Almost 30 percent fewer electric cars

According to the current registration figures from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), a total of 263,844 new cars were registered in March 2024. Compared to the same month last year, this corresponds to a decrease of 6.2 percent.

Current KBA approval figures (March 2024): the most popular brands

German brands

Among the German brands, Porsche achieved the strongest increase in registrations in March 2024, at +14.8 percent, with a new registration share of 1.5 percent. BMW increased by +0.6 percent compared to the same month last year, its share was 8.1 percent. The other German brands lagged behind the results of the comparable month, with declines at MAN -59.7%/0.1% share), Audi (-37.9%/6.5% share), Mini (-34, 3%/1.3% share), Mercedes (-22.8%/8.2% share) and Smart (-17.2%/0.6% share) were in double digits. The declines were smaller for Ford (-7.8%/4.0% share), VW (-3.4%/18.3% share) and Opel (-2.7%/4.9% share). . With 18.3 percent, VW was once again the German brand with the highest share.

Import brands

Given the larger number of import brands, the registration numbers in March 2024 show a wider spread in the shares per brand. Among the import brands with shares of 2.0 percent and more, Mitsubishi achieved the strongest registration increase of +225.4 percent and a share of 2.0 percent. Double-digit increases in registrations were seen at Citroën (+91.9%/2.9% share), Volvo (+36.9%/2.2% share), Toyota (+30.0%/3.3% share) and Seat (+21.7%/5.4% share). Single-digit growth was recorded by Peugeot (+9.4%/2.0% share), Kia (+5.0%/2.5% share) and Skoda (+1.8%/6.2% share). New registrations remained unchanged in March for Fiat (-20.9%/2.5% share), Mazda (-3.3%/2.1% share) and Hyundai (-3.2%/3.6% share). 2024 will be behind the results of the same month last year. With 6.2 percent, Skoda was the import brand with the highest share.

The most popular segments and drives in March 2024

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There was an increase in registrations in March 2024 in three segments, which was double-digit for motorhomes at +12.1 percent and led to a share of 3.8 percent. The compact class was +8.9 percent higher than the previous month and achieved a share of 18.5 percent, while small cars showed an increase of 2.7 percent and a share of 12.9 percent. New SUV registrations fell by -7.0 percent, but they were still the strongest segment with a share of 29.4 percent.

drives

Electric cars (BEVs) recorded a decline in registrations of -28.9 percent; their share of new registrations was 11.9 percent. The largest share of new registrations was petrol engines (37.8% share/-3.4%), followed by hybrids (31.5% share/-1.2%), including plug-in hybrids (6th .1% share/-4.5%), and diesel-powered cars (18.3% share/-0.5%). LPG and natural gas-powered cars together achieved a share of 0.5 percent, with the number of LPG vehicles increasing by +5.9 percent and the number of natural gas vehicles decreasing by -79.7 percent.

Average CO2 emissions rose by +3.1 percent in March and amounted to 124.4 g/km.
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New registrations by brand (table)

New registrations by model (table)