About 18 percent fewer passenger cars were sold in the Netherlands last month than in July last year, bringing the total sales in our country to 22,068 cars. Peanuts for the much larger German market, because in Germany Volkswagen sold more than the total Dutch market last month with 39,933 cars. The total number of passenger cars sold in Germany in July amounted to 205,911 units, a decrease of 12.9 percent compared to July 2021. Compared to the same month in 2020, the gap is even bigger, because more than 300,000 cars were sold then. in Germany. For the period from January to July, the total number of passenger cars sold amounts to 1,443,886 units, a decrease of 11.3 percent compared to the first seven months of 2021.
In terms of numbers, Volkswagen is still the big winner in Germany in July, but the brand saw sales fall by 19.4 percent compared to July 2021. In second place is BMW with 17,288 cars sold, a decrease of 15.4 percent . Mercedes-Benz narrowly takes third place with 16,520 units (-23 percent), followed by Audi with 16,260 cars sold (-7.3 percent). The last place of the top five is for Skoda with sales of 13,270 cars. This makes Skoda also the only brand of the top five that can add a plus to its name, because German sales of Skoda rose by 1.8 percent in July compared to the same month in 2021.
Percentage winners
In short, almost all major German brands were hit in July, even if they still sell the best in absolute numbers. Are there any brands that have made relatively significant gains in Germany? Yes, because Tesla sold a whopping 142.1 percent more cars than last year. The total number of 1,184 cars sold in July is not very much in terms of market share (0.6 percent), but over the first seven months of the year, Tesla can achieve a nice market share of 1.3 percent (19,262 units) in Germany. to note. Overall EV sales in Germany rose by 13.2 percent compared to July last year. In total it concerns 28,815 complete electric carsbringing the EV’s market share to 14 percent in July.
Other makes that improved in percentage terms in Germany are Land Rover (+62.2 percent, 1,411 units), Alfa Romeo (+26.5 percent, 291 units), Dacia (+23.5 percent, 5,716 units) and DS (+43.8 percent, 322 copies).
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