Auto industry in the crisis: alarming sales figures 2024!
Auto industry in the crisis: alarming sales figures 2024!
Aalen, Deutschland - The car market in Germany faces significant challenges. According to Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, the head of the Center Automotive Research (Car), the order stock for car manufacturers will reach the lowest level of the past ten years in the coming year. Around 2.84 million new car registrations are forecast for 2024, while only about 2.82 million new purchases are expected for 2025. Dudenhöffer also emphasizes that the previous sales of up to 3.6 million cars in Germany are no longer available. The weak economic prospects play a crucial role in the low sales figures, such as [Schwäbische Post] (https://www.schwaebische-post.de/welt/wirtschaft/elektroauto-brrenner--brenner-2025-order stock-price difference Dudenhoeffer-93492494.html) reported.
To increase sales, many manufacturers are willing to make concessions, which could lead to other possible discounts for new cars. In the current market situation there were numerous daily registrations at the end of the year, which are intended as special offers to press the prices in the new year. Dudenhöffer expects the purchase prices of electrical and combustion vehicles to continue to approach. In international comparison, Germany has lost considerable soil in electric cars and, according to a car study, will experience a decline in the proportion of pure electric cars to around 12.5 percent in 2024. A trend reversal is forecast for 2027 at the earliest.
new registrations of electric cars
Compared to the total sales of 244,544 cars in November 2024, a decrease of 0.5 percent compared to the previous year, however, there is a significant increase in new registrations compared to the previous month. The average CO₂ emissions of the new registrations were 114.8 g/km, which corresponds to an increase of 3.3 percent compared to November 2023. With a market share of 19.5 percent, Volkswagen remains the most popular car manufacturer in Germany, followed by Mercedes, BMW, Škoda and Audi. The VW Golf, T-Roc and Tiguan were among the best-selling vehicles, while the most popular electric car was the Skoda Enyaq in November 2024, followed by models from VW and Tesla.
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