The Tesla Model Y is the best-selling vehicle in Austria in February.
After sinking -18.9% in February 2022, the Austrian new car market rallies back up 11.1% this month to 17,895 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 15.8% to 36,745 units. Volkswagen (+45.8%) compensates for a particularly drab year-ago volume to sail into the distance at 13.8% share. In fact, like last month and over the Full Year 2022 the entire podium is composed of VW Group brands, but there’s one difference. Skoda (+2.1%) holds 9.3% of the market and Audi (+6.4%) replaces Seat (-17.5%) at #3. BMW (+1.4%) edges up to stay at #4 followed by Mercedes (+45.1%) soaring to #5. Dacia (+149%) lodges the largest gain in the Top 25 and climbs to #6, its highest ranking since July 2022. Tesla (+96.1%) also shines at #7 while further down Cupra (+49.2%), MG (+112.8%) and Alfa Romeo (+231.3%) stand out.
Over in the models aisle, the Tesla Model Y (+70.8%) takes the lead for the third time ever after March and September 2022. After pointing in 13th position in January, it now ranks #3 year-to-date, like it did over the Full Year 2022. The Skoda Octavia (+34.1%) is also very solid at #2 and grabs the year-to-date top spot with sales up 27.1%, despite not ranking #1 in either month. The VW Golf (+90.7%) shows encouraging health at #3 and advances to #2 so far this year. The Dacia Sandero (+86.8%) completes a Top 4 vastly beating the market and is up 16 ranks on last month. The VW Tiguan (+41.4%), VW Caddy (+76%), last month’s leader the Seat Ateca (+42.4%) and the BMW X3 (+77.9%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10.
Previous month: Austria January 2023: Seat Ateca signs first ever win in market up 20.7%
One year ago: Austria February 2022: Skoda Octavia and Tesla Model Y top market off -18.9%
Full February 2023 Top 45 all brands and Top 20 models below.
Austria February 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Feb-23 | % | /22 | Jan | 2023 | % | /21 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 2,466 | 13.8% | 45.8% | 1 | 5,605 | 15.3% | 27.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Skoda | 1,666 | 9.3% | 2.1% | 2 | 3,678 | 10.0% | 13.5% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Audi | 1,195 | 6.7% | 6.4% | 5 | 2,444 | 6.7% | 2.9% | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | BMW | 1,132 | 6.3% | 1.4% | 4 | 2,383 | 6.5% | 13.5% | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Mercedes | 1,071 | 6.0% | 45.1% | 6 | 2,051 | 5.6% | 33.9% | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Dacia | 909 | 5.1% | 149.0% | 9 | 1,554 | 4.2% | 50.6% | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Tesla | 853 | 4.8% | 96.1% | 16 | 1,226 | 3.3% | 164.8% | 12 | 15 |
| 8 | Seat | 845 | 4.7% | -17.5% | 3 | 2,587 | 7.0% | 62.9% | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Ford | 781 | 4.4% | 4.6% | 8 | 1,503 | 4.1% | -1.7% | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Toyota | 773 | 4.3% | 9.3% | 7 | 1,654 | 4.5% | 17.0% | 7 | 9 |
| 11 | Renault | 744 | 4.2% | 12.0% | 11 | 1,343 | 3.7% | 10.4% | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Kia | 665 | 3.7% | -9.0% | 10 | 1,269 | 3.5% | -3.0% | 11 | 10 |
| 13 | Hyundai | 492 | 2.7% | -3.0% | 14 | 922 | 2.5% | -7.9% | 14 | 6 |
| 14 | Cupra | 485 | 2.7% | 49.2% | 12 | 1,023 | 2.8% | 44.9% | 13 | 16 |
| 15 | Mazda | 453 | 2.5% | -17.3% | 15 | 865 | 2.4% | 0.7% | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | Opel | 448 | 2.5% | 0.2% | 17 | 814 | 2.2% | 6.4% | 17 | 17 |
| 17 | Fiat | 418 | 2.3% | 5.8% | 21 | 673 | 1.8% | -9.8% | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | Citroen | 355 | 2.0% | -2.7% | 18 | 671 | 1.8% | 14.3% | 19 | 19 |
| 19 | Peugeot | 348 | 1.9% | -46.3% | 13 | 822 | 2.2% | -38.5% | 16 | 13 |
| 20 | Suzuki | 301 | 1.7% | -33.8% | 19 | 604 | 1.6% | -13.7% | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Volvo | 299 | 1.7% | 27.2% | 20 | 575 | 1.6% | 3.4% | 21 | 21 |
| 22 | Nissan | 174 | 1.0% | -17.9% | 23 | 355 | 1.0% | -4.8% | 23 | 23 |
| 23 | MG | 166 | 0.9% | 112.8% | 22 | 382 | 1.0% | 163.4% | 22 | 27 |
| 24 | Mitsubishi | 159 | 0.9% | 15.2% | 26 | 281 | 0.8% | 21.1% | 24 | 24 |
| 25 | Mini | 154 | 0.9% | -23.8% | 27 | 271 | 0.7% | -26.6% | 25 | 22 |
| 26 | Alfa Romeo | 106 | 0.6% | 231.3% | 24 | 249 | 0.7% | 336.8% | 26 | 30 |
| 27 | Porsche | 90 | 0.5% | 28.6% | 25 | 224 | 0.6% | -4.3% | 27 | 25 |
| 28 | Land Rover | 67 | 0.4% | -8.2% | 28 | 146 | 0.4% | -7.6% | 28 | 29 |
| 29 | Jeep | 59 | 0.3% | -62.7% | 29 | 126 | 0.3% | -51.7% | 29 | 26 |
| 30 | Honda | 59 | 0.3% | -37.2% | 31 | 98 | 0.3% | -40.2% | 30 | 28 |
| 31 | Polestar | 35 | 0.2% | 6.1% | 30 | 87 | 0.2% | 64.2% | 31 | 31 |
| 32 | Subaru | 31 | 0.2% | -11.4% | 33 | 57 | 0.2% | -17.4% | 32 | 33 |
| 33 | Jaguar | 26 | 0.1% | 8.3% | 32 | 53 | 0.1% | 8.2% | 33 | 32 |
| 34 | DS | 22 | 0.1% | 144.4% | 34 | 45 | 0.1% | 125.0% | 34 | 34 |
| 35 | BYD | 17 | 0.1% | new | 36 | 30 | 0.1% | new | 35 | – |
| 36 | Lexus | 11 | 0.1% | -52.2% | 35 | 30 | 0.1% | -26.8% | 36 | 35 |
| 37 | Smart | 5 | 0.0% | -44.4% | 40 | 8 | 0.0% | -46.7% | 37 | 37 |
| 38 | Ferrari | 3 | 0.0% | -62.5% | 38 | 7 | 0.0% | -30.0% | 38 | 36 |
| 39 | Lamborghini | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 42 | 4 | 0.0% | 33.3% | 40 | 39 |
| 40 | MAN | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 43 | 4 | 0.0% | 300.0% | 41 | 50 |
| 41 | Bentley | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 44 | 3 | 0.0% | -40.0% | 43 | 40 |
| 42 | Chrysler | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 46 | 3 | 0.0% | n/a | 44 | 43 |
| 43 | SsangYong | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | – | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 46 | 44 |
| 44 | Caterham | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 48 | 52 |
| 45 | KTM | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 49 | 42 |
Austria February 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | Feb-23 | % | /22 | Jan | 2023 | % | /21 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Tesla Model Y | 627 | 3.5% | 70.8% | 13 | 902 | 2.5% | 138.0% | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Skoda Octavia | 543 | 3.0% | 34.1% | 4 | 1,008 | 2.7% | 27.1% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | VW Golf | 471 | 2.6% | 90.7% | 5 | 903 | 2.5% | 78.8% | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Dacia Sandero | 409 | 2.3% | 86.8% | 20 | 653 | 1.8% | -2.7% | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | Toyota Yaris/Cross | 331 | 1.8% | 6.8% | 10 | 691 | 1.9% | 15.0% | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | VW Tiguan | 321 | 1.8% | 41.4% | 11 | 627 | 1.7% | 28.5% | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | VW Caddy | 315 | 1.8% | 76.0% | 19 | 562 | 1.5% | 100.7% | 13 | 20 |
| 8 | Fiat 500 lineup | 307 | 1.7% | 14.6% | n/a | 307 | 0.8% | -32.1% | n/a | 12 |
| 9 | Seat Ateca | 299 | 1.7% | 42.4% | 1 | 889 | 2.4% | 133.9% | 4 | n/a |
| 10 | BMW X3 | 249 | 1.4% | 77.9% | 17 | 504 | 1.4% | 176.9% | 16 | 13 |
| 11 | Skoda Karoq | 244 | 1.4% | 15.6% | 9 | 610 | 1.7% | 62.2% | 10 | 19 |
| 12 | Skoda Enyaq | 236 | 1.3% | 165.2% | n/a | 369 | 1.0% | 67.0% | n/a | n/a |
| 13 | Skoda Fabia | 226 | 1.3% | -22.6% | 8 | 594 | 1.6% | -1.0% | 11 | 6 |
| 14 | Dacia Duster | 225 | 1.3% | 104.5% | 12 | 507 | 1.4% | 94.3% | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Cupra Born | 222 | 1.2% | 31.4% | 18 | 475 | 1.3% | 9.2% | 18 | 18 |
| 16 | Seat Arona | 221 | 1.2% | 6.8% | 3 | 768 | 2.1% | 140.8% | 5 | n/a |
| 17 | Dacia Jogger | 219 | 1.2% | 21800.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 18 | Tesla Model 3 | 217 | 1.2% | 219.1% | n/a | 259 | 0.7% | 208.3% | n/a | n/a |
| 19 | Audi Q3 | 215 | 1.2% | 65.4% | 16 | 478 | 1.3% | 15.5% | 17 | 44 |
| 20 | Renault Megane | 205 | 1.1% | 135.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Seat Ibiza | 192 | 1.1% | -13.9% | 6 | 583 | 1.6% | 44.0% | 12 | 17 |
| n/a | Audi Q4 | 186 | 1.0% | 47.6% | n/a | 356 | 1.0% | 26.2% | n/a | 48 |
| n/a | VW ID.4 | 170 | 0.9% | 672.7% | n/a | 303 | 0.8% | 188.6% | n/a | 10 |
| n/a | VW T-Cross | 166 | 0.9% | 50.9% | 14 | 440 | 1.2% | 51.7% | 19 | n/a |
| n/a | VW Taigo | 160 | 0.9% | 240.4% | 7 | 535 | 1.5% | 62.1% | 14 | 42 |
| n/a | VW Polo | 99 | 0.6% | -63.9% | 2 | 687 | 1.9% | -6.4% | 7 | 9 |
Source: Statistik Austria
