Tesla Model Y is the most popular car in Austria in September.
In September, 19,894 new cars hit Austrian roads, which is 0.3% less than last year. Since the beginning of the year, this figure has increased by 4.4% to 191,023 units. All brands from the top 3 are ahead of the market: Volkswagen (+5.1%) maintains leadership with a share of 12.5%, which is only 117 units higher than Skoda (+18.9%). BMW (+17.3%) is also in third place in excellent shape. Audi (+0.1%) is struggling due to a particularly strong performance last year, when its sales rose 78.6% from the previous year. Peugeot (+100.8%) and Tesla (+60.7%) show the largest year-on-year gains in the top ten, ranking 10th and 7th respectively. Below are BYD (+168.3%), MG (+99.3%), Mini (+87.3%) and Volvo (+39.6%).
From a model perspective, Tesla Model Y (+21.1%) is very strong and takes its first win since March last year. It ranks 3rd for the year to date versus 2nd for all of 2023. Just below is the Skoda Octavia (+11.1%), which is also in 2nd place year-to-date, up from No. 1 in FY2023. Skoda Fabia (+100.9%) rises to third place from 10th since the beginning of the year, ahead of BMW X1 (+61.5%) and VW Tiguan (+63.7%). Hyundai i30 (+38.9%) returns to the top 20 again in sixth place. Seat Ibiza (+109.2%), VW Polo (+131.5%), Tesla Model 3 (+1547.1%) and Mini Cooper (+87.3%) also have excellent scores. Still the leader since the beginning of the year, VW Golf (-33.4%) dropped to 11th place for the month.
Previous month: Austria, August 2024: VW Polo #1, BYD Seal to #11.
One year ago: Austria, September 2023: Audi shares rose 78.6%, Tesla fell -59.4%, market decline -4.3%.
Full September 2024 List of the top 48 brands and top 20 models below.
Austria, September 2024 – brands:
| Pos. | Brand | September 24 | % | /23 | August | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos. | FY23 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 2485 | 12.5% | + 5.1% | 1 | 28 507 | 14.9% | + 9.1% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda | 2368 | 11.9% | + 18.9% | 2 | 18,642 | 9.8% | + 2.8% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | BMW | 1576 | 7.9% | + 17.3% | 3 | 14 122 | 7.4% | + 9.7% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Audi | 1390 | 7.0% | + 0.1% | 4 | 11,970 | 6.3% | – 3.4% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Seat | 993 | 5.0% | + 28.8% | 8 | 10,299 | 5.4% | + 5.1% | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Hyundai | 970 | 4.9% | – 17.6% | 14 | 6708 | 3.5% | – 7.7% | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | Tesla | 961 | 4.8% | + 60.7% | 16 | 6046 | 3.2% | – 10.3% | 10 | 13 |
| 8 | Mercedes | 866 | 4.4% | – 15.3% | 6 | 9.152 | 4.8% | – 1.2% | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Renault | 789 | 4.0% | – 2.0% | 11 | 5.335 | 2.8% | – 20.6% | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | Peugeot | 757 | 3.8% | + 100.8% | 9 | 5,284 | 2.8% | + 33.0% | 13 | 17 |
| 11 | Toyota | 744 | 3.7% | – 5.9% | 5 | 8,390 | 4.4% | + 10.4% | 7 | 8 |
| 12 | Dacia | 674 | 3.4% | – 22.2% | 7 | 8,237 | 4.3% | + 16.7% | 8 | 9 |
| 13 | Kia | 583 | 2.9% | – 37.1% | 10 | 5,518 | 2.9% | – 20.9% | 11 | 10 |
| 14 | Ford | 556 | 2.8% | – 17.8% | 12 | 4815 | 2.5% | – 30.3% | 16 | 12 |
| 15 | Opel | 440 | 2.2% | – 20.0% | 15 | 4256 | 2.2% | – 1.7% | 18 | 16 |
| 16 | Cupra | 427 | 2.1% | – 49.6% | 17 | 4666 | 2.4% | – 20.8% | 17 | 14 |
| 17 | Suzuki | 396 | 2.0% | – 13.2% | 18 | 5,054 | 2.6% | + 57.9% | 15 | 18 |
| 18 | BID | 373 | 1.9% | + 168.3% | 19 | 2803 | 1.5% | + 368.7% | 23 | 30 |
| 19 | Volvo | 370 | 1.9% | + 39.6% | 20 | 3394 | 1.8% | + 46.2% | 20 | 21 |
| 20 | Mazda | 334 | 1.7% | – 50.0% | 13 | 5,098 | 2.7% | + 1.3% | 14 | 15 |
| 21 | MG | 303 | 1.5% | + 99.3% | 21 | 2998 | 1.6% | + 55.1% | 21 | 23 |
| 22 | Mini | 266 | 1.3% | + 87.3% | 24 | 1358 | 0.7% | – 13.8% | 26 | 25 |
| 23 | Fiat | 207 | 1.0% | – 16.9% | 28 | 2820 | 1.5% | – 8.8% | 22 | 19 |
| 24 | Nissan | 169 | 0.8% | + 11.2% | 22 | 1984 | 1.0% | + 11.3% | 25 | 22 |
| 25 | Citroen | 131 | 0.7% | – 31.1% | 25 | 2719 | 1.4% | – 7.4% | 24 | 20 |
| 26 | Porsche | 127 | 0.6% | + 74.0% | 26 | 1309 | 0.7% | + 4.2% | 27 | 26 |
| 27 | Jeep | 118 | 0.6% | – 31.8% | 23 | 935 | 0.5% | + 1.5% | 29 | 27 |
| 28 | North Star | 111 | 0.6% | + 136.2% | 31 | 450 | 0.2% | – 21.9% | 32 | 32 |
| 29 | Land Rover | 75 | 0.4% | – 6.3% | 27 | 998 | 0.5% | + 9.8% | 28 | 28 |
| 30 | Honda | 66 | 0.3% | – 53.5% | 29 | 883 | 0.5% | + 29.3% | 30 | 31 |
| 31 | Alfa Romeo | 52 | 0.3% | + 33.3% | 30 | 809 | 0.4% | – 7.3% | 31 | 29 |
| 32 | Mitsubishi | 49 | 0.2% | – 70.3% | 32 | 3643 | 1.9% | + 126.7% | 19 | 24 |
| 33 | Lexus | 48 | 0.2% | + 128.6% | 34 | 333 | 0.2% | + 55.6% | 34 | 36 |
| 34 | Smart | 32 | 0.2% | + 190.9% | 33 | 350 | 0.2% | + 438.5% | 33 | 39 |
| 35 | KGM/SsangYong | 27 | 0.1% | n/a | 37 | 135 | 0.1% | + 1587.5% | 38 | 40 |
| 36 | Subaru | 23 | 0.1% | + 130.0% | 35 | 205 | 0.1% | – 19.3% | 35 | 33 |
| 37 | Jaguar | 10 | 0.1% | – 50.0% | 40 | 119 | 0.1% | – 58.7% | 39 | 34 |
| 38 | DS | 5 | 0.0% | – 90.7% | 38 | 166 | 0.1% | – 29.7% | 36 | 35 |
| 39 | Ineos | 5 | 0.0% | – 54.5% | – | 22 | 0.0% | – 15.4% | 46 | 42 |
| 40 | Fisker | 4 | 0.0% | – 92.5% | – | 140 | 0.1% | + 18.6% | 37 | 37 |
| 41 | Ferrari | 4 | 0.0% | – 63.6% | 36 | 80 | 0.0% | – 18.4% | 40 | 38 |
| 42 | Dongfeng (DFSK) | 3 | 0.0% | n/a | 48 | 8 | 0.0% | + 33.3% | 55 | 51 |
| 43 | Lamborghini | 2 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | 42 | 29 | 0.0% | + 38.1% | 43 | 43 |
| 44 | McLaren | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 41 | 37 | 0.0% | + 42.3% | 41 | 46 |
| 45 | Chrysler | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 45 | 17 | 0.0% | + 54.5% | 47 | 49 |
| 46 | Bentley | 1 | 0.0% | – 80.0% | – | 15 | 0.0% | – 42.3% | 48 | 45 |
| 47 | Chevrolet | 1 | 0.0% | – 66.7% | – | 10 | 0.0% | – 47.4% | 51 | 47 |
| 48 | Cadillac | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 3 | 0.0% | n/a | 58 | – |
Austria, September 2024 – models:
| Pos. | Model | September 24 | % | /23 | August | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos. | FY23 |
| 1 | Tesla Model Y | 655 | 3.3% | + 21.1% | 6 | 4,413 | 2.3% | – 12.9% | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Skoda Octavia | 629 | 3.2% | + 11.1% | 5 | 5,742 | 3.0% | + 4.8% | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Skoda Fabia | 446 | 2.2% | + 100.9% | 4 | 2929 | 1.5% | + 27.3% | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | BMW X1 | 436 | 2.2% | + 61.5% | 2 | 3528 | 1.8% | + 26.2% | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Volkswagen Tiguan | 419 | 2.1% | + 63.7% | 10 | 3586 | 1.9% | + 19.8% | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Hyundai i30 | 393 | 2.0% | + 38.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Skoda Enyak | 378 | 1.9% | – 12.5% | n/a | 1408 | 0.7% | – 43.3% | n/a | 8 |
| 8 | Dacia Sandero | 366 | 1.8% | + 1.1% | 3 | 3,493 | 1.8% | + 26.1% | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | Toyota Yaris/Cross | 366 | 1.8% | + 7.6% | 12 | 3158 | 1.7% | – 3.8% | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | Seat Ibiza | 364 | 1.8% | + 109.2% | 13 | 3975 | 2.1% | + 63.3% | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Volkswagen Golf | 355 | 1.8% | – 33.4% | 7 | 7.355 | 3.9% | + 83.1% | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | BYD stamp | 299 | 1.5% | new | 11 | 1477 | 0.8% | new | n/a | n/a |
| 13 | Volkswagen Polo | 294 | 1.5% | + 131.5% | 1 | 2507 | 1.3% | + 14.2% | 13 | 19 |
| 14 | Tesla Model 3 | 280 | 1.4% | + 1547.1% | n/a | 1520 | 0.8% | + 15.2% | n/a | n/a |
| 15 | BMW X3 | 278 | 1.4% | – 9.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 18 |
| 16 | Mini Cooper | 266 | 1.3% | + 87.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 17 | Atek seat | 245 | 1.2% | – 6.1% | n/a | 2023 | 1.1% | – 25.9% | 15 | 9 |
| 18 | Skoda Karok | 228 | 1.1% | + 8.6% | 17 | 2640 | 1.4% | + 10.8% | 12 | 10 |
| 19 | Renault Clio | 228 | 1.1% | + 145.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 20 | Skoda Scala | 221 | 1.1% | + 55.6% | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Aron’s seat | 218 | 1.1% | + 115.8% | 20 | 2009 | 1.1% | – 14.0% | 16 | 20 |
| n/a | Volkswagen Caddy | 207 | 1.0% | + 18.3% | n/a | 2162 | 1.1% | – 16.8% | 14 | 13 |
| n/a | Kia Sid | 196 | 1.0% | – 22.5% | n/a | 1977 | 1.0% | + 681.4% | 17 | n/a |
| n/a | Volkswagen bus | 194 | 1.0% | – 26.8% | n/a | 3035 | 1.6% | + 32.2% | 9 | 14 |
| n/a | Audi Q3 | 169 | 0.8% | + 3.7% | n/a | 1890 | 1.0% | + 28.4% | 19 | n/a |
| n/a | Dacia Duster | 167 | 0.8% | – 29.8% | 15 | 2787 | 1.5% | + 28.6% | 11 | 17 |
| n/a | Skoda Kamik | 160 | 0.8% | – 5.9% | 14 | 1963 | 1.0% | + 7.0% | 18 | n/a |
| n/a | Volkswagen ID.4 | 131 | 0.7% | – 14.9% | n/a | 1042 | 0.5% | – 39.7% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Audi K4 | 130 | 0.7% | – 54.9% | n/a | 1331 | 0.7% | – 21.5% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Cupra Tavascan | 129 | 0.6% | new | n/a | n/a | n/a | new | n/a | – |
| n/a | Cupra Born | 119 | 0.6% | – 61.4% | n/a | 1127 | 0.6% | – 49.9% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | BMW i4 | 109 | 0.5% | – 0.9% | n/a | 1692 | 0.9% | + 58.6% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | BYD Atto 3 | 9 | 0.0% | – 91.3% | n/a | 887 | 0.5% | + 76.3% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Volkswagen T-Cross | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1870 | 1.0% | + 16.1% | 20 | n/a |
Source: Statistics Austria.
