20 20 16 15 13 10 8 8 5 5 4 4	44 43 43 40 38 37 37 34 29 20 20 16 15 13 10 8 8 5 5 4 4	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0	8 28 24 18 7 22 1 17 29 14 11 16 19 23 N/A 36 25 27 36 26 31
	TOTAL	1.432	1.432	100

* - 51 Bev + 98 Rex

Source: kba.de