2025 (Full Year) Germany: Best-Selling Car Models

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In full-year 2025, the best-selling car models in Germany were again the Volkswagen Golf, VW T-Roc, and VW Tiguan.

In full-year 2025, the best-selling car models in Germany were again the Volkswagen Golf, VW T-Roc, and VW Tiguan.
50 Years of the VW Golf in 2026 © Volkswagen AG

For the third consecutive year, the three top-selling car models in Germany were the Volkswagen Golf, the VW T-Roc, and the VW Tiguan. The Opel Corsa was the fourth most popular car model. The Skoda Octavia remained the best-selling foreign car model in Germany.

In 2025, the total German new car market expanded by 1.4% to 2,857,591 vehicles. The best-selling car brand in Germany was again Volkswagen, with the VW Golf the top-selling car model. Volkswagen was the top electric car brand, and the VW ID7 was the top electric car model.

Latest German Car Sales Statistics: 2025: Market Overview, Brands, Top 50 Models, Electric; 2024-2007.

Top 50 Best-Selling Car Models in Germany in 2025 (Full Year)

The top 50 best-selling car models in the full calendar year 2025 in Germany, according to the KBA were as follows:

RBrandModellreiheSales 2025Brand %*
Total2,857,591100.0
1VolkswagenGOLF85,02315.2
2VolkswagenT-ROC78,26414.0
3VolkswagenTIGUAN63,31611.3
4OpelCORSA48,58135.7
5BMWX147,14318.6
6SkodaOCTAVIA44,89019.8
7VolkswagenPASSAT44,6098.0
8SeatLEON38,42523.6
9BMW5ER37,64314.8
10AudiA637,50518.2
11MercedesGLK, GLC37,14614.3
12OpelASTRA34,92825.6
13MiniMINI34,647100.0
14VolkswagenID.734,5636.2
15VolkswagenTRANSPORTER34,5486.2
16AudiA334,04616.5
17MercedesE-KLASSE32,13712.3
18VolkswagenID.331,9385.7
19BMW3ER31,76612.5
20FiatDUCATO31,44558.0
21VolkswagenT-CROSS31,3535.6
22ToyotaYARIS29,98534.2
23SkodaKODIAQ29,90513.2
24VolkswagenPOLO29,8385.3
25SkodaKAROQ28,08312.4
26AudiA527,18813.2
27VolkswagenTAYRON27,1264.8
28VolkswagenID.4, ID.526,5504.7
29DaciaSANDERO26,43835.9
30BMW1ER26,29310.4
31SeatFORMENTOR25,57415.7
32SkodaELROQ25,42611.2
33SkodaENYAQ25,38311.2
34BMWX325,28610.0
35SkodaFABIA25,22011.1
36MercedesC-KLASSE24,6799.5
37MercedesGLA23,5339.0
38VolvoXC6023,32639.3
39SkoaKAMIQ22,5319.9
40FordTRANSIT CUSTOM22,32920.6
41BMW4ER22,2228.8
42MercedesCLA-KLASSE20,9518.0
43HyundaiTUCSON20,90722.3
44OpelMOKKA20,74015.2
45MercedesV-KLASSE20,4807.9
46VolkswagenTAIGO20,4713.7
47ToyotaAYGO20,29123.2
48BMW2ER19,7087.8
49VolkswagenCADDY19,4813.5
50AudiQ519,1599.3

*% Brand Share: Percentage of the model of total sales of the brand in Germany in 2025.

Ten Best-Selling Car Models in Germany in 2025

The top-ten best-selling car models in Germany in 2025 and sales in recent years, according to KBA new passenger vehicle registration data, were:

–BrandModellreiheSales 2025Sales 2024Sales 2023Sales 2022Sales 2021
TotalMarket2,857,5912,817,3312,844,6092,651,3572,622,132
1VWGOLF85,023100,18381,11784,28291,621
2VWT-ROC78,26475,39868,67858,94257,424
3VWTIGUAN63,31667,05763,95859,13655,527
4OPELCORSA48,58143,46753,66950,19149,475
5BMWX147,14337,15437,26720,02925,486
6SKODAOCTAVIA44,89050,81741,81933,29440,663
7VWPASSAT44,60947,72047,49439,26145,696
8SEATLEON38,42537,12927,06625,69728,882
9BMW5ER37,64323,290
10AUDIA6, S6, RS637,50526,260
Source: KBA

For the third consecutive year, the three top-selling car models in Germany were the Volkswagen Golf, VW T-Roc, and VW Tiguan. However, only the T-Roc, which was replaced by a new model towards the end of the year, increased sales volumes. Although Volkswagen dominated the electric car market in Germany too, none of the top-three models overall in 2025 were available in electric versions.

The Opel Corsa returned to fourth position. performed weaker and slipped from 4th to 7th. It is available as an electric car too, but fewer than 7,000 buyers opted for the all-electric version.

The BMW X1 moved to its highest rank position ever. More than a third of X1s sold in Germany in 2025 were battery-electric versions.

Sales of the Skoda Octavia were lower, and Germany’s favorite imported car model slipped two rank positions from a year ago.

Sales of the Volkswagen Passat were slightly weaker, but the Passat maintained its relative rank position. The electric equivalent of the Passat, the VW ID7, was Germany’s top-selling electric car in 2025.

The Seat Leon improved one rank position with slightly higher sales.

Both the BMW 5 Series and Audi A6 returned to the German top ten best-selling car models list for the first time since 2021. A fifth of 5 Series sales were electric, and more than a third of A6 sales were for the BEV version.

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About the author:

Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com, European Cultural Travel, and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.