In 2020 a total of 353 179 new motor vehicles were
registered, 19.0% fewer than in 2019. New registrations of passenger
cars decreased by 24.5% to 248 740 units. The number of newly registered
lorries fell by 16.7% to 40 042. Tractors used for agriculture and forestry
increased again in 2020
In the current reporting year registrations of new passenger cars fell to 248 740, the lowest level since 1987 (243 221 units) and also well below the twenty-year-average (313 297 units). Compared to 2019 (329 363 passenger cars) this was the highest decrease observed ever. Significantly fewer petrol and diesel cars were registered overall. Increases were observed in registrations of electric powered passenger cars and hybrid cars.
New registrations of petrol-powered passenger cars with
a share of 43.3% fell by 39.0% and those of diesel passenger cars with
a share of 36.5% by 28.0%. In 2020 the share of alternatively powered
passenger cars - electric, natural gas, bivalent drive, combined drive
(petrol or diesel hybrid) and hydrogen (fuel cell) - with 20.1% and 50 060 vehicles
With a 10.2% share of all new passenger car registrations
or 25 380 units
Primarily legal entities, companies and local authorities are registering new electric cars. This group reaches a share of all new electric car registrations of 81.6% or 13 040 vehicles. The most electric cars were newly registered in Vienna and Lower Austria with shares of 18.5% and 18.4%, respectively. They are followed by the provinces of Upper Austria with a share of 17.6% and Styria with 13.0%.
The Top 10 brands in 2020 represent 67.5% of all new
passenger car registrations. VW remained the market leader with a share
of 15.4%, followed by Skoda with a share of 9.5%) as well as Seat and
BMW, which each achieved a share of 6.4%. Compared to the previous year,
all of the Top 10 brands had double-digit declines (Opel
The number of new registrations of lorries declined
in 2020 to 40 042 vehicles
Among all vehicle types, campers recorded the highest growth in new registrations in 2020, albeit starting from a small share of 0.8% of all new vehicle registrations, reaching 2 969 units and an increase of 74.2%. In 2019 campers had a share of 0,4% with 1 704 registered units. An analysis of monthly trends shows that, especially from May 2020, new registration data showed a significant positive trend (May 9.0%, June 72.9%, July 119.3%, August 83.6%, September 639.6%, October 563.4%, November 518.8%, December 285.7%). In addition to campers, newly registered camping trailers also increased by 1.8% to 998 units in 2020.
As in 2019, where registrations of new two-wheelers went up 6.6%, the number of registrations also increased in 2020, by 13.4% to 46 099 units. As a result, two-wheelers - as was the case in 2016 - once again ranked second behind new passenger car registrations in terms of all new motor vehicle registrations. The previous peak in new registrations of two-wheelers was reached in 2008 with 53 255 vehicles. The number of new registrations of motorcycles - the most important type of two-wheeled vehicle -- increased by 16.3% to 32 204 units and that of scooters increased by 7.2% to 13 895 units.
In 2020 the share of electrically powered two-wheelers
was 5.7% or 2 632 units. In the previous year this share was 6.0%. 769 motorcycles
Average CO2-emissions of newly registered passenger cars 2020 (provisional results)
According to the WLTP test procedure ("Worldwide
Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure"), the average CO2-emissions of newly registered passenger cars in 2020 amounted
to 136 g/km (including electric and hydrogen vehicles). The average value
for petrol-powered passenger cars was 143 g/km and for diesel-powered
passenger cars 156 g/km. Within the most important CO2-class 131