Fiat 500 was the bestseller of October 2023 in Germany
This is the second time in the past 13 months that a foreign model has been the best-selling vehicle in Germany, after the Tesla Model Y took the top spot in September 2022.
A thunderbolt at the top of the model charts: the Fiat 500 takes its first ever pole position in Germany. Its previous record was #2 in November 2022.
What else is important: the EV version accounts for 33% of its October volume.
Germany October 2023 Top 10 models:
Fiat 500 lineup - 5,401 (+18% by October 2022)
VW Golf - 5,070 (- 30.4%)
VW Passat - 4,380 (+37.4%)
VW Passat - 4,380 (+37.4%)
VW Tiguan - 4,134 (-31.5%)
Mercedes GLC - 3,777 (+312.8%)
Opel Corsa - 3,741 (+ 35.7%)
VW Polo - 3,416 (+ 57.7)
Skoda Octavia- 3,359 (+ 7.1%)
Mini lineup - 3,307 (+4.1%)
Overall, the German new car market rose 5.1% year-on-year in October to 218,959 sales, still well below the growth rate it has shown for most of this year. In fact, the year-to-date volume is up 13.7% to 2,357,025.
